Recruitment is Our Life Blood - Y O U Can Help

A wise man once said "A guild that isn't growing, is a guild that is dying".

Recruiting is an important part of sustaining our Chapters. Luckily recruiting is one of the areas that everyone can and is encouraged to help out. Before I give some tips on how you can help recruit, a little bit of a word on what type of person we are looking for.

What type of recruit does the Aureus Knights look for?

This one is a lot simpler than you might imagine: Someone you'd like to play with. The thing that sets Aureus Knights apart from other guilds is that we are a community of friends that lives beyond any one game. The idea is to create connections and friendships that will last not just in this chapter but in the next and the next one and who knows, maybe you'll even invite a Knight or two to your wedding.

So when out in the world playing ask yourself: Is this person I'm about to pitch the guild to someone I and my fellow Knights would enjoy having around?

And now, how can you help out with recruiting?

Always be on the prowl in game

When you are out grouping or questing be on the look out for potential recruits. This doesn't mean you have to be selling the guild to every single person you see but if you find someone who stands out, even if they are already wearing a guild tag, mention that you are part of a great guild that is always looking for a solid member. You can point them towards the website, an officer, or our ventrilo. Anything you can do to create a connection with them that keeps us in their mind and makes it easy for them to follow up.

Bump Them Threads

One of our most reliable sources of recruitment is our recruitment threads on various forums around the internet. We'd ask that our members "constructively bump" these threads as often as they are comfortable and in a manner that doesn't make you look like a dirty spammer.

Official Forums - http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...-LFM?p=3015146
Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...well_run_lsgc/
MMORPG - http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cf...387850#5787998
Killing Ifrit - http://killingifrit.com/forums/topic...sed-guild-lfm/
FFXIV Realm - http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/aureus...uild-lfm.1592/
Zam - http://ffxiv.zam.com/forum.html?foru...88359142366353

Tell Your Friends

Probably the easiest to do but most often overlooked recruitment method - TELL YOUR FRIENDS! Do you have some buddies who are playing? Point them here and get them involved in our community. You love it here, why wouldn't they?

A final thought...

Recruitment really is something that everyone can get involved with. I know people have different comfort levels but any contribution you make to bringing fresh blood in to the guild goes a long way.

Another really important thing to remember is that despite we are a rather large guild it's never about numbers. Quality should always be our primary driver when it comes to recruits.

BUMP/UPVOTE THEM THREADS:
Reddit - http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...well_run_lsgc/
MMORPG - http://www.mmorpg.com/discussion2.cf...387850#5787998
Killing Ifrit - http://killingifrit.com/forums/topic...sed-guild-lfm/

AS people are making the rounds to their favourite fan sites please link so I'll know where to post next - thanks!

So in your post you have a link to these forums. However when I click the link it gives a 404 error yet I can read and post this message on the forums if I use my bookmark.

http://www.aureusknights.com/forums/

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Originally Posted by Slammer

So in your post you have a link to these forums. However when I click the link it gives a 404 error yet I can read and post this message on the forums if I use my bookmark.

http://www.aureusknights.com/forums/

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FUck I thought I fixed those.

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Originally Posted by rjo

fuck i thought i fixed those.

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fail

@RJO Might be a good idea to setup a apache/nginx redirect for /forums/ anyway. I always type that from muscle memory, at any rate.

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Originally Posted by Okaria Dragon

@RJO Might be a good idea to setup a apache/nginx redirect for /forums/ anyway. I always type that from muscle memory, at any rate.

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We used to have one. I don't know what happened to it :(

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Originally Posted by RJO

We used to have one. I don't know what happened to it :(

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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...ush-league.jpg

I've added a biggy to the list:
http://ffxivrealm.com/threads/aureus...uild-lfm.1592/

Please take the time to constructively bump these posts. Register a name, share your AKS experience, etc

Ha ha you failed again saying we still use Vent. Man your slacking as of late everything okay RJ do you need a ear to listen or a shoulder to cry on . Im here for you buddy

Adding: http://ffxiv.zam.com/forum.html?foru...88359142366353

Please register on these forums and make constructive bumps to these threads. Share your FFXIV or AKS experiences!

*** Most important one to bump ***

I've now got a post up on the official forums - please keep this rocking: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...299#post804299

Reddit peeps: please upvote this comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...thread/capkbfc

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Originally Posted by RJO

Reddit peeps: please upvote this comment: http://www.reddit.com/r/ffxiv/commen...thread/capkbfc

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We need to change the reference to vent to mumble in that reddit post.

My bump requests of the day:
Can I please get someone to gently push this: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...nd-Fun-Focused

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Any and all of our reddit using peeps, please upvote this: http://www.reddit.com/r/XIVLFC/comme...well_run_lsfc/

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Originally Posted by RJO

My bump requests of the day:
Can I please get someone to gently push this: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...nd-Fun-Focused

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Any and all of our reddit using peeps, please upvote this: http://www.reddit.com/r/XIVLFC/comme...well_run_lsfc/

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Done and done. But I wish we would fix all the references to vent, another one in this reddit post.

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Originally Posted by Slippers

Done and done. But I wish we would fix all the references to vent, another one in this reddit post.

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I'll fix it at some point, I have a template I use, just need to fix it.

I'm not sure how much the Mumble vs Vent thing maters.

I've always figured people make their decision to click over to our forums long before they get to that list of stuff we offer :D

Well, maybe you're right. It's just that some people have strong opinions on the subject of voice chat. Also, I seem to recall some newcomers for GW2 getting confused and downloading vent, trying to find us there, and not figuring it out for a few days.

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Well, maybe you're right. It's just that some people have strong opinions on the subject of voice chat. Also, I seem to recall some newcomers for GW2 getting confused and downloading vent, trying to find us there, and not figuring it out for a few days.

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Fair enough! :)

beta forum bumped

We are off the first page - if someone could go constructively bump the thread I'd constructively love you forever.

Ha, you read my mind...I went there to post exactly what you just did. :)

wow, in 8 hours everyone bumped their posts

We are bottom of the first page atm... we need a buuuummmppppppp

already bumped slowbie.

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Originally Posted by Leesil

already bumped slowbie.

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Wicked - ok you are on cool down though... (you and me both) - we'll need someone else to get the next bump.

Post something like "I joined AKS in XXXX and I liked YYYY"

sigh, true story, 15 minute cooldown is harsh....

bumpity bump bump

The competition is intensifying their efforts, so we will too!

beta bumped

While on bump watch tonight, I noticed this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...ells-by-server.
You probably saw it already, RJO, but after all you are on VACATION (supposedly) so maybe not. Do you think we should add our info to the list, now that we have a server? It will be a long list, so we might get lost, but on the other hand it is likely to be bumped a lot, and could help steer people to us who are looking specifically for Gilgamesh guilds.

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Originally Posted by Slippers

While on bump watch tonight, I noticed this thread: http://forum.square-enix.com/ARR-Tes...ells-by-server.
You probably saw it already, RJO, but after all you are on VACATION (supposedly) so maybe not. Do you think we should add our info to the list, now that we have a server? It will be a long list, so we might get lost, but on the other hand it is likely to be bumped a lot, and could help steer people to us who are looking specifically for Gilgamesh guilds.

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I almost added us last night but honestly decided to use my 15 minute post for something else (on a few occasions). Nothing wrong with adding us to that list but I suspect on page 5 very few will find us. Ill see if I can add us today.

need another bump on our recruitment page, its almost at the bottom and im timed out from recruiting in other locations.

Sadly, I can't bump from work (need to get SE's phone security ap instead of the friggin token). I will have to resume bump duties tonight. Anyone else?

my 15 has passed, ill go bump it right now

bumped**

also i've been sending out some recruitment emails to some old players from ramuh that i surprisingly still have some emails for, hopefully they get the message and get themselves over here!

looks like a bunch of other ramuh players may be coming over if Zro makes it, he will bring about 8 people i've played with from Ramuh back in the day!

Sounds like an invasion. Might be time to load up on tacos and hand grenades.

Just doing what i can to recruit, I was pretty darn well know. If i can pull people in with that, then so be it.

***Bumped beta forum again, we were getting low to the bottom of page one.

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Originally Posted by Leesil

Just doing what i can to recruit, I used to have a lot of sway in ffxi on my server, I was pretty darn well know. If i can pull people in with that, then so be it.

***Bumped beta forum again, we were getting low to the bottom of page one.

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Oh i know and it's greatly appreciated. I just happen to like tacos and hand grenades as everyone should

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Originally Posted by Slammer

Oh i know and it's greatly appreciated. I just happen to like tacos and hand grenades as everyone should

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im going to go eat a taco right now just for you.... and me.