Your Guild at Work for You
What is new at the Checked In Today! Guild for the week of February 15, 2014?
-- New Members - We want to welcome the following new members to the Checked In Today! Guild
JosiannesJewelry
Spinners
- The Checked In Today! Guild is 172 strong.- Please remember to check in daily using the Check in button on the My Artfire page. It is on the left hand side and is blue until you click it, then it turns orange. It is good for 24 hours and is part of this guild's membership requirements.
If you wonder why our numbers seem to never move, it is because we will have 10 new members and then seven who never check back in again and disappear. I remove them after they have been gone a week or so. I recently needed to remove a few members who have not checked back in since they joined. I am not sending warnings to folks. Those who have not come back into their studios over 1 week without a vacation notice are being removed from the guild. They may rejoin when they are able to commit to checking in. I had to remove a lot missing members this week.
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~ Are You New to Artfire? ~
If so, we have compiled a list of helpful threads, posts and other things to help you be successful on Artfire.
How to Succeed on Artfire
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-- New Collections-
Here are the latest collections from your fellow guild members. Take a few moments to rate, comment and share these great collections. Making collections is time consuming and the more views these artists get, the more exposure your guild and your studio gets.
Sunflowers Checking In Today by Kats All That
Roses are Red...Violets are Blue by LilBitOLove Morphed into Beauty by Kats All That Red, Silver, Grey or Gray Checked In Today by The Singing Beader
If you have NOT made a collection for the guild lately, it would be very much appreciated if you would create one or two that only have Checked in Today! Guild members in it. Also, if you ARE making collections, PLEASE post them in the forum thread, so I can share them for you.
-Reminder: Please post your collections in the current month on the Guild Forum so we can see them and make sure they get promoted.
Here is February’s thread for Guild Member only collections
http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/3237
If you do not post your guild collections on the guild forum, I do not always see them and cannot give you recognition for your collection.
Need help posting a collection to the guild forum? Here is a How To thread
http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/1661
Please feel free to post your NON-Guild collections to this thread, so we can stop by and help you promote. http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/1877
Stop by and see some really great non-guild collections that are deserving of 5 Stars.
What is a collection and how do I make one?
If you need a comprehensive guide to making a collection, posting a collection and sharing a collection, I have written a tutorial blog post with pictures to help you.http://bmebluprint.blogspot.com/2012/05/so-you-want-to-make-collection.html
~ On the Front Page of Artfire
> Capture the Moon by Umeboshi – non-guild
> The Color of Art by Walk in the Woods LLC – non-guild
~ Artfire Daily Email
> Olympic Golds by Specialtivity – non-guild
> The Warming Sun of Spring by Walk in the Woods LLC – guild
I would love to see some more of our members sharing their latest creations. If you are not using Facebook, then post it on our guild forum. I will pick it and shared it with the group for you. Instructions and link to our guild page are in the following:
--New Studio Items by Checked in Today! guild members
Here are some of the latest and greatest new additions to the studios in your guild. The items you see posted here have been found on both the guild Facebook page
http://www.facebook.com/groups/CheckedInToday/ and the Guild Forum New Items posting page.
http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/3058 - Thank you Ruth of RSS Designs in Fiber for starting this.
Please Note: We are promoting any of your new items if you post them in either the Facebook page or the Guild Forum. Please link the item to your page, so I can post it to the blog. If it is not linked, I cannot post it.
If you need help posting to the guild forum, here is a link to a tutorial that will help you. Posting an Image to the Guild forum
New Studio Items
Connie of The Singing Beader posted:
Sue of Quilt Tops posted:
Eve of EvezBeadz posted:
Kathy of Specialtivity posted:
CJ of Ozarks Design posted:
Nancy of Jazz it up with Designs by Nancy posted:
Catherine of Shadow Dog Designs posted:
Kathy of Kats All That posted:
Lisa of CardsbyLibe posted:
Jennifer of Aurora Borealis Beading Gallery posted:
Cathy of Crafting Memories posted:
Rose of Artistic Creations by Rose posted:
There are lots of really great new products in these shops.
I am in the middle of planning this:
Marketing Opportunities:
You can find all the latest marketing and networking opportunities here:
http://checkedintodayguild.blogspot.com/p/marketing-opportunities.html
Here is February’s thread for Guild Member only collections
http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/3237
Post your non-guild collections to this thread
http://www.artfire.com/guild_forums/view_thread/1877
Please take a few minutes to click on the collections and tweet the sale items for your fellow guild members.
They will return the favor, which will increase sales for everyone.
-Your membership in this guild is greatly appreciated and it will help all of us be successful at something we love.
Disclaimer: This bulletin is compiled from things posted by members around the guild forum, Facebook and blog, so if you do not see something you feel I
missed, just let me know and I will update the post. I try and keep up with everyone, but I do miss things.
Julie and Blu
