Run the Guild that EVERYONE wants to be a member of -

When I first started playing WoW, I couldn't wait to join a guild.  The feeling of brotherhood, knowing that I was never truly alone wherever I was, like-leveled characters growing together and getting promoted for hard work as time went on. Well, let's just say that my first go around with a guild was very disappointing indeed.  My 'band of brothers (and sisters, too)' was nothing more than an incompetent leader calling for meetings every other day and then taking 30 minutes just to calm everyone down.  Nothing informative ever was ever talked about, and all the leaders friends were immediately promoted to 'Right Hand Defenders of the Leader' (wtf?).  We did have cool tabards, though.  Perhaps my expectations were set too high.  "Maybe this is what every Guild does." I thought.  Wrong.  Dead-wrong.  From that day on, I vowed that I would not settle for just any guild I was asked to join.  I came up with a list of questions that I would ask the recruiter.  Using these techniques, I finally joined a guild that had clear goals, and a very stable hierarchy.  Then I got to the point in the  game that I had been longing and training for - starting my own World of Warcraft Guild.  I knew from everything I had learned that I was ready.  But, it was not as easy as I had thought.  Recruiting was a nightmare and getting the structure into place with only a few members was equally as hard.  I decided to ask my old guild leader how he managed to set up such a dominating guild, and he introduced me to the Guild Creation Guide, probably the best WoW tool I have ever purchased.  This easy to read guide walked me through every aspect of guild creation and set me up with the tools I needed to now run one of the largest, longest-running guilds on my server.  If starting a guild has been a goal of yours as well, I wouldn't even think of doing it without this guide in your possession.