Mark,
Adlandpro Community is about networking, and the election is supposed to be a community gathering, a focal point, and the profile links for the nominees are supposed to promote networking.
I was surprised a couple weeks ago when 2 longterm members posted in the election thread that they didn't want to vote because they didn't know any of the 4 nominees, even though one of those nominees was a previous winner, and the profile links have been part of the election process for over 6 years and both of those members who said they didn't want to vote have also been here about that long. When 2 longterm members make the first 2 posts about not voting, that's not a good example for other longterm members or new members, when it's as simple as clicking the profile links for more info about nominees. If people don't want to vote, then they just don't vote, but I don't see any reason to post about not voting because of not knowing nominees YET, that discourages other people, especially when it's the first AND second post in the election poll.
It's not about not being able to find the Adlandpro election, hundreds of people know it occurs every week and know exactly how and where to find it. Everyone also knows how to click profile links and send friendship invitations and messages and look thru previous forum posts.
There's a loyal core of people here who vote consistently, post to forums consistently and keep our forums active consistently and encourage people to vote consistently, week after week, month after month, year after year. Consistency is the key to success in Adlandpro Community, in networking and in the election process.
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