Who Is MotivateUs

What Did The World Need In 1997?
What Does the World Need Today?

Some Motivation, Inspiration, and Encouragement
How? Through Stories, Quotes, Pictures and More

Since 1997, MotivateUs.com has been honored to publish one of the largest motivational and inspirational quotes, stories, and inner feelings collection from people worldwide and we’re still going strong!

MotivateUs.com publications have no boundaries, no race, no gender, and no politics. This website is what the internet was made for: Clean, Edited, and Relevant Information About Life for All Ages. It is who we are and nothing more.

The vision of MotivateUs.com started in 1997 at a little internet service provider (ISP) in Bingham Farms, Mi. It was there that Marlene worked with business clients on their website needs.

As part of her work, she had to learn html (the language of web pages back then) and graphic programs to design websites to the client’s specifications.

She practiced her code knowledge during this time by publishing a quotation daily. This led to a vision of creating a place in cyberspace where the world could read positive and uplifting motivational and inspirational quotes and stories.

Soon people started finding the website she created (MotivateUs.com) and sent comments through email. In addition, people asked if they could send in their favorites and have them published as part of this new MotivateUs site.

Remember, back then, there were no blogs, very few content management systems, and very few options for individuals who wanted and needed to publish their thoughts and favorite sayings.

According to Steve LeBlanc, in a Quora post in 2011: “Before Blogger, it was possible to start a weblog. But very few people did it. They didn’t have the right encouragement, examples to follow, tech to make it easy, or community to join.” (Oh yes, Blogger was founded in August 1999.) It appears that MotivateUs was a trailblazer!

So this was how we began our global publication, MotivateUs.com, and The MotivateUs.Com Community.

Also, over the last 20+ years, many people have become quite famous after using MotivateUs.com as a springboard to showcase their thoughts and ideas.

As we move forward with the times, a new MotivateUs.com is emerging, and you can be part of it too.

Stay tuned – there’s a lot more to come!

MotivateUs.com started in 1997 at a little Internet Service Provider (ISP) in Bingham Farms, Michigan. Our Founder, Marlene Blaszczyk, was learning to code Html and design websites and needed a way to practice her new skills, so she started one page of positive quotations.

She would add a new quotation each day, and one day, a visitor from South Africa sent an email explaining how much she liked the page and asked if one of her quotes could be added to our collection.

Why did she ask this? Back then, there wasn’t any Twitter (@MotivateUs), Facebook, Snapchat, or Instagram – social networks where people could post. The majority of people, the majority of businesses too, didn’t have websites. There were only newsgroups, some blogs, and only about a hundred thousand websites in Google Search.

It was challenging to share your thoughts, ideas, or opinions if you couldn’t code or know how to use web publishing software to create your own website.

According to Steve LeBlanc, in a Quora post in 2011: “Before Blogger, it was possible to start a weblog. But very few people did it. They didn’t have the right encouragement, examples to follow, tech to make it easy, or community to join.” (Oh yes, Blogger was founded in August 1999.)

Soon, more people started to email and comment about the quotation web page – could you publish my thought too?

Now came the vision: To create a place in cyberspace where real people from all walks of life could participate in this new medium called the Internet.

For the first time, people could have their quotes, thoughts, stories, and historical and personal writings published on a community website. Also, they could send comments and questions to a real person and receive an answer.

This was the beginning of our global publication and The MotivateUs.Com Community.

In addition, FYI, many people have become quite famous after using MotivateUs.com as a springboard to showcase their thoughts and ideas.As we move forward with the times, a new MotivateUs.com is emerging, and you can be part of it too.

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