Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by the WTTR blog. If you're reading this then you've probably arrived here from our brilliant new website - hope you like it! We thought it would useful if our first blog told you about what you can expect to see here - and how it will be different from our Facebook page and Twitter feeds.
We decided that the blog wouldn't just be about WTTR and fund-raising activities. So we've invited various people to be 'guest' bloggers. So far Brenda Mitchell at Motorcycle Law Scotland, Gill at Saltire Suzuki, Jakki at Forth Gear and Alistair Tait at Motorcycle Funerals have all accepted. Thanks! It's great to have you on-board. We really appreciate your support. If we've asked you and you haven't said "Yes" yet then it's not too late. Don't be frightened! All we want from you is about 150 words plus a photo - every couple of months - on a subject that you think will interest the WTTR folk.
Blogs can be motorcycle related, armed-forces related or just on a random subject that you think might be of interest. Things we threw in air - when discussing this - included bike maintenance tips, favourite bike runs, reviews of bikes and bike accessories, reports of a home-coming parades, notification of petitions or rallies you think we should know about and get involved in. We're sure you can come up with better ideas of your own. All we want you to do is engage us, entertain us and inform us!
On the social media front we know that the vast majority of you are on Facebook - so if you haven't found us on there yet then visit our WTTR page. We'd like you to use this page to share your ideas and experiences, as well as provide us with feedback. Got a suggestion for a possible fund-raising event or perhaps enjoyed a biker social? Then share it and let everyone on our FB page know. For those who aren't on Facebook - Don't Panic! When we can get the technology to work you'll be able to see the latest FB posts in the right-hand side of every page! Bear with us on that one!
If you're on Twitter then why not follow us? Our name is @wttrII. As Twitter tends to be used more by businesses, we're going to use this channel to communicate with sponsors, partners and our chosen charity - but if you're on there and want to tweet at us, then go right ahead! Our team will always try and tweet back.
Finally we've got a few people to thank - Hotblack for his cracking photo of poppies that we found on Moguefile and are using in one of our WTTR avatars, Splatypi for his amazing animation of falling poppies that we've incorporated into the end of our promo video, and our last shout out is for Derek and Jordan at [gawr-juhs] who designed our branding and created the WTTR website. All their time has been given free-of-charge. Cheers guys! You're awesome! We couldn't have done this without you.
So that's our first blog done. It's now time to hand-over to our guest bloggers. Good luck and enjoy!
