Hello,
As a lot have noticed, I've been recruiting a lot and recently received the 75th recruiter achievement. I am going to explain in this thread on how I recruit people, and also give some tips.
Lets start here:
I have to say that I enjoy recruiting. I like to see those new members flowing in and getting involved throughout the community, interacting with other members, and first and foremost, enjoying themselves. My main goal in eGO, and as a recruiter, is to ensure that my recruits are having the best gaming experience while being in eGO. If my recruits aren't enjoying themselves, then I haven't done my job.
My steps to getting recruits:
I will go over each step thoroughly after explaining my key points.
1) Play on our servers
2) Get to know the regulars that play on our servers.
3) Talk to them while your in game.
4) Congratulate players when they receive an achievement.
5) Congratulate players who get a nice nade kill(s) or anything of that sort.
6) Be
FRIENDLY.
7) Have fun!
Play On Our Servers
You need to play on our servers so you can get to know the regulars that play on our servers. You need to be there and help assist the public players in any way you can. Be there for the players.
Get to know the regulars
Interacting with the regulars is a good thing because they need to know that you show interest in them. They need to know that they are doing a good job and are always welcomed on our servers with open arms. They need to know that they are a good addition to our servers
Talking to them while in game
Take the time to talk to the players in game, get to know them, and interact with them. Get them on your steam friends, invite them to play with you on our other servers. Make their time on eGO servers as enjoyable as possible.
Congratulate players on receiving achievements through steam
A lot of members in eGO already do this but do your best and congratulate those players who receive achievements through steam on our servers. It makes them feel that they are doing a good job and are thoroughly progressing on our servers and it also makes them come back to our servers every time they launch Day Of Defeat: Source or that specific game that they play.
Congratulate players on getting nice nades
I cannot stress this enough. Make those players that get 2-3 nade kills feel good about themselves. It makes them feel like they are helping the team.
Be Friendly
In eGO, and as a member, we are a family-friendly organization. We have punk free servers and that is what keeps members coming back, but there is also an additional thing that keeps them coming back. Make them feel that eGO is a great server to play on. Make them feel that they are always welcomed on our servers with open arms at any time.
Have fun!
I cannot stress this enough. Our main goal in eGO is to have fun while playing on our servers. Whether your an admin or not, your main goal is to enjoy yourselves while playing on our servers. Make those regulars have a fun and friendly gaming experience. If someone is cussing at them or being disrespectful towards them, take action. Don't let the player disrupt that specific players game play. We want all members to have an enjoyable gaming experience and with players interrupting that, it stops them from coming to our servers because they will think that we allow that type of stuff.
Steps to take
While playing on our servers, take the time as I said above to get to know the members, interact with them, and help them have an enjoyable gaming experience.
Once you've gotten to know them, then proceed and add them to your friends list. Once they've accepted you, talk to them, explain to them what eGO is about and so forth.
Once you've talked and played with them, proceed and ask them if they are interested in becoming a member of eGO.
If they say yes, then walk them through the appropriate steps which I will discuss later in this thread. If they say no, keep them on your friends list and ask them to consider the request.
If the applicant decides to join
If the applicant decides to become a member of eGO. Explain to them what eGO is about, explain our rules and how they can benefit from being a member of eGO.
Once you've explained to them what being apart of eGO means, then continue to help them through the recruitment process.
I will give you an example of how I do things
That is basically all I have for the time being. Once I think of some more things, I'll be sure to edit them in.
Make sure you follow these when your looking for a recruits because it really does work and I can prove that this works.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate on posting in this thread.
Update: If anyone would like to come recruit with me on our servers. Send me a private message on the forums, add me on steam or get me on ventrilo. I am willing to help anyone so whenever I am on, just get a hold of me. As I said above, if you guys / gals have any questions at all, please don't hesitate on contacting me.
Also, if you have anything that needs added to this post, please let me know so I can add it in.
Edit #1: Edited some wording, and replaced some lines and added additional things. - March 16th, 2010
Thanks,
Blindy
I'll work on it though. 
