Good Morning. I hope each of you had a wonderful weekend and are ready to face the coming week. It has been so cold here. The wind has blown many of the beautiful Autumn leaves off onto the ground so it is not nearly as beautiful as it was just last week.
Win a DVD of "Aliens in the Attic"
Gather is giving away copies of copies of Aliens in the Attic. For a chance to win a DVD, all you have to do is answer one question. Gather will draw five respondents who comment by November 3rd 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.
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Coloring Pages – Have Fun with Your Kids and Win Gather Points™!
Gather has posted some coloring pages for you to print out. Simply print the pages you like and help your little ones color them. Show off their amazing work in the Gather Moms group by scanning and sharing their finished artwork. Five (5) Gather members who do so will be randomly chosen to receive 50 Gather Points™. Winners will be announced on Thursday, October 29th.
Win a copy of "Battlestar Galactica: The Plan"
Gather is giving away five copies of Battlestar Galactica: The Plan. For your chance to win a DVD, all you have to do is answer one quick question. Comments must be posted by October 27th.
Halloween Poll for Moms – Win 25 Gather Points™!
Gather wanst to learn more about your Halloween plans. Take the polls and they will randomly select 25 participants to win 25 Gather Points™ each.
Take the polls by Wednesday, October 28th.
"Win My Stuff" Contest / Giveaway : Answer and win a Charlaine Harris book!
What you will be winning is a paperback copy of "Grave Surprise" by Charlaine Harris. This book is the second volume in Harris's Harper Connelly series. These books are not about vampires like her Sookie Stackhouse series, but they are excellent reading in their own right. Click the link above for all the details. This contest will run until November 1st. Comments can be submitted until midnight (12:00 a.m. EST) on November 1st.
What's your favorite funny line? Win a Jon Reep comedy CD/DVD!
Gather is giving you a chance to win Jon Reep’s Metro Jethro. For your chance to win, all you have to do is answer one question. Comments must be posted by Sunday, November 1st. Gather will select five people to win.
Win a copy of "Crocodile Tears", from a bestselling children's series!
Gather is giving a you chance to win a copy of this book for your child. For a chance to win a copy of Crocodile Tears: An Alex Rider Adventure (#8),and all you have to do is answer one question. Comments must be posted by Sunday, November 1st.
Share Your Snow Day Photos for a Chance to Win a Snow Day Prize Pack!
Share your previous Snow Day Photos for the chance to win a special Snow Day Prize Pack! Please share your photo(s) to the Gather Moms group and use the tag “snowday”. Gather will randomly choose three (3) members to win the prize. All photos must be shared no later than Tuesday, October 27th to be eligible.
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.
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!
Do you need help with gather related problems?
1. The "Help" link at the top of each page brings you to the most Frequently Asked Questions. Feel free to browse the resources available to you there anytime.
2. Stop by Gathers Help Desk and ask your question at the Daily Help Post. Gather staff monitor the Daily Help Posts Monday - Friday.
3. If you would rather ask your question privately just use the Contact Member Support Form. The form is available by clicking on the "Help" link at the top of each page and scrolling down the left side of the page or by clicking the "About Gather" link at the bottom of each page and Contact Us. Questions sent to the Support Team using this form will be replied to you at the email address that is on record with your account.
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Matt is home now, so things aren't so lonely on the home front :)
Thank you
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