There are quite a few things happening around the community this week. Many of the contests end this weekend so make sure you check them out and enter those you are interested in. Hope each of you have a wonderful weekend.
The community is still mourning the death of one of our own and I want to pay tribute to him by posting his photo again today. He was a wonderful member of the community with a great sense of humor. He will be missed. Rest in peace Rob.
Rob Appell
In Memorial 1957-2009
The Surreal Circus is now running its semi-annual contest. This time it's a a photo-manipulation (photoshopping) contest. As always, they are offering some pretty good cash prizes. Grand Prize is $100.
A little boy who is dying of cancer has requested Christmas cards. I thought if a lot of people from Gather participate, he could get a lot of cards! April H has checked out the story on Snopes, and it is true. You can read more about this at April's post.
Groups with new prompts:
[Genre Creatives Challenge]Genre Creative Challenge - November Photo Contest
Gather is giving away five copies of the film on Blu-Ray. For your chance to win, all you have to do is answer one question. Comments must be posted by Tuesday, November 17th.
How Does Your Dog Rule? Tell us and you could win Gather Points™!
We all know that Dogs Rule® - to find out how to enter this contest just click on the above link. Five members who post their completed acronym exercise by Nov. 23rd will randomly receive 100 Gather Points™!
Get Your Own Holiday Icon Wrap!
Do you love the holidays? Show your holiday spirit with your very own Holiday Icon Wrap! We’ve got five below for you to choose from. As part of the Find Meaning campaign in http://findmeaning.gather.com sponsored by Hallmark Gold Crown stores, Gather is working to spread holiday cheer and you can help. Update your icon and you’ll be spreading cheer everywhere you go on Gather.
Get your Holiday Icon Wrap by December 24th and you’ll be entered into a drawing for two members to win 1000 Gather Points™ just for updating your icon. Winners will be announced after the holidays.
"The Contest" # 1 Win "Two Precious Moments Ornaments".
Elaine A. is having a wonderful contest. It will end on 11/10/09. So make sure you check it out today.
Jet with JET. Win a free signed copy of their new album!
To celebrate the Jet with JET promotion, Gather is giving away three signed copies of Jet’s new album Shaka Rock. For your chance to win, all you have to do is answer one quick and fun question. Comments must be posted by November 22nd. Gather will draw three people to win.
Ping Your Friends with Holiday Cheer this Year!
Spread the true meaning of the holidays this year by pinging your friends with some of the fun Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments below. We’ve got a ping for everyone on your Gather friend list! It’s all part of the Find Meaning campaign sponsored by Hallmark Gold Crown stores. Take some time to show your Gather friends how much you care about them this holiday season and I’m sure you’ll get one back!
Tips for the November Garden. Win a Free Book!
This post is filled with great information about preparing your garden for next year. Now is the time to order seed catalogs. Begin winter-pruning deciduous trees and shrubs, start renovating hedges, and prune greenhouse vines.
For your chance to win a copy of DK’s Gardening Through the Year, all you have to do is share your information. Gather will draw one person to win. Comments must be posted by Monday, November 9th.
Gather is giving away two fall books for foodies.
For a chance to win, tell Gather a few things about your meals. Gather will draw three winners to receive two books. Comments must be posted by Monday, November 9th
"The Coming Storm" Book Contest
I am running a contest and all you have to do is answer a few questions for your chance to win a copy of "The Coming Storm" by "Tracie Peterson".
Contest ends Saturday at midnight.
Reviewers Needed for Hallmark Holiday Products!
Gather is looking for 30 reviewers for the Hallmark Gold Crown holiday products. I personally love Hallmark products so this is a great opportunity for Gather members.
Enter to Win a Trip Home for the Holidays for You or Someone You Love!
There’s no place like home for the holidays and we want to help you get there! Together with Hallmark Gold Crown stores, we’re giving away one trip home for the holidays this year. You can win either a trip home for yourself or you can have someone you care about come home to see you!
Submit your cat photos for our new partner ads!
If you’ve seen any of the Gather partner ads leading to the Pets group, you may recognize a few familiar faces. These ads feature Gather member pets. Gather is in the process of creating an additional set of ads to lead to the Pets group, and once again, we want your pets to be the stars!
This time around, we are featuring cat photos for the new ads.
For a chance to have your cat included in a Gather partner ad check out the post for all the details
Share a difficult moment. Win a copy of "My Life Outside the Ring"!
Gather is giving away copies of Hulk Hogan’s new book My Life Outside the ring. For a chance to win all you have to do is answer one quick question. Comments must be posted by Sunday, November 8th. Gather will draw two people to win.
Socialwrite: Testing A New Gather Program (and How You Can Get Involved)
The Socialwrite program is in its test phase and the participating writers are being compensated differently than other Gather members:
- Participants do not earn Gather points. To the extent that they bring new people to Gather and increase our opportunity to earn additional revenue, they increase the points earning opportunity for other members, but they do not draw from the points pool themselves.
- Socialwriters are required to adhere to a program style guide for each post
- During this test, participants are compensated monthly solely on the unique audience each piece of their content generates for Gather
- During this test, participants can earn up to $450 each month
Currently, we are looking for Socialwriters in the following categories:
- Sports
- News
- Politics
- Entertainment
- Food (recipes/holiday content)
If you are interested in applying for the test program, check out Tom's post for all the details.
Win a DVD copy of "Enlighten Up!"
Gather is giving away three DVD copies Enlighten Up! For a chance to win all you have to do is answer one quick question. Comments must be posted by November 10th. Gather will draw three people to win.
Share the Reasons You Love Your Dogs for a Chance to in Gather Points™!
Gather will pull the top ten reasons in the Reasons You Love Your Dog List.- You could be one of 10 members to win 50 Gather Points™ for sharing their tips.
- We’ll post the guide on Friday, November 6th and announce the winners then too!
Comments must be made by Friday, November 6th to be considered.
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL THE WINNERS!
Winners of the Spine-Chilling Book Giveaway
Winner of the Béla Fleck DVD and CD
The winner of a signed Béla Fleck CD is:
The winners of a signed Béla Fleck DVD is:
~~ Sarina ~~
Winners of the "Aliens in the Attic" DVD
Do You want To Make More Points On Gather
One of the questions members frequently ask the Support team is for tips on how to get more views to their content so they can earn more points. An easy way to do this is by checking to see what is being searched for on the major search engines and to pick a topic that interests you from the list of top searched trends to write about.
The Google trends list is updated very regularly throughout the day. MaryAnne be publishing this list daily to the Earn More Points and SEO groups. Feel free to check out these posts for ideas. If you write about one of the items on the hot trends list, and use the keywords that are being searched on, your content will be one of the items returned in the search engines and you’ll draw more viewers to your content.
Tom Gerace, CEO and Founder of Gather has submitted some great posts to help you with your Gather experience:
Amplifying Your Voice (or, If a tree falls in the forest, and only 1.3 million people hear it…)
Step 1: Find Something that You Love to Do
Step 2: Evaluate the Appeal of Your Topic
Step 3: Consider the Competition (and Learn from Them)
Step 4: Creating a Consistent Experience
Welcome! I think you will find the Gather community a great source of information on just about anything. There are groups for food, music, writing, frugal living, couponing and everything in between. The Welcome To Gather group is a great place to start. It is a place where you can meet other new member on the site as well as seasoned members. The Welcome To Gather group goal is to help you learn your way around Gather and let you find friends who share your interests. Welcome!
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Comments: 39
My parents came for a visit, now I'm just bummed since they left.
I have been reading a lot lately about light therapy for depression. Have you ever checked into it? I am am going to ask my Dr about it to get his professional opinion on the matter.
I'm wishing you a wonderful weekend.
Don't forget to enter my contest to win 2 Precious Moments Christmas Ornaments
http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977885966
I have your contest in the post. Did you see it?
Thanks for listing it here
I post contest # 2 for BB&W Twisted Peppermint Lotion ;-)