Look who's back in action... Say hey to Cyndi, ya'll!

CyndiA just hit her year anniversary with Viewpoints this March. She's kept our members laughing for well over 365 days now. Her witty and brutally honest reviews appear on our most helpful list all the time. If you can read her Ass Blaster Hot Sauce review without falling out of your chair laughing, then you should see a doctor. (You may also need to see a doctor if you actually try the sauce she's writing about.)

Cyndi's a southern belle who knows her way around the kitchen. You can find her reading, writing, teaching class or riding her Harley! How cool is that?

Luckily, she made it up to the Windy City last year for the Viewpoints Launch Party!! We were sooo thankful she shared her photography skills and some true, southern-style goodies for our shindig like Cheerwine and Pork Skins.

She's one sweet lady who helps make our community feel welcoming. So as they say down south... that just butters our biscuit.

The first press release is out the door!

Check out our first press release here.

If you want just a snippet, I am including the below...

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Opinions are like noses, they say—everyone has one. And for those of us who have way more than one (opinions, that is, not noses), there’s now an online home just for you.

Viewpoints.com, a recently-debuted Web site, gives people who enjoy reading or writing reviews a one-stop outlet for topics ranging from laptops to hotels, blenders, even hospitals and schools. Nearly 700 categories, in fact, make Viewpoints.com the most comprehensive “citizen review” resource on the Web.

“Through more than 100 hours of interviews with people who like the review process, we discovered two major sources of frustration,” said Matt Moog, founder and CEO of Viewpoints.com. “First, reviewers are frustrated that there is no single web site where they can build their reputation by reviewing products and services across a broad set of categories. Second, while most people favor user reviews, they would like to know more about the reviewers.”

Moog, former chief executive of Q Interactive (formerly CoolSavings), a leading interactive marketing services company, realized the need for such a site back in 2005 when his father was facing serious health issues.

“I wanted to find the best specialist in the world for my father, and was shocked at the lack of information online. I was forced to work the phones for recommendations,” he recalled. “It occurred to me that the Internet fell short on reviews for topics that aren’t in some way product-related.” He later resolved to build a site where people could review anything and everything—a true community for the sharing of thoughts and opinions.

“Reviewers are not one dimensional—one day they might be moved to write a book review, the next day a hotel review, and the next a review of their favorite restaurant,” Moog observed. “Why should they have to go to three different web sites to do that?”