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Contributor LevelsProfessionals: Build your reputationEvery day, people conduct thousands of searches on Avvo, looking for help with their medical and legal issues and concerns. So how do you get in front of these potential patients or clients? Answer questions in our Q&A forums, publish helpful and informative guides on topics of your choice, and evaluate the contributions of your peers. The more active you are in the Avvo community, the more connections you make with people who need your services. (Please note that your Contributor level has no effect on your Avvo Rating.) 
Range of Contributor levels
There are 20 Contributor levels. Professionals earn points to progress to higher levels by interacting with the Avvo community, and by using Avvo as a platform to demonstrate their expertise to the public at large. Click on the graph at right to see the points required for each Avvo Contributor level. How do I earn points?There are now three different types of points—Contribution, Quality, and Showcase—reflecting the different aspects of your participation on Avvo. All count equally toward your overall Contributor level status. 1. Contribute your expertise on Avvo
Answering questions in our Q&A forums and writing helpful guides to assist other Avvo users are great ways to earn points. In addition, you will receive Contribution points for helping to highlight other professionals’ quality contributions by marking deserving answers as good, and for commenting on them. 2. Create quality content
In an effort to encourage and emphasize high quality content, we are now awarding Quality points when other Avvo users acknowledge that your answers and guides were especially helpful. (This means you can literally earn points while you sleep!) How do I write for the law blog, guest-host a webinar, or speak at an Avvocating conference?Please send your name, contact information, and the topic/specialty/practice area you would like to discuss to events@avvo.com. How do the different types of points affect the Leaderboard?All the points you receive on Avvo, whether they are Contribution, Quality, or Showcase, contribute to your overall Contributor score, and that overall score determines your rank on the Leaderboard. What happened to my old Contributor level? Why did my score change?To encourage the submission and recognition of great content, we have adjusted our Contributor level scoring system to put greater emphasis on rewarding contributors' quality, dependability, and commitment to improve the overall Avvo user experience. We changed the number of points you can receive for posting guides and answering questions, and have added additional ways to earn points (see above). To help differentiate contributors, we expanded our scale from 10 to 20 levels, and converted your old score to reflect the progress you made with your past contributions. The effect this has on previous Contributor levels is roughly to double them. For example, if you were a level 6 and less than halfway to a level 7, then you will now be a level 12; but if you were over halfway to level 7, you should now be a 13. (Keep in mind that your Contributor level has no effect on your Avvo Rating.) How are points awarded for guides?In order to help ensure that Health and Legal Guides are truly helpful and meaningful to the Avvo community, we have shifted the points available to better reflect the quality of those guides. Writing a guide is now worth 15 Contribution points, and you will receive Quality points when others vote your guide as helpful, or share it via Facebook or Twitter. Having it selected as a staff pick adds an additional 40 Quality points to your overall Contributor level score. What does the "Staff Pick" designation mean and how does it affect my Contributor score?Not all guides are created equal. When we come across one that we feel is especially helpful to users (i.e., well written, particularly relevant, and original), we designate it a Staff Pick. Each Staff Pick adds 40 points to your Contributor level score. What actions earn points?
Please note that all decisions as to how and whether points are to be awarded are determined by Avvo in its sole discretion. Avvo reserves the right to remove or adjust points awarded to anyone and to modify or discontinue the point system at any time in its sole discretion with or without notice. Avvo reserves the right to modify or discontinue Contributor levels at any time in its sole discretion. |