Gather Announces Ways for Anyone in America to EarnMoney Online

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gather,

the leader in participatory, performance-based media, today announced

new ways for Gather members to earn money online. Gather recently

launched a new program for writers called Socialwrite(TM) (http://socialwrite.gather.com);

Gather Socialwriters start discussions in the community on the hot

topics that people are talking about across the country and are paid

monthly based on the popularity of their posts.

For more casual contributors, the Gather

Points(TM)program is a popular site feature that rewards members for

creating great, occasional experiences for the community. Members earn

Gather Points for creating high quality content that drives site

participation and attracts new audiences. Those points can then be

exchanged for PayPal(TM) payments and gift cards that can be used to shop

online or in popular retail outlets.

Gather offers earnings potential for anyone in America through these

programs - just by sharing information about what they're passionate

about, Gather members are earning hundreds - even thousands - of dollars

a month! Instead of spending time as a spectator on other sites -

passively reading articles, or even adding comments/content that earn

them nothing - Gather members are rewarded financially for sharing

information about everything from their favorite TV shows and celebrity

gossip to hobbies, news headlines, sports, food and more!

Contributors include stay-at-home moms looking to earn money online to

professional writers. There is no need to be a professional journalist,

to have been published or even to have written before - with Gather

Socialwrite and Gather Points, anyone can earn simply by sharing

information about topics they're interested in.

Key facts:

Gather is the leader in participatory, performance-based media,

reaching more than 5.3M people each month

Gather brings people together around the things they love to do and

want to talk about

Gather members earn Gather Points(TM) for creating great experiences and

conversations on the site

Gather Points can be exchanged for PayPal payments and gift cards that

can be used to shop online or in popular retail outlets

Gather Socialwriters get paid on a monthly basis

Many Gather members are earning hundreds - some even thousands! - of

dollars a month

Quotes:

"Our Socialwriters create what we call the 'secondary news cycle,'" says

Tom Gerace, founder and Chief Executive Officer of Gather (http://tom.gather.com/).

"Like the morning shows on television or the talk shows and talk radio

that follow them, our Socialwriters create spaces where people can come

and join a conversation on what's happening in the world. The Gather

Points and Socialwrite programs combine to offer powerful earnings

potential for anyone that starts these conversations with a meaningful

group of people online."

"Gather Points have helped me buy the extra things that my kids have

asked for without having to break the bank!" said Bridget A., a Gather

Member who has earned more than $3,000 since joining the site in 2007.(http://cheekymommaof2.gather.com/)

"I used my earnings from Gather Points to entirely fund our 2008 summer

vacation to the Oregon Coast, where I also got to meet a fellow Gather

member."

"As a member of Gather's Socialwrite program, Ifollow the hottest

trends on the Internet, write about what's indemand for the latest

news, and earn money while doing so," saidCharissa Woodrow, Gather

Member (http://charissawoodrow.gather.com/).

"The Socialwrite program has been the perfect opportunity for me as a

stay at home mom studying my way through graduate school. The extra

income I make with writing helps with my kids' activities and those

little things we don't think about. As a Socialwriter I take charge of

the money I'm making."

"As a freelance writer, the more eyes I have on the articles I write,

the more likely it is that I'll be hired for additional work," said

Kimberly Ripley (http://writerip.gather.com/),

Gather Socialwriter. "I have been contacted by editors and publishers of

other publications as a result of my writing for the SocialWrite

program, and that has subsequently led to additional freelance work for

me. In addition I can exercise my creative skills by writing on those

topics that both interest and mean the most to me."

Resources:

Gather Website (http://www.gather.com)

About Gather Points (http://www.gather.com/GatherPoints.jsp)

Gather Socialwrite (http://socialwrite.gather.com)

How to Earn More Points (http://earnmorepoints.gather.com)

Gather Moms on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/gathermoms)

Tom Gerace on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/tomgerace)

About Gather

Gather is the leader in participatory, performance-based media. Gather

enables conversation and pays people for the participants they reach and

engage. People love to gather around hot topics and shared interests.

Through its performance-based payment model, Gather engages

millions of people in conversations across diverse topics in a way

traditional media cannot. Gather is a privately held, privately funded

company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. Investors include Allen

& Company, The American Public Media Group, Hearst, The McGraw-Hill

Companies, and Southern California Public Radio. For more information,

visit www.gather.com.