The marketing guys were looking for a way to get the word out about the new I Remember Facebook application, so they opened the Marketing Playbook and found the chapter entitled “Give Stuff Away” and decided it was worth a try.

You can get all the details here, but the short of it is,

1. Use the I Remember application to create a page for someone
2. Share the page with your friends
3. 5 of them go to the page and click the I Remember button and remember that person
4. You’re entered to win a lifetime All-Access membership to Footnote

Only one lifetime membership will be awarded, but they are also giving away an annual All-Access membership each day between May 21 and the end of the month.

We hope you’ll find I Remember to be a great way to honor and share memories about the family, friends, classmates, teachers and others who have influenced your life.

Let us know what you think.

The Washington Times ran this story today about the Interactive Vietnam Wall in preparation for Memorial Day.Things have changed a little with The Interactive Wall since we released it last year. Contributions to someone on the Wall are now automatically added to a Footnote Person Page for that person,and those pages are also available in the new I Remember application on Facebook.Of course, Footnote Pages and I Remember aren’t limited to the Vietnam Memorial Wall. You can use them to share your remembrances of family, friends, classmates, teachers or anyone who has been important to you.You can search Footnote Pages here, create one here or start using I Remember here.Happy Memorial Day.Update: Photographer Peter Krogh writes about working on The Wall Project for Footnote.

Last week we unveiled the I Remember application for Facebook.  Because I Remember pages are linked to Footnote Pages, contributions made on either site will show up in both places.  For those of you who use Facebook, I Remember makes it easy to share information about people from your family, people you are researching or anyone who has influenced your life.

Here are a few tips to help you make the most of I Remember.

Using Your Existing Footnote Account
You need a free Footnote registration to contribute to I Remember.  If you don’t have one, we create one for you, but if you do, be sure to click the “Already have a Footnote account?” link during the process of adding the application.

This will link your current account to I Remember and make it easier to work between the two sites.  If you run into any problems during this process, contact us at support@footnote.com and we’ll be glad to help.

Finding a Page
Since I Remember is focused on people, the search starts with a First and Last Name.  On the results page you can use the options in the left column to refine your search using a place or year.  Once you are on an I Remember page, you can go to the “Info” tab and see all the facts available to make sure you’ve found the right person.

Remembering and Sharing a Page
When you find the right page, clicking the “I Remember” button to the right of their name gives you a place to explain how you knew the person and then lets you save and share their page with your friends on Facebook or by email.  The first time you remember someone or add something to a page, you’ll be asked to add the I Remember application which adds a couple of steps to the process, but after that it should be smooth sailing.

Adding a Box to Your Profile
Facebook allows you to add a box to your profile that lists some of the people you remember.  This is a great way to quickly get to a page you are working on and lets your friends see who you remember.  Adding a box to your Facebook profile can be a bit tricky.  Here’s what you do:

1. Put your cursor over the “Settings” link at the top of any Facebook page
2. Click on “Applications Settings” from the pull down menu
   
3. Find “I Remember” in the list of applications
4. Click “Edit Settings”
5. On “Profile” tab in the “Edit I Remember Settings” box you’ll see a section called “Box.”  Clicking the “add” link next to “Available” will add the box to the “Boxes” tab on your profile.

To add the box to the main page of your profile, you’ll need to:

1. Go to your profile
2. Click on the Boxes tab
3. Click on the pencil icon in the upper right corner of the I Remember box
4. Click “Move to Wall Tab.”

We hope you’ll let us know what you think of the I Remember application and what we can do to make it better.

Today we’re launching I Remember, an application on Facebook that combines the power of Footnote People Pages with the Facebook community.

With I Remember you can preserve, honor and share the memories of anyone who influenced your life -  your family, friends, classmates, teachers and celebrities.

I Remember includes millions of pages already created from public records including the Social Security Death Index and WWII Army Enlistment Records on Footnote.  It also includes thousands of pages Members have created on their own using information found on Vietnam and USS Arizona memorials, 1860 and 1930 Census or another images on Footnote.

You can learn more about I Remember here or try it out here.

We hope you’ll give it a try and let us know what you think. 

Tip:  To contribute to I Remember you need to be registered with Footnote (a free registered account).  If you already have a Footnote account, be sure to click “Already have a Footnote account?” on the second step of adding the application.  That way, you can use your current Footnote account with I Remember rather than create a new one.