Comment for R.A.P

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I'm still so excited about Recruit A Pal!   I hope all of you are trying to bring some furiends to join our community.   R.A.P. is short for Recruit A Pal.

I'd like to ask all of you to help me put together a promo for R.A.P.    Please comment below to give me a paw.   I'd like you to comment a few sentences to tell me your favorite thing about Blogville, or tell me your favorite event, or your bestest post, or say what your blog means to you.      Just 2-3 sentences to say what you specifically love about blogging.   

Then I'll be doing a big ole copy/paste of all of the comments and using them to help promote R.A.P. in my future posts.    OKAY?!?       I've already said bunches about how fun, and supportive, and creative, and touching, and informative, and loving Blogville is and now I'd like your input.    So, get to commenting!   BOL

  
Don't forget these details:  

THERE ARE TONS OF PRIZES!    Call them recruiting prizes and welcome prizes.   Check out the list below!   

THERE IS A WELCOME DANCE on 6-2-15 for all of Blogville.    If you and your date need corsages or boutonnieres, send your pix to Madi then she will forward them to me.   If you're ready to attend, send your completed pix to me   ( lfurman1987ATyahooDOTCom).

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

PRIZES: 

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

Abby will provide 4 books to New/Return pal and/or Recruiter.

Sasha will provide 1 Pizza Hut gift card to a New/Return pal.

DANCE:

A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

Madi will provide corsages and boutonnieres for dance guests.

Yente Ruby is available to help furiends find dates.

Dory is providing a Photo Booth for the guests.

Top Cop Bites will ensure a security sweep of the dance hall.

DJ Rockin’ Wills will spin the platters and play the rock that matters.

Surf Jammers will perform.

Bad Dawg Agency will perform.

Chef Sasha will provide catering services.

I'm hoping that Yente Ruby will find a fabulous date for me to take to the Dance!

Grr and Woof,
Sarge, Event Host

Recruit A Pal...Welcome Dance

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I'm so excited about Recruit A Pal!


Here are the basic details:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

Oz will do a header design makeover for 1 New/Return pal. 
A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

For the past four days I've posted lots of hints and suggestions for trying to recruit new or returning pals to Blogville.

Today I want to bark about the big celebration to follow the event.   It's the WELCOME DANCE!

So, on 6-1-15 all of the new and returning pals will post their introductions.   On 6-2-15 all of Blogville is invited to the Welcome Dance.    This will be a fun chance to mingle and enjoy our furiendship.  

On that day, I will be posting pix of all of the successful recruiters and their pals.    Surf Jammers will perform too.   There is no deadline, you are all invited to post on your own or just visit the Dance here.

I do hope that I will have some volunteers to help me out on June 2nd.   We will need more music, security, foodables, and drinks.   If you'd like to pawticipate, the theme is WELCOME and just comment below so I know what you are interested in doing for the dance.

Okay, everyone, I hope you are excited about this!   I definitely am excited!   Thanks for reading along for these several days and GOOD LUCK, RECRUITERS!   GO GET 'EM!

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

Recruit A Pal... Examples of Blogville

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I have more information for you today about Recruit A Pal!

Here are the basic details:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

Oz will do a header design makeover for 1 New/Return pal. 
A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

OKAY:   I PAWMISED YOU EVEN MORE SUGGESTIONS TO HELP RECRUIT!

I think it would be really helpful to show your furiend some of the posts that will depict life in Blogville.   That gives them a real look at what all we do and how we do it.

Of course, some of what we do is totally virtual and fantastical.   Here are a few posts you might want to let them see to show off our whimsical side.

Ranger's Bat Pawty, Ranger  8-8-14.
Madi's Box Bash, my blog 1-10-15.
Guy's Day, Frankie and Ernie 3-23-15
Heart 2 Heart Dance, Murphy and Stanley 2-14-15
Easy's Pickpocket Story, Easy 8-15-14.

Of course, some of what we do is very real.   Here are a few posts you might want to let them see to show off the amazing good that happens here in Blogville.
Bert's Search & Rescue Tips,  Bert 8-15-14.

Safety Week, my blog with links to many others 8-11 to 8-16-14.
Transports to Furever Homes, Khyra 3-30-15.
Auction for Moore Oklahoma, Sidebite 5-31-13.
Our Rainbow Friends, tributes to those who crossed the bridge.
POTP, blog to share information about friends who need special support. 
Support for lost pet, Angel Greta 9-9-14 and 9-11-14.

I'm sure you have other examples in mind.   These are just a few.   Don't be afraid to brag about our world and let your furiend see exactly how we live our lives and post our posts.

We also have lots of on-going special days.   Some examples are Wordless Wednesday, FFHT by The Doods, Shop Around The World by Bacon, Snicker Saturday by me, Bentley and Pierre's Monday News, Ranger's Wacky Holidays, and lots of others.   These are all great posts to show a furiend.

Back on Sunday I posted about trying to explain what Blogville is all about.

Back on Monday I posted about dealing with time constraints as you recruit.

Back on Tuesday I posted to suggest you set up your furiends' blog for them.

Tomorrow I will give more details about the Welcome Dance on 6-2-15.

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

Recruit A Pal... Time

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I'm so excited about Recruit A Pal!   This is my biggest event for the year and I'm so glad to have so many furiends interested already.


Here are the basic details:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

OKAY:   I PAWMISED YOU MORE POINTERS AND TIPS FOR RECRUITING!

Today I'm barking about the big issue of TIME.   

I bet any of you who have mentioned Blogville to someone has heard that they "don't have time for blogging".    We certainly can respect that!    Lots of us have busy lives.    Our peeps work, volunteer, have families, and have other hobbies and there are only so many hours in the day.   We all totally get that.

However, I think most peeps would be surprised that blogging can take as much or as little time as they'd like.       Try explaining that there are no rules about how much to post or how much commenting and reading to do in Blogville.    We can post once a week if that's all we have the time or inclination to do.    You certainly get better response to your own posts if you read and comment for others, but it isn't required at all.    A blogger could simply do a Wordless Wednesday post each week and be a perfectly happy Blogville citizen.   BOL   That would really take very little time.   

Another great tip is to post ahead.   Whenever a busy furiend has a some time available, use the Schedule feature and do a whole bunch of posts in one sitting.   That's a really efficient way to get your posts set up quickly and then you just sit back throughout the month and let them pop up as scheduled.   For a busy furiend, that's a super way to post without having to work at it every week!

For someone who has mini two-leggers in their lives, we all know they are busy!   Try suggesting this as something they can do with the kiddies.   Kids love pets and this would be a nice way to spend some time being creative together.    Sort of like art class or recess.   What a great way to occupy the kiddies and stay involved with them and have some creative fun too.

I hope this helps when you are talking with a furiend and they mention being worried about not having the time.   We all know that can be a big issue.

In case you missed it, yesterday I posted about explaining Blogville to someone.

Tomorrow I will be posting about setting up someone's blog for them.

Wednesday will be about using past posts as examples of life in Blogville.

Thursday I will post about the big Welcome Dance on 6-2-15.

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

 

Recruit A Pal... Get Them Started

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I'm so glad you stopped by today for more about my Recruit A Pal event!

Here are the basic details:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.
Oz will do a header design makeover for 1 New/Return pal.

A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

OKAY:   I PAWMISED EVEN MORE TIPS AND HINTS TO HELP YOU RECRUIT!

Today, I want to make a really big suggestion that I think will help tons.   Try setting up someone's blog for them!   

For a lot of furiends, tech things can be terrifying.   I can pawsonally tell you that my peeps had no clue how to even begin blogging.   Frankie set up my bloggie for me and then just barked the login and password to my Mom.    POOF and BAM and WOOHOOOO I was blogging.    Once the template is set up, posting is fairly simple.   Adding pix and text is pretty easy.   Setting up the template, design, fonts, settings, etc can be very hard for someone new.    

Be sure to set up a very basic blog so they are not overwhelmed.   The beauty of this idea is that they can immediately start to post!   They don't even have to go through the difficulty of learning how to create the blog itself.   I can pawmise you that this is exactly how I got started.   Tons of thanks and love to Mamaw for creating the blog and handing it over already set up.   Your new furiend will feel immediately successful because they can quickly put up a post without the extra work.  

Later on, they will be more comfy and can play around with the colors, header pix, and etc.   Once they are more seasoned, these details will be fun instead of scary. 

I THINK THIS IS THE BIGGEST TIP I CAN GIVE YOU!   Just set it up for them.   Just do it! If they never use it, fine and dandy.   But with it already created, they'll feel more encouraged and less intimidated at the same time.     And, this will work perfectly with Oz's pressie of a blog header design makeover!    Set up the basics and then Oz can customize it later.   Easy, easy, easy for the new furiend.

In case you missed it, I had a post up on Sunday to help you explain what Blogville is all about.   

I had a post up on Monday about the time constraints that can worry your furiends.

Tomorrow I will bark about using our past posts as examples of life in Blogville.

Thursday will be information about the Welcome Dance on 6-2-15.

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

Recruit A Pal...How to Explain It

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I'm wagging like crazy because I'm already getting some good response about my May event Recruit A Pal!    Here are the basics as mentioned in yesterday's post:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

OKAY, SO I PAWMISED SOME POINTERS TO HELP YOU RECRUIT!   

Today, I thought I'd try to help you explain exactly what Blogville is and what we do.

Have you ever tried to tell someone about Blogville and find both of you befuddled?  BWAR HAR HAR     It can be a little hard to describe without sounding silly or time consuming or complicated.

Basically, here's how I see us.    We are like Pen Pals through our pets.     We use Blogger or Wordpress instead of paper, envelopes and stamps.   We show the world through our pets' eyes.

Some of what we do is totally virtual, made up, and fantastical.    We drive cars, wear ball gowns, have jobs, talk.   We play in bands, throw parties, cater food and drinks.  We write stories and poems and tell jokes.   We have an enormous amount of pure entertainment in Blogville.

Some of what we do is very, very real.   We raise funds for rescues, those in need, emergencies for our furiends.   We give and get advice about products and pet problems and questions.   We support each other in times of need.  We raise awareness about pet issues.   We do a great amount of tangible good here in Blogville.

For the most part the peeps are anonymous.  Usually the pets are the bloggers and the stars of the show.   But, we also sometimes meet in person.   We share so much through Blogville that many of us begin to feel like furiends and family.   You can stay totally hidden behind your blog or you can connect with others however you are comfortable.    We also have peeps who are a big part of Blogville.    We welcome all peeps and all species of animals.   We have dogs, cats, birds, pigs, rabbits, donkeys.   We have had fish, guinea pigs, horses, turtles and hermit crabs (POL).   Our citizens come from all over the planet.   Really, all over.    We get a diverse way of seeing the world.   

Maybe this will help some of you try to describe Blogville to others. 

Tomorrow I will post about the time issues that can come up when recruiting.

Tuesday will be a post about helping a new furiend set up their blog.

Wednesday will about using our posts to show examples of life in Blogville.

Thursday will be a post about the Welcome Dance that will be held on 6-2-15.

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

Recruit A Pal STARTS TODAY

Hey Everyone!
Wow, this is it!   Day one of Recruit A Pal.    Over the past five days I posted all sorts of tips and suggestions to help you bring more furiends to Blogville.   I surely hope it all helps.

Here are the details:

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Four recipe books.

Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

Oz will do a header design makeover for 1 New/Return pal. 
A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

If a furiend mentions that they are not sure what they'd have to blog about, maybe mention several of our special days.    These are a few examples:

Wordless Wednesday

Ranger's Wacky Holidays

Snicker Saturday

These are all rather quick and easy posts to pawticipate in and would be a nice way to start blogging and getting used to posting.   Someone new could do a few of these posts and be nicely on their way.

Good luck everyone!

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Police Commish

Recruit A Pal ANNOUNCEMENT

Hey Everyone!
Wow, I am so very excited to bark about this idea I had the other day!   I was thinking it would be pawesome to bring some new furiends to Blogville and maybe we need a recruiting event.   The more I strained my brain the more I liked the idea!  BOL    So, I'd like to announce my biggest event of the whole year.     Brace yourselves...here are the details:::

RECRUIT A PAL

Recruit A Pal will run the entire month of May through midnight 5-31-15.

Bring a new pal to Blogville or bring back one who hasn’t posted for 1 year.

New/Return pals must post on 6-1-15 to introduce themselves. 

New/Return pals must follow at least:  their Recruiter, Sarge, & BCCalendar.

Recruiters must notify me (lfurman1987ATyahooDOTcom) by 6-1-15.

Email must include the names and blog addresses of the Recruiter and Pal.

All species are welcome.

I will provide 1 prize for Recruiters.  Item from Clara’s Collars.

Frankie & Ernie will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.

Madi will provide 1 prize for New/Return pals.   One handmade scarf.

Murphy & Stanley will provide prizes for Recruiters.   Three recipe books.
Oreo will provide 1 prize for a Recruiter and 1 for a New/Return pal.

A community wide dance will be held on 6-2-15 for everyone in Blogville.

Now, I know this won't be easy.   That's why we have the entire month to work on it.   I'm so happy that Frankie and Ernie and Madi and Murphy and Stanley have all generously pledged prizes to help encourage pawticipation.

Over the next few weeks I will be posting some ideas / tips / suggestions / pointers that might help us as we talk others into joining us here in Blogville.    We have such an amazing time together and I think if we do a great big push we can get some furiends to blog with us.

More details to come soon.   For now, feel free to grab a badge and start thinking about asking others to move to Blogville!

 

Grr and Woof,

Sarge, Hopeful Recruiter