Recruiting is our Lifeblood - Here is How You Can Help

[RJO]

A wise man once said "A guild that isn't growing, is a guild that is dying". Or it was Hengist. Someone said it.

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 with. 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 anyone 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, our ventrilo. Anything to create a connection with them that keeps us in their mind.

Bump Them Threads

One of our best sources of recruitment is our recruitment threads in various forums. 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.

Empire Faction - Official Forums
Republic Faction - Official Forums :: MMORPG.com :: Zam

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.

[RJO]

Looky what we have here people - a new place to pester you about bumping recruitment threads and trying to find us quality players in game! If you have ideas for how we can recruit people feel free to post them here and we'll get the keepers added to the thread.

Oh. And. BUMP THEM THREADS.

[RJO]

Official forums are going in to overdrive right because of the head start details starting to come out... Please try and make an effort to keep the threads bumped over the next 48 hours.

[Hengist]

Official forums are going in to overdrive right because of the head start details starting to come out... Please try and make an effort to keep the threads bumped over the next 48 hours.

Says the guy who hasnt bumped since 12/5 !!

C'mon people, little help!

[Conn]

Initiating bumping sequence..

Parameter check..

Do not Spam.
Cheesing acceptable.
Keep Egocentricity to a minimum.

[Hengist]

Initiating bumping sequence..

Parameter check..

Do not Spam.
Cheesing acceptable.
Keep Egocentricity to a minimum.

Right back at 'cha!

[Hengist]

So ummmmm....bump the Offical Forums threads for the next 24 hours until the boards go down? Please be willing to spend 30 seconds helping!

[Conn]

Wow the recruits are really rolling in, good Job guys. I'm probably missing someone important, maybe some of those behind the scenes, but I'd like to congratulate and thank RJO and Hengist for all their hard work and dedication to getting this guild ready for a strong roll out come release. We'll be a force to be reckoned with and it's going to be a blast! (Yay! Puns) Thanks again to everyone that helps this guild be the great thing that it is.

I'm so excited about playing TOR alongside you all.. in less than 2 days now!

[Hengist]

Appreciate the "well done".

I might not be a lot of things, but I am pretty strong proponent of constant recruitment and expanion. That doesnt mean numbers, it means quality additions to our community, and it's something I've pushed hard for a long time. Other than re-writing the Empire version recently to be more punchy and to the point, I've really passed along the recruiting responsibilities to Viveck and he's done a great job sending PM's and contacting people on the official forums who expressed interest. It's generally a thankless job and he jumped into the job knowing that. He's done a great, great job! RJO's interview for swtorstrategies.com also paid off in a big way and allowed us an avenue to meet even more new folks who fit in awfully well.

Truth is, no matter what we'd say, it would ring hollow if it wasnt for every member around here. You guys have all contributed to making the community what it is today, and I think that shows when people even visit the forums for a cursory visit. The reason they stay too, is because of how welcoming and fun everyone here is. So dont for a second think give too much credit to us, realize people coming is a credit to who you are, and the community that has been built here.

Cheers,
-H

[RJO]

New Republic official forums post:

http://www.swtor.com/community/showt...4678#post14678

GET. YOUR. BUMP. ON.