tips from lifeweb users on spreading the word to others
Please find below tips from our wonderful LifeWeb users to you on the best ways to spread the word to all those who knew and love your person.
find helpers
“I sent the info to my niece who has everyone’s contact information and had her text it out to lots of people.”
My dad’s best friend sent it to all their old high school classmates, and our family got to see so many old photos of him that we hadn’t before.
“I followed the instructions in the email and tried to think of the different “circles” of life my mom was a part of to make sure I told at least one person in each circle to help me spread the word. I thought using a mind mapping tool was really helpful to make sure I didn’t miss any circles.”
>> Sample outreach language here or have LifeWeb email them via the “Invitations” section of your admin panel
I had emailed and texted people already but hadn’t seen too many memories shared yet, so I had LifeWeb give people another nudge / reminder. I added the emails in the admin panel and they sent an email from them to all the people, which was nice for me.
Text & whatsapp
>> Sample outreach language here
“I didn’t have everyone’s email addresses so texted them but it was taking forever 1 by 1. I didn’t want to make a group chat so I used a free app to mass-send the same text to 45 people but in individual messages.”
>> Sample Facebook language here
“It seems like people find out about everything on Facebook now so I put a message on my Facebook page and had all the kids and nieces and everybody do the same. I gave them the language I was using so they didn’t have to start from scratch, but told them to put in their own words.”
When my friend died, I sent a group message on Facebook messenger to our crew from high school so everyone would know what her parents had asked for people to do.
obituary
“We added the link to share memories at the bottom of the obituary so people would know that’s where we wanted them to share.”
for people not online
“I called all the people that aren’t tech savvy to tell them about the site and give them the web address. They all managed to share something, and my aunt really liked that she could just email a memory to memories@lifeweb360.com which was more familiar for her. For people like my grandmother, I had her mail me a written memory which I scanned and added as a photo on her behalf. When I visited her, I took my laptop to show her all the memories people had shared which she loved.”
I printed something up and mailed it Christmas-card style to all the aunts and uncles that aren’t online. It let them know we were collecting memories, and the web address to participate.
“We collected memories from all the kids in the family by having them just share a story out loud and writing it down, then I added all the memories to my father’s LifeWeb on behalf of each of the kids.”
their organizations
“The church was really great in posting something in the bulletin and newsletter. That way all the people in the congregation, who knew she had passed, also knew where they could go to tell us about how they had gotten to know her through her faith.”
Her sorority was helpful in getting in touch with the other gals from her chapter who no one had their names or contact info. The stories we got about mom’s college days were some of my very favorites shared.
“His team at work has really been wonderful. They collected so many different snippets and funny stories of him when he was at the office, which of course is where he spent a lot of time.”
“My mom had his password for his LinkedIn profile, and he had so so many connections on there from his whole career as a sales rep. We put an announcement on there from the family and directed people to his LifeWeb to share whatever they remembered about interacting with my dad.”