Good Morning everyone. It is a bit chilly here and to tell you the truth it is already too cold for my tastes. I find that I hate the cold weather more each year. Must be an aging thing. :)
There is going to be a "New Member Mixer" today. It is a chat time for everyone in the Gather community not just new members. It is a great way to get to know others in the community, making new friends and chatting with old friends. All members are welcome to stop by and introduce themselves anytime they can between 4:30-9:00 pm ET. This mixer will take place in the Welcome Group.
Brain games for kids. Win a free book!
Is your child a genius? Do you know of any different types of Brain Games that other members can share with their children? Share examples and you could win a copy of DK’s How to Be a Genius: Your Brain and How to Train It. Comments must be posted by Sunday, October 18th. Gather will draw one respondent to win.
Have you checked out the Extra TV Group on Gather lately? They have just submitted a post titled "Win It! Designer Denim for a Cause!". In recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, PRVCY Premium Denim is giving away a designer pair of jeans every day! You have got to check it out for yourself.
They have also submitted a few other posts that may interest you:
Hear the New Michael Jackson Track!
I have been spotlighting groups with prompts in hopes that the community would become familiar with them and participate more. One of the owners has ask me to to let you know there are rules to the submissions that are allowed in the groups. Please familarize yourself with the rules before posting. Have fun and enjoy the prompt groups experience.
GROUPS WITH PROMPTS:
CREATIVE JOURNALING: Use Your Background
Genre Creatives Challenge
"Dreaming of Autumn" - Prompt For October Photo Challenge - Genre Creatives Challenge
Prompt for October Writing Challenge is: spooky stuff, devils & imps, ghosts & goblins.
Our new challenge of the week is "Rainbows in the Sky". "Orchid" Winners are now posted! Please congratulate the winners. "Daybreak" winners will be posted soon. The grand prize winner will win a copy of "Night and Day" by group owner Sherrie Hansen.
New Snap Happy Photo Theme ~ Feels Like Fall
This week's genre is Fantasy. Your story may be serious or light hearted or as silly as you like just so long as it is 100 words or less and written for the following
Gather’s Hairy Halloween Photo Contest – Submit Pet Photos for a Chance to Win Gather Points™!
Submit your favorite pics of your pets to Gather’s Hairy Halloween Photo Contest. We want you to share your favorite hairy, scary, and funny photos of your pets dressed up for Halloween.
Each photo you share counts as an entry. After Halloween, Gather Editorial will select the member who shares their favorite photo to receive 500 Gather Points™! Gather will then draw 20 participants who share photos to receive 100 Gather Points™ each.Here’s what you need to do for a chance to win:
- Between today and Saturday, October 31st, share a photo or a post with photos of your pet to the group Pets.gather.com.*
- Include the tag halloweenpet
- Each photo published by itself and each post counts as one entry. Enter as many times as you'd like, but you can only win once
*Posts and Photos must be published to Gather between October 12th and October 31st, 2009. If you want to submit a photo already published to Gather, you must re-post it for it be counted as a contest entry.
Michael Connelly Book Giveaway
This is your chance to win Michael Connelly's newest book "Nine Dragons" and the following:
- THE BRASS VERDICT
- THE OVERLOOK
- ECHO PARK
- HE CLOSERS
All you have to do is answer one simple question. Gather will draw ten respondents to receive copies of the books listed about. Comments must be posted to the field below by Sunday, October 18th.
Travel Back in Time. Win a DVD of "Land of the Lost"!
Gather wants to know, if you could travel back in time, when and where would you go? Respond by October 18th , and you’ll be entered into a drawing to win a DVD copy of Land of the Lost. Five respondents will be drawn to win.
Share your “Spilt Milk” experiences. Win a free CD!
Gather and Kristina want you to discuss your similar experiences. Tell us about a time you didn’t cry over spilt milk. Share your stories by October 25th and you could win a copy Kristina Train’s new album Spilt Milk. Gather will draw five respondents to win!
Gather's Featured Pet of the Week – SPIKE! Win Gather Gear & Gather Points™!
Amanda J. is the proud owner of Spike.
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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Thanks again Connie
That little critter is adorable.