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However for all the tweaks we make, the concept of the site remains unchanged: to reconnect people all over the world. We're always really interested in ANY successful matches through the site and each month, we invite you to 'tell us your story'. All stories are mentioned on our 'Successful Stories' page and the sender of our favourite story, our 'Star Story' will receive a delicious food hamper or magnum of Champange. So, even if yours isn't a tale of epic proportions, please let us know how you've got on. You can do this by emailing sam@who-remembers-me.com or by responding to our 'tell us your story' prompts. |
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We were only able to put Bob and his friends and Les and Bev back in touch because they had filled in their 'attendances'. These are our 'search-engine' institutions: schools, clubs, streets etc. The more attendances you add, the easier it is for us to make a match and for you to be found by old friends. There are 18 different attendance categories to choose from, as well as a new name search box. Whenever a new member adds an attendance that matches one of yours, we will email you a link to their profile. We'll also send you a monthly activity report with all your matches at a glance. So keep on adding! Attendances are what keep the Who-Remembers-Me community together - without them we can't match you with anyone. |
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We are of course referring to our spanking new website! New look, new feel, exciting new features... Plus, have you seen how many members weve got? Theres now a running total on the home page which counts each and every member as they join, and the last time we looked, we had more than 34 million members worldwide! Not bad.
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November 2009
Welcome to our November newsletter! It’s been a while since we’ve put pen to paper, but that’s because we’ve been busier than ever processing new membership registrations.
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APRIL NEWSLETTER 2009
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April 2009
Hello and welcome to our April newsletter, our first newsletter of 2009! With an ever-increasing database of members and more tools than ever at our fingertips, this year promises to be our most successful year yet!
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June 2008
Our long-awaited name search engine is at last up and running and by all accounts is working rather well!
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Welcome to our October NEWSLETTER, the second NEWSLETTER of 2007!
Wherever you are in the world we hope you enjoyed the first half of 2007 and the mid-year break. For some of you this will have been a summer holiday and for others, July and August are all about the winter months.
Here at WRM we’ve been as busy as ever and as we head into October and November, we’ll be bringing you some more exciting changes! |
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Who-Remembers-Me.com in ASSOCIATION with ipoints!
First of these changes is the new ipoint reward scheme. We are very pleased to announce our new partnership with ipoints.co.uk and are keen to let you know how this is going to benefit you!
ipoints.co.uk is the UK’s most generous online loyalty programme with over one million members and 300 partners. As with store reward cards you can now earn ipoints every time you use the WRM website and exchange these ipoints for gifts when you’ve accumulated enough. Rewards include vouchers from major online stores such as Amazon and John Lewis, CDs, DVDs, wine and much, much more. Here’s how the ipoints add up:
So what are you waiting for? Start earning ipoints now by logging into your WRM account and signing up for ipoints. |
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Our second exciting development is the new Name Search facility we’ll be launching in October or November!
Many of you have asked why we don’t have a facility that allows you to search by name – well, it won’t be easy searching the world over for surnames - but that’s exactly what we intend to do. Very soon you’ll be able to type in the surname of the person you’re looking for to see whether there’s a match on our database. If there is, we’ll tell you which attendances they’ve listed and you’ll have the opportunity then to send them a message. And you thought we didn’t take your comments on board...! |
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Finally the third exciting change to look out for is the facility to upload as many photos as you like!
At the moment there’s room to upload just the one photo to accompany your personal profile, but so many of you have been sending in your old school snaps and reunion photos, that we decided it would be a shame not to display them somewhere. So it won’t be long before every member will have the opportunity to upload as many photos as they want to – you’ll have your own private gallery so to speak and will be able to share a giggle with friends, poking fun of their long white socks and butter-wouldn’t-melt pigtails! |
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And NOW over to YOU...
Well, hats off to our friends ‘down under’! It
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seems that Australia is our fastest growing member country with membership at an all-time high. So in honour of our Australian friends, we’ll be taking a look at a couple of success stories from Australia...
Most recently we heard from Bev Atherton who managed to reconnect with an old school friend, living, unbeknown to them both, just around the corner from her!
Then there’s Cheryl Cole from Mount Isa in Queensland who found AND met up with an old friend from her school days. Their two families have since visited each other and there has even been a school reunion for former pupils of the local Mount Isa State School! What about the Class of 1976 from Colyton High, New South Wales? Former pupil Susan Bagust recently caught up with an old school friend through WRM, who was still in contact with a number of other high school friends, and now there is a planned Colyton High reunion in Sydney! And talking of Sydney, let’s not forget Dot Cowie, who at the beginning of the year, made her daughter’s dream come true when she found her godmother through the site in time for her wedding... This is just a small selection of all the stories we’ve received throughout the year, but we’d like to thank everybody everywhere in the world for taking the time to write in. Please keep them coming! Every month we’ll reward the sender of the best story, our ‘star story’, with a magnum of Champagne or luxury food hamper. For the very latest gossip from all around the world log onto the ‘Successful Stories’ page. |
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And don’t forget those attendances! Make sure you list as many attendances as possible. Without these we can’t match you with anyone.
‘Attendances’ are the names of any ‘search-engine’ institutions such as colleges, schools and clubs you may have attended, or streets you may have lived on. There are 18 different attendance categories to choose from so there really is no excuse! The more attendances you add, the easier it is for you to be found by old friends. Click here to add attendances. Remember, it’s free to add as many attendances as you like and it’s now free to search attendance categories. Whenever a new member adds an attendance that matches one of yours, we will instantly email you with a link to their profile. We also send you a monthly ‘matching attendance report’ with all your matches at a glance. |
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That’s all for now folks; we’ll back towards the end of the year with more website news.
In the meantime, if you have any recommendations or suggestions that might improve our site, please let us know. If we use any of them we’ll send you a hamper by way of saying thank you |
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October 2007
Wherever you are in the world we hope you enjoyed the first half of 2007 and the mid-year break. For some of you this will have been a summer holiday and for others, July and August are all about the winter months.
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Welcome to our Christmas Newsletter!
Membership is at an ALL-TIME HIGH, we’ve got registrations in EVERY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE and we’re still the ONLY friend-finder website to reunite people across a GLOBAL network. That’s right; potentially you could look for just about any ‘attendance’ anywhere in the world and find a match! And judging by your success stories, that’s exactly what you’ve been doing. Your Stories This page is dedicated entirely to you and your fabulous success stories, so keep ‘em coming! Every month we’ll reward the sender of the best story, our ‘star story’, with a magnum of Champagne or luxury food hamper, so get scribbling! Best bits of 2006 Long-lost cousins found! Two former school friends from the Philippines managed to track each other down after almost 45 years. One is still in the Philippines while the other, like many of their school friends, is now in the US, but through the site and through information shared with other friends through the site, they’ve realised they are actually related to each other and are in fact cousins! Ex-WRAC friends reunited after 40 years Two ladies, both in the WRAC in the early sixties, have recently found each other through the site, and have even met up to catch up on old times. Although sent to different postings, to different countries, they ended up living just fifty miles apart without realising it and are now back in regular contact thanks to WRM. Iranian School Friends Reconnected After 28 Years Apart Two former friends who went to school in Tehran, Iran, recently found each other in the UK. Only eight at the time, the girls moved with their families from the UK to Iran where their fathers accepted positions at the Iranian oil company OSCO. That was 28 years ago! Both have since returned to the UK and are now busy catching up on some very special memories of school life in Iran. Continuing the Rhenish Tradition Former schoolgirls from Cape Town in South Africa are now back in touch after several years apart. The ladies, from Rhenish Girls’ School in Stellenbosch, South Africa, recently held their 15 year school reunion after finding several classmates through Who-Remembers-Me.com. Auf Wiedersehen Pet – Army couples reunited after almost 30 years apart Originally stationed with the British army in Germany in the early seventies, the two couples became the best of friends but lost touch when they returned to the UK. Thirty years later and we were able to match their army attendances, the Mulheim barracks in Germany, and put them back in touch. ‘Aint no mountain high enough… Dear Santa, please put me in touch with… ‘Attendances’ are the names of any ‘search-engine’ institutions such as colleges, schools and clubs you may have attended, or streets you may have lived on. There are 18 different attendance categories to choose from so there really is no excuse! The more attendances you add, the easier it is for you to be found by old friends. Click here to add attendances. Remember, it’s free to add as many attendances as you like and whenever a new member adds an attendance that matches one of yours, we will instantly email you with a link to their profile. You can also get your friends and family involved, click here to use our ‘tell a friend’ link. More members really does mean better odds of finding the person you’re looking for. Here’s to 2007! Finally, the whole Who-Remembers-Me team would like to wish all our members around the world a very happy holiday season! Here’s to happy memories, remembering the good times and getting in touch with old friends – wherever they may be! Happy Christmas and all the best for 2007! www.Who-Remembers-Me.com P.S. Tell a friend - Use this link to tell a friend about WRM. The bigger the WRM community, the more chances to find old buddies. |
Winter 2006
Here it is folks, the final newsletter of 2006 and what a busy year it’s been! Membership is at an ALL-TIME HIGH, we’ve got registrations in EVERY COUNTRY WORLDWIDE and we’re still the ONLY friend-finder website to operate on a GLOBAL scale.
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...to WRM’s Summer Newsletter!
Here it is folks, the summer newsletter and what a summer it’s been! Record temperatures matched only by record numbers of new members.
You may remember in our last newsletter we were celebrating our millionth member? Well, this number looks set to double very soon! All-time Member HIGH
That’s right, with membership numbers at an all-time high we’re well on our way to two million members, which is great news for everybody. More members means better odds of finding the person you’re looking for. The more the merrier!
SUCCESS Stories
And your tales of success have been coming in thick and fast! Check out our brand new ‘Success Stories’ page for the very latest gossip from all around the world.
The ‘Success Stories’ page is dedicated entirely to you and your fabulous success stories, so keep ‘em coming! Every month we’ll update this page and reward the sender of the best story, our ‘star story’, with a magnum of Champagne or luxury food hamper, so get cyber-scribbling! ‘Star Story’
This is exactly what Gerrie and Geordie Fawcett did. They got in touch to let us know they had successfully reconnected with ex-army pals, Colin and Barbara Proffitt.
Originally stationed with the British army in Germany in the early seventies, the two couples became the best of friends. But after five years Gerrie and Geordie returned to the UK and the famous foursome lost touch. Thirty years later and Gerrie, now a grandmother of four, received an email asking if she knew a Colin Profitt. She had registered her details with WRM and within minutes of listing in her attendances the Mulheim barracks in Germany, we had found an immediate match in Colin who was already a member! Before long Gerrie and Geordie and Colin and Barbara were catching up on almost 30 years of history! What’s more, an article printed in Gerrie’s hometown paper, The Belfast Telegraph, attracted another ex-army pal, who on recognising Geordie’s picture in the paper, got in touch! It just goes to show, the past really is a click away. Click here to see what everybody else has been up to or to submit a story of your own. Leave a MESSAGE after the beep...
We are proud to announce the launch of our brand new ‘message centre’.
If you’ve not seen it, the message centre operates in much the same way as an email inbox and can be found on the main menu after logging in, under the heading ‘MY MESSAGES’. The main benefits of this new feature are increased security and privacy. It enables you to communicate with people you find on the site THROUGH the site without divulging either party's personal information such as email addresses. The only information received either way is the message! WRM will email you each time someone sends you a message and you’ll be able to retrieve your messages via the message centre, where you can reply to them if you wish. You’ll also be able to manage your messages as you would any other email account. To visit the message centre, click here. Attendances, Attendances, ATTENDANCES!
And finally, don’t forget those attendances! It’s all about attendances so add as many as you can. Click here to add some attendances now.
For any newcomers to the club, ‘attendances’ are the names of any ‘search-engine’ institutions such as colleges, schools and clubs you have attended, or the streets you have lived on and places you have worked. There are 18 different attendance categories to choose from so there really is no excuse! If you do not add any attendances, we can’t match you with anyone. On the other hand, the more attendances you add, the easier it is for you to be found by old friends. Remember, it is free to add as many attendances as you like. And whenever a new member adds an attendance that matches one of yours, we will instantly email you with a link to their profile. Just ask Gerrie! In the meantime, don’t forget to tell all your friends, (click here to use our “tell a friend” link) and once again, a huge thank you for your continued support. |
Summer 2006
Here it is folks, the summer newsletter and what a summer it’s been! Record temperatures matched only by record numbers of new members.
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It’s hard to believe that Easter has already been and gone but here at WRM Towers, we’ve been so busy processing all of our new members we’ve hardly stopped!
More than a MILLION!
And yes, it’s official, WRM now has over one million members and counting! It’s almost three years to the day since we opened our gates, which means we’re averaging a staggering 900 new members a day! It’s no wonder we’ve been busy.
But we’re not the only ones judging by the number of stories we’re getting on a daily basis. It’s great to see so many of you getting in touch with familiar faces and from all over the world.
Registrations in every country WORLDWIDE!
Fact! WRM now has registrations in every single country worldwide, and for all you pub quizzers out there, there are 192 of them, (not including Taiwan), which makes us the world’s number one service for finding old friends.
Hola! Bonjour! Tag! Olá! Ciao! A massive, multi-lingual hello to you all!
Isn’t it a small world? YOUR stories…
As we’re all drawn together under the Who-Remembers-Me roof, it’s funny how the expression ‘it’s a small world’ suddenly makes so much sense…
Well, even more so for two 35 year old Aussies who hadn’t spoken to each other since their school days. They hooked up through the site only to discover they are both living in the UK!
And two couples that were in the army, stationed together in Germany, found each other after 25 years and now plan to meet up. “Who-Remembers-Me.com has opened up the floodgates to friends from our past; it’s lovely catching up and soon we’ll be meeting up. Thank you!” Gerry & Geordie Fawcett, Salisbury.
We’ll keep you posted on their progress and bring you more of your success snippets in each newsletter, so tell us yours!
Got a story to tell? We’ll DRINK to that!
If you have contacted someone through the website, we’d love to know how you got on. Send your story through to me, sam@who-remembers-me.com, and I’ll be in touch. There’s a complimentary magnum of Champagne for any stories we use on the site.
So get cyber-scribbling! Don’t forget to add your attendances. (Click here to add some attendances now)
What is an ATTENDANCE?
After you have logged in, you can add your ‘attendances’. This means the names of any ‘search-engine’ institutions such as colleges, schools and clubs you have attended, or the streets you have lived on and places you have worked.
On Who-Remembers-Me.com there are 18 different ‘attendance categories’ to choose from. If you do not add any ‘attendances’, you will not appear on the site. Conversely, the more ‘attendances’ you add, the easier it is for you to be found by old friends.
It is free to add as many ‘attendances’ as you like so that people can find and contact you.
Or as a full member you can do the Sherlock work yourself and search through any of the 18 categories to find out what pals and colleagues have been up to since you saw them last.
To keep you on your toes, we will email you as soon as a new member adds an ‘attendance’ that matches one of yours, with a link directly to their profile. It couldn’t be simpler!
Upgrade your account to full membership ABSOLUTELY FREE
And for existing WRM members there couldn’t be a better time. We are now offering all of our none full members an alternative way to become full members completely free of charge. This offer will be sent out by email so watch out for it if you are not already a full member.
In the meantime, don’t forget to tell all your friends, (click here to use our “tell a friend” link) and a huge thank you for your continued support.
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Spring 2006
And yes, it’s official, WRM now has over one million members and counting! It’s almost three years to the day since we opened our gates, which means we’re averaging a staggering 900 new members a day! It’s no wonder we’ve been busy.
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New attendance category In our ongoing efforts to ensure Who-Remembers-Me.com is a useful site for people from all walks of life, we have added a new attendance category: Bands. Anyone who has been a member of a rock band, pop group, orchestra, or any other kind of musical ensemble can add their details. In the first month we've already had three thousand people registering under the new category. Some recent additions range from the bravely named Grunt, Chewy and Toxic Lover to the more genteel sounding Liverpool Cantata Choir, the City of Melbourne Highland Pipe Band and the Ukrainian American String Band. Hello to you all and thanks for registering. Click here to add bands to your attendances Nearly there Thanks again for all your support and patience during these early days. We're delighted that so many of you are now finding old friends through the site - by the time we get to a million we should all begin to see real results. In the meantime don't forget to tell a friend Affiliates We've added an 'Affiliates' page for anyone who is interested in promoting WRM on their website and the chance to share in our success. Our affiliates can earn commission while helping to increase the size of the database and create more opportunities to find old friends. Click here to find out more New look for WRM mail Attendances* To make this free service work for you, you need to have added your attendances - and, if you already have, why not add some more! Don't forget, it is completely free to add 'attendances' and the more you include the easier it is to be found by old friends. For example, instead of listing only your schools or workplaces, why not add the streets you've lived on and the clubs or teams you've been a member of? Whenever a new member adds an 'attendance' that matches one of yours, we will instantly email you with a link directly to their profile. Click here to update your attendances *'Attendances' are the institutions you have attended such as colleges, schools and clubs, or the streets on which you have lived and places you have worked. That's all for now. See you next time. Best wishes and happy holidays! The WRM Team www.Who-Remembers-Me.com P.S. Tell a friend - Use this link to tell a friend about WRM. The bigger the WRM community, the more chances to find old buddies. |
Winter 2005
Here at WRM towers, we’ve started on the mince pies and are busily roasting chestnuts as we speak! Mmmm. The whole team would like to wish all our members around the world a happy holiday season.
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It's here! Well, it's finally here. The new-look Who-Remembers-Me.com quarterly newsletter has arrived. We're sorry it's been a long time coming, but at WRM Towers we've been somewhat overwhelmed by the sheer number of new members signing up from around the world (more on that later). Because we've been growing at an unprecedented rate the pressure has really been on to cope with demand. We've now taken on new members of staff and the team is ready for future challenges. New look for website Our newly expanded workforce has been beavering away to create a brand new WRM website. The smart new site, launched this week, boasts all your favourite features in an extra user-friendly format with a few added extras too. We think it looks great what do you think? We love to hear from members so please let us know. Check out the new site now at who-remembers-me.com Snap! Matching Attendance Reports With the new WRM site comes a fantastic new feature to make it even easier for old friends to find each other. Each month members will receive a Matching Attendance Report alerting them to new members who attended the same college, club, place of worship etc as they did. We don't believe in sending out unwanted email, so if you decide you don't want to receive similar reports in future, just click the 'unsubscribe' button when you receive your report. Bigger and better... with your help It's fantastic to hear that so many of you are now finding old friends with Who-Remembers-Me.com. Thanks for your patience during these early days. Inevitably it takes time for word to spread and the database of members to grow large enough to see real results. We've still got a lot of growing to do, but - with over half-a-million people now registered worldwide - we are certainly getting there. And, with your help, it won't be long before we reach a million and beyond. Registration takes off worldwide WRM now has people registered from an amazing 220 different countries (I know! We couldn't name that many either). The top-ten countries with the most people currently registering is: 1. USA 2. UK 3. Australia 4. Canada 5. New Zealand 6. South Africa 7. The Philippines 8. Ireland 9. India 10. Malaysia Building the WRM community If every member uses the 'tell a friend' link at the new site, the WRM community will grow and grow meaning more chances to find old friends. Increasing the number of 'attendance' categories you are listed under will also help members to find each other. For example, instead of listing only your schools or workplaces, why not add the streets you've lived on and the clubs you've been a member of? To increase your attendance categories please visit who-remembers-me.com Tell us your story A South African doctor working in London contacted us recently to say he was amazed to discover old schoolmates from Zimbabwe registered on WRM that's the kind of news we love to hear! If you've contacted a lost love, favourite childhood neighbour or an old forces pal via Who-Remembers-Me.com, please let us know. Whatever your story we would love to hear about it. There is a magnum of Champagne for every story we use. Please use the 'Tell Us Your Story' link on the home page or visit who-remembers-me.com Profiles hints and tips Writing about yourself can be hard to do. We'd like to encourage all our members to include a personal profile on the site after all, news from old friends is what WRM is all about so we've made it easier for you. The new site includes a 'Profile' button which, when clicked, allows you to write a new profile, change an existing one or select a standard greeting. Check out the 'Hints and Tips' section where you can also read through example profiles for inspiration. Please visit who-remembers-me.com Greetings it's automatic Because a blank page is a disappointing substitute for an interesting profile, our new site will automatically generate a friendly greeting where members have not included a profile. To add or update an existing profile, please visit who-remembers-me.com That's all for now. See you next time. Best wishes, The WRM Team |
Summer 2005
Because we’ve been growing at an unprecedented rate the pressure has really been on to cope with demand. We’ve now taken on new members of staff and the team is ready for future challenges.
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In this issue: • Over 80,000 members now registered - who’s going to find you first? • All around the world – now members are welcome from every land. • Who-Remembers-Me for sale? Not likely! • Lost in the wilderness? You probably haven’t added any attendances. • Which attendances are leading the way? • We really do want to give you a magnum of Champagne! • Rob Billington signs off Welcome to the Autumn 2003 newsletter from Who-Remembers-Me.com. These quarterly newsletters to registered members are in plain text, to avoid browser and email client incompatibilities. Over 80,000 people now registered – it’s unstoppable! You’ll be as pleased as we are to hear that registration numbers have reached the point where members are starting to find other people through Who-Remembers-Me. So a big ‘Thankyou’ to all who have contacted us with their stories. Please keep them coming – and if you’re happy for us to use them on the site as well we’d be delighted - and you may win a magnum of champagne for letting us! We know it’s going to take time for members to find each other in significant numbers, but with over 80,000 members in just over six months, that’s going to happen sooner rather than later. Be patient, keep spreading the word, and log those attendances from your own life, so other people can find you. ‘Willkommen, bienvenu, welcome’ - Who-Remembers-Me goes global We’d noticed that people from countries other than the UK were already making their way to Who-Remembers-Me and registering, without us doing anything. We therefore brought forward plans for an international roll-out, which took place just two weeks ago. We’ve already had some amazing results, with registrations from 103 different countries since we went ‘global’. They’re not just from English-speaking countries, either, so we thought you’d be interested to hear about them. The world truly is a global village and we aim to be its noticeboard! The top-ten countries with the most people currently registering is: 1. UK 2. Australia 3. USA 4. Canada 5. Singapore 6. New Zealand 7. Malaysia 8. Philippines 9. Ireland 10. Egypt Your memories for sale? ‘Not likely’, says WRM founder Rob Billington! Several of you have e-mailed us, following an article in a national magazine, to ask if we are planning to sell Who-Remembers-Me.com. Rob says: “I would just like to clarify the situation. Who-Remembers-Me.com is definitely not for sale. It is indeed true that we were recently approached by a well-known Internet company, interested in buying the site. We are instead considering several options for bringing in outside investment, which we need in order to realise WRM’s massive potential.” So, watch this space: we’ll keep you up to date with developments via the site and these newsletters. Attendances get you noticed Some of you have yet to add any attendances to your registration. Without these, you can’t be found by anyone searching the places you’ve lived and worked etc. Remember: you need to add at least one attendance to be found. Go on - do it today – you never know where it may lead! Don’t forget to ‘Tell a Friend’ Yes, we’re banging the drum again, but the ‘Tell a Friend’ link on the website is so easy to use. Remember: the more you help us get the word out to as many people as you can – wherever they are, anywhere in the world – the sooner those memories will be jogged. You can ‘copy and paste’ as many email addresses into the box as you like – just make sure there’s a comma, then a space, after each one. Just a few mouse clicks is all it takes to tell everyone you know about Who-Remembers-Me. Attendance league table Schools are still ahead, but Streets and Estates is now closing fast. Get those attendances entered and see what happens to the table in the next issue. 1 Schools 2 Streets and/or Estates 3 Work Places 4 Colleges 5 Pubs 6 Universities 7 Other 8 Places of Worship 9 Sports Teams / Clubs 10 British Army 11 Royal Navy 12 Royal Air Force 13 Working Men’s / Social Clubs 14 Members Clubs 15 Children’s Homes 16 Royal Marines Tell your story and win a bottle of Champagne We still really, really, want to give someone a large bottle of Champagne. So don’t be shy – give us the background to your story and permission to publicise it, and we’ll make you famous (we can change names to protect privacy if you wish). Rob Billington signs off Thanks for reading this latest newsletter. Hopefully you can see that we’re making real progress and that Who-Remembers-Me is growing fast. Stick with us and we’re sure you, and the people who know you, will be revisiting more and more old memories happily for years to come. |
Summer 2004
You’ll be as pleased as we are to hear that registration numbers have reached the point where members are starting to find other people through Who-Remembers-Me. So a big ‘Thankyou’ to all who have contacted us with their stories
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In this issue: • 10,000 registered members in just five weeks – and rising fast. • The BBC needs YOU! • Tell a Friend – your website needs you! • Adding your ‘attendances’ adds real value to Who-Remembers-me • Which attendance is ‘top of the pops’? • Tell us your story and win a bottle of Champagne • Is your registration activated yet? Time is running out. • Feedback – we want it all! • A word from founder Rob Billington Welcome to the very first Who-Remembers-Me.com newsletter. These quarterly newsletters to registered members are in plain text, to avoid browser and email client incompatibilities. For a more colourful version, please click here to view the newsletter on the WRM website. 10,000 registered members – and rising fast. It’s been an incredibly busy five weeks since the site went live on May 22nd. In just over a month we’ve reached the target we’d set for three. Even FriendsReunited took three months to get to this point! So we’d like to thank you for the vital part you have played – and continue to play, we hope, in building the membership of Who-Remembers-Me to the point where we’ll all be able to start finding those old acquaintances, friends and relatives – and they’ll be able to find us. We do need you to keep spreading the word, however, and to encourage everyone you know to register – it’s free until September 1st, don’t forget. In the meantime, please do be patient with the site and your searches – 10,000 people is a lot, but in a country of 60 million we know we’ve still got some way to go yet! Searching for an old flame/love-struck after one encounter? We’ve been contacted by the BBC for help with a programme being planned: “BBC Science is looking for people hit by love out of the blue and desperate to trace ‘the one’. Call Emma in complete confidence on 0208 752 5110.” Emma Love Assistant Producer Specialist Factual/BBC Science ‘Dangerous Passions’ Sounds interesting, doesn’t it – can you help – and are you feeling brave enough? Tell a Friend The ‘Tell a Friend’ link on the website is so easy to use – and you can ‘copy and paste’ as many email addresses into the box as you like – just make sure there’s a comma then a space after each one. So for a couple of mouse clicks you can tell everyone you know about Who-Remembers-Me. Adding ‘attendances’ adds real value to Who-Remembers-me Registrations are vital, of course, but they’re only part of the story. What will make Who-Remembers-Me a really rich place to delve into the past, are what we call your attendances. Attendances mark periods in your life where you met the people who now populate your memories. They can be anything from where you were educated, to where you lived, worked, played, drank, worshipped etc. There are 16 categories of attendances on the site and we are fairly confident they cover most aspects of people’s lives – but as with everything else to do with the site, we’re open to suggestions. So take a little time to go back into the site and start laying down your attendances. The more we all add, the more likely it is that people you used to know will find you – and you them. What does the attendance ‘pop chart’ look like at the moment? You won’t be surprised to learn that Schools are firmly in the lead, but we’re particularly pleased that Streets and Estates is in second place, well ahead of the rest of the pack. Founder Rob Billington was convinced that there was pent-up demand for the places we live, that other sites just couldn’t handle. The fact that there are also a large number of educational attendances is, he believes, a clear indication that people are pleased to have found a site where they can register details of their whole lives, not just their education. Is he right? We’d love you to tell us. Here’s the whole league table – ‘Places of Worship’ is doing surprisingly well, don’t you think? We’re sure it’s all going to keep changing in the weeks and months to come – and that’s largely up to you, the members of Who-Remembers-Me.com. 1 Schools 2 Street and/or Estate 3 Work Places 4 Colleges 5 Pubs 6 Universities 7 Other 8 Places of Worship 9 Sports Teams / Clubs 10 British Army 11 Royal Navy 12 Royal Air Force 13 Working Mens / Social Clubs 14 Members Clubs 15 Children's Homes 16 Royal Marines Tell your story and win a bottle of Champagne Publicity is vital if Who-Remembers-Me is to be a success – the more people hear about it the better. We know that when Rob gets interviewed on the radio, for instance, there’s an immediate rise in registrations shortly afterwards. We’ve already got a lot of interest from the press, but of course what they really want to hear is that a WRM member has found an old friend, acquaintance or relative through the site. So we want to make you an offer: if you’ve found someone via Who-Remembers-Me – or they’ve found you – and you’re willing to go public, provided the story is genuine and it is used by the media, we’ll send you a magnum of Champagne to say ‘Thankyou’. This isn’t going to happen overnight, but happen it will – who’s going to be first? Registered but not active? If you registered successfully you should by now have received an activation code by email so you can use all the facilities of Who-Remembers-Me. We know some people have had problems activating their accounts, due to a fault in the codes, but that has now been fixed. It’s best to use your computer’s ‘copy and paste’ function to enter the code when asked, rather than copy type it. If you’ve mislaid or forgotten your log-in details, click on the link that says ‘Forgotten Login Details’ next to the login and we will send them to you again. If you don’t have an activation key code please click on the link that says ‘Send New Activation Key Code’. This is located above the activation key code box, just after login. We will then send you a new code. If you experience any further difficulties, please do not hesitate to contact us through the support link on the home page. Any accounts not activated by July 15th will be deleted and anyone who has not activated their account will need to re-register from scratch, so don’t delay. There are also several hundred activated accounts that have not confirmed their year’s free paid-up registration. This can be done by clicking the link at the top of the page immediately after you’ve logged in. You need to be a paid-up member to use the search facility – and of course this is free for registrations before September 1st. After September 1st full registration will be £5 per annum, but there will be no charge just to register and add your details so others can find you. What can you tell us? We’re young and growing fast. We think we’ve designed a clean, clear, easy-to-use site that is already practically free of bugs and gremlins. It always takes some real-world usage to establish this beyond doubt, however, and we fully accept there may be things we can do to improve the way the site looks and works. Tell us the error of our ways, or suggest how we can do things better and, if we use your suggestion, we’ll not only waive the next annual £5 membership fee when it becomes due, we’ll also enter your name into our next Champagne prize draw. Rob Billington signs off I hope you’ve found our first newsletter helpful and informative and I’d like to add my personal thanks to you for joining Who-Remembers-Me.com. I am convinced that between us we can make this site the number one place to share and rekindle memories. It’s going to be a fun journey and I’m glad to have you along for the ride. You’ve been sent this email as a result of registering to join Who-Remembers-Me.com. Membership includes opting in to a closed mailing list that enables WRM to keep you advised of exciting news and developments to do with the site. If you’re happy to continue receiving this newsletter, which is only sent out four times a year, you need do nothing. |
Summer 2003
It’s been an incredibly busy five weeks since the site went live on May 22nd. In just over a month we’ve reached the target we’d set for three. Even FriendsReunited took three months to get to this point!