We currently have several positions open on the CAST blog for volunteer writers.

One writer and one alternate position need to be filled. 

If you are a writer, this could be the place for you. Our volunteers write one original devotional each month and our alternate fills in each 5th Monday and has one other post always ready just in case.

Two writer and one alternate positions need to be filled. 

This requires a little organizational skill and familiarity with blogger, but no real writing talent. Featuring our CAST artists is one of the most important things we do. There is a set format for these posts. There is a real need for helpers here. If we don't get some volunteers we'll be forced to schedule this twice a month instead of weekly. Writers put together one post per month and our alternate fills in on every 5th Wednesday and as needed in a pinch.

If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Sue at SueRunyonDesigns by convo.

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Join the Sunday Scripture team who alternate weeks to post a scripture with some sort of photo(s). Adding your own devotion or commentary is optional.

This is for those with a writing gift. We have volunteers for 4 weeks a month, but we need someone to fill in as an alternate once in a while and to do the post for the occasional 5th Monday in a month. Usually our alternate will have one draft waiting and ready to publish when needed.

No special skills required except a little attention to detail and basic blogger know how. Our posts have a set format with questions that our featured artists answer and there is a calendar schedule to show which volunteer will write about which artist when. This is a very important part of what we do as a team to support each other.

I think this is a fun one. Our volunteers alternate weeks and pick a theme (or not) and several great CAST Team items to feature. Commentary is optional.

This is also quite fun. You get to pick which CAST Shop to feature and prepare a simple post using an Etsy mini widget, an item photo and a set format. I'm doing this on my own right now, but would love a helper.


We have two lovely ladies sharing this duty already, but they'd welcome some help since we only use uncopyrighted recipes--old family recipes, recipes that they've come up with themselves or adapted. Each month one of them prepares and photographs the recipe for our hungry blog followers to see. If you have special skills in this area we'd love the help.

If you would like to write an occasional brief post about some Etsy business topic--take your pick--we'd love to have someone who would do this!

We welcome guest bloggers! Just contact me with your idea for a post and I'll guide you on how to proceed.

To volunteer or for more info contact Sue at SueRunyonDesigns

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We started this blog just one year ago and I think it's going quite well. We gain new followers each week and the blog has become a hub for the CAST Team. We have featured hundreds of CAST Team items and shops this year and have been inspired in many ways. I want to give special thanks to all the many volunteers who have contributed throughout 2010. You have been a great blessing to me and to the team.

We need a few new volunteers for 2011. We try to partner volunteers up with others to share the work so many of our volunteers are committed to only 1 or 2 blog posts per month. Following are volunteer positions that we are currently trying to fill:

Monday Devotion. In 2010 this has been our most popular feature thanks to Phyllis of pfdoriginalartworks who has written them weekly. Thanks so much Phyllis!  She'll be scaling back to only one post per month (2nd Monday). Monika of myeuropeantouch has volunteered to also write one per month (3rd Monday). Thanks Monika! We'd love to have a couple more volunteers to fill out the schedule. If you have a talent for writing, please pray about this. Posts can be longer, as Phyllis has done, or short and sweet. The format is up to the individual author, but at least one photo should be included with all CAST blog posts.

Wednesday Featured Artist. Cindy of cksilver heads this team and I think it's one of the best ways we have of getting our CAST Team artists some publicity. It's also a wonderful way for us to get to know a little more about our team members. Cindy could use help not only preparing posts, but in contacting and scheduling artists. There is a set format with a questionaire that each participating artist fills out so this does not require any special writing skills. Cindy would love one or two more volunteers to share the work. Please convo her if you are interested.

Guest Bloggers. These are our goals for the CAST blog:

1. To glorify God.
2. To be a refreshing, joyful place on the internet.
3. To be a central location where anyone can go to find out what is going on with the CAST team.
4. To draw in new members and to be a way for old members to discover how to interact more as a team.
5. To promote CAST shops, members and items.
6. To help each other in business.
7. To publish one new post every day in order to increase traffic and Search Engine Optimization.

I think we are doing quite well with most of those goals, but we fall a little short on the last one. I just want CAST members to know that we love to have Guest Bloggers. If you are a CAST Team member and have an idea for a blog post, please contact me with your idea. It can be a business post, a post promoting CAST Team members, a recipe, a photo of you getting to meet another CAST member in person, a tutorial or any number of other things.  Being a guest blogger is also a good way to get an extra link to your shop for Search Engine Optimization.


Please pray about these positions and contact me if you feel led to work with the CAST blog team.


Thanks,
Sue of SueRunyonDesigns

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We still need some new CAST Blog Team volunteers.

We could use someone else to help with the Wednesday Featured Artist post. We have volunteers for this, but can always use more. We try to share the work so that no one has too much to do. If you could prepare a post once or twice a month or help to coordinate the artists we feature, please contact me or contact Cindy at cksilver. This a very important part of what we do to promote each other on the CAST Team. A full feature post on an artist really helps with their Search Engine Optimization for their shop AND it gives the whole team a chance to get to know a team member better.

We also could use someone who would prepare a monthly Calendar Update to make team members aware of upcoming worldwide holidays and events so they can prepare their shops. If you are interested, contact me.

And we can always use Guest Bloggers. If you have an idea of a post that would be good for the CAST blog or if you have a post on your own blog that would be nice to post on CAST as well, please contact me about it.

Thanks so much,

Sue of SueRunyonDesigns

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