The Rebel Bloggers are recruiting!

[Brickdoctor]

Welcome to this Alliance recruitment center. Okay, it's actually a table in the corner of a cantina. We're not really keen on being taken out by a TIE/sa or two. Please don't draw attention to yourself by staring at the Stormtrooper patrol. They're looking for some droids and an old man and a farm boy that I'm sure are of absolutely no significance to the Rebellion.

The Rebel Bloggers are launching a renewed effort to keep up with MOCs and news both here on EB and on other sites such as Brickshelf, MOCpages, and flickr. We're looking for one or two new bloggers to join us in lounging around in the Rebel Base this effort, and we'd like to give everyone the opportunity to apply.

How do you apply?

It's as simple as sending a PM to Brickdoctor. Your PM should include two example blog posts:

• The first post should be your version of a blog post written to cover the revelation of the Star Wars Weekend exclusive minifig.
  
• The second post should be of an MOC of your choice that you deem blog-worthy. Of course, this should not be an MOC that we've already blogged. You can blog any MOC (other than your own) from any site, and we'll be lenient as far as the time it was originally posted. Anything from, say...the past year or so should be okay.
  
• If you have any previous experience or skills that you think will be helpful, be sure to let us know about those in the PM, too.
  

What do we expect from you?

• We don't expect perfection, but good English is important. (Especially when it comes to a blog that primarily features MOCs -- builders like it when you talk about their MOC with more than just "awsum!" or "Nice MOC".)
  
• Prior experience with WordPress, CSS, HTML, or blogging is helpful, but not required. We'll help you with that if you're chosen, so don't worry about it.
  
• We know you can't be active all the time, so there's no requirement for the number of posts you must make in a time period. Rather, it is the responsibility of all the bloggers (So that would include you if you were chosen.) to make sure that we don't go too long without posting new content.
  
• Experience and activity on other sites such as flickr and MOCpages is a plus: There's not always something to be blogged at the right time on EB, and not everybody posts their MOCs on EB, so we need to keep up to date with other sites. Having an account and being active on other sites is not a requirement, but it is something we will consider.
  

What can you expect from us?

• You get a Rebel Blogger tag. Everyone goes crazy about getting more tags, right? (And you get the page on the blog which you can write a bio of yourself on and access to our Rebel Blogger subforum.)
  
• The Star Wars Staff team often works with the Rebel Bloggers to plan contests, community builders, and other projects. You'll get to be a part of that, and that also means you'll get to know of them in advance.
  
• The afore-mentioned WordPress, CSS, HTML: these are tools we all work with, so we'll help you to improve your understanding of them, if you need help.
  

As of right now, there is no deadline yet; we'll either accept applications until we feel we've found our next blogger, or we'll let you know of a deadline as we get a better idea of the number of applications we're receiving.

[Brickdoctor]

Reminder:

There's been some interest, but not a lot, and you still have this opportunity to join the Rebel Bloggers. Don't be discouraged by all the details in the first post; there's a whole team of quality members ready to help you if you are chosen. I would encourage everyone to apply if you think you have, say, even a half an hour each week to blog. No harm in trying.

[TWP]

• The Star Wars Staff team often works with the Rebel Bloggers to plan contests, community builders, and other projects. You'll get to be a part of that, and that also means you'll get to know of them in advance.
  

Does this mean you can't participate in contests?

then PLEASE get ACPin the job

[Brickdoctor]

Does this mean you can't participate in contests?

then PLEASE get ACPin the job

You have a choice, actually. Last time (For the Future of Star Wars contest), the bloggers were contacted and Erdy asked who among them wanted to help. (We all said 'yes', but if the staff did work with the bloggers on a contest, you would have a choice whether or not to help organize it or to remain eligible to compete.) We can always work on it over PM instead of in the bloggers subforum if only some of the bloggers are helping.

[Brickdoctor]

All right, I'll leave this topic open for a couple more days, so you have until midnight on Friday, Denmark time, to apply for a blogger position. (That's 6PM EST. The blog runs on CET/CEST since KimT set it up that way.)

[Brickdoctor]

Applications are closed. (Actually you have, uh, one minute left as of this posting.)