{"id":484,"date":"2016-02-08T08:17:43","date_gmt":"2016-02-08T12:17:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2016-01-16T23:23:03","modified_gmt":"2016-01-17T03:23:03","slug":"keeping-your-cookbook-contributors-motivated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/2016\/02\/keeping-your-cookbook-contributors-motivated.html","title":{"rendered":"Keeping Your Cookbook Contributors Motivated"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"megaphone\"As with any family project, getting everyone to contribute can be a challenge, especially if they have not seen the end product beforehand. <\/span><\/p>\n

Here are some tips to keep your contributors motivated:<\/span><\/p>\n

The more the merrier<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Be sure to include everyone, not just the great cooks. Everyone likes to be asked to participate and the more you invite, the more recipes you\u2019ll likely get. To add contributors and send an email invitation, > Use the Invitation Tool<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Set a reasonable deadline<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Set the submission deadline on the \u201cProject Information Editor\u201d page, but don\u2019t set it too far in the future. We all tend to put off whatever we can and contributing recipes is often one of those things. A month is usually enough time to give everyone to find the recipes they want to contribute and get them entered. Two things to remember: most of the recipes will come in just in time for the deadline and second, you can always extend the deadline if you want more recipes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Send regular updates<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Use the Reminder Tool<\/strong> to email some or all of your contributors on a regular basis. Remind them of the deadline and ask them to meet a specific goal, like \u201cplease add one or two recipes to each category\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Target the biggest recipe boxes<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Every family has a handful of people who are known for their cooking (you are most likely one of them in your family!). Send a personal message to them either using the remainder tool or reaching out by telephone, Facebook or with a personal visit. People are flattered when their skills are recognized. Let them know the cookbook would not be complete without their contributions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ask for specific recipes<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 Send a reminder to everyone asking for a specific recipe from your family\u2019s past that will get everyone thinking of past gatherings. Include your memories of that dish or the person who created it. It might help remind everyone why putting together a family cookbook is important.<\/span><\/p>\n

Use social media<\/span><\/strong> \u2013 As you add your own recipes to your family cookbook, it is easy to post them to Facebook or pin them to Pinterest. Sharing your recipes this way shows other family members that you are contributing and shows them they should as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Bill Rice<\/em> is Co-Publisher of the Great Family Cookbook Project<\/a>, a website that helps families and individuals collect and share food memories. Follow us on Facebook<\/a> and Pinterest<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As with any family project, getting everyone to contribute can be a challenge, especially if they have not seen the end product beforehand. Here are some tips to keep your contributors motivated: The more the merrier \u2013 Be sure to include everyone, not just the great cooks. Everyone likes to be asked to participate and …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editor-tips","category-familycookbookproject-com","category-how-to-ideas","no-thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1562,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/1562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.familycookbookproject.com\/theblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}