Woophy latest news, updates and announcements en-us Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100 http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ As some of you already know, Woophy is a small, privately owned and funded site. For the last couple of months we have been talking with a possible investor who could help turn Woophy into a healthy business. This is necessary because, currently, Woophy is losing money every passing month on hosting and maintenance.

We have promised our members many improvements but building improvements is also only possible with investments.

Unfortunately, a few weeks ago the investor decided not to invest in Woophy. The reasons given for this decision were uncertain economic times, and difficulties they saw in making Woophy profitable.

Of course this was bad news for us because it meant that we have to find other means of income very quickly.

The matter is quite urgent because the current Woophy owners lack the means to keep Woophy up and running much longer.

Within the coming two months we need to find a solution and we hope you as a member can help. See below for what you can do.

Thanks in advance!!

Joris, Marcel, and Laura

photos by:bnilesh member of the month November 2009 ]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Woophy’s most urgent financial needs, the hosting of the site, could be solved if 400 members decide to sponsor Woophy for just two (2) Euro per month. Sponsoring is made easy with a new subscription link via PayPal. Of course you can cancel at any time.

Sponsors could choose to do this anonymously or receive the ‘I support Woophy’ icon. If 1,000 people decide to sponsor Woophy, we can start building the improvements as agreed with our staff members and ambassadors.

As many of you already did (thanks again!) it is, of course, also possible to make donations or buy T-shirts.

Become a monthly sponsor here, and remember Woophy has only two months to find a solution]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Woophy does not believe in banner ads or Google ads; they are ugly and don’t earn us any money. However, we are looking for photo, travel, or other companies who want an exclusive promotion deal with Woophy. For a fixed amount per month, Woophy offers companies exclusive and tasteful displays of their company logo on the site and in our newsletter. View an example here.

So if you work at Nikon, TUI, The North Face, Eastpack, Samsonite, Thomas Cook, SNCF, VISA, Canon, Olympus, TAP, Iberia, Air France, HP, or any other company, please bring Woophy under the attention of your marketing director. Mention her/him that we have a site with over 150,000 visitors monthly plus 35,000 members and newsletter subscribers.

Just one corporate sponsor is enough to keep the site up.

Send the email addresses of LinkedIn profiles of your marketing directors here.]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Of course we are also curious what your ideas are about Woophy. If you were the owner of Woophy, what would you do to keep the site up?

Maybe you have experience with business plans or internet marketing or are a commercial wizard with a MBA?

Clever or new ideas on how turning Woophy into a financial healthy company could be send here.

photos by:Aline member of the month February 2010]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ No we don’t want to get rid of Woophy, we like to keep Woophy as long as possible. But if we want to create a secure future for Woophy, it is definitely an option to sell a part of the company to an investor. And since we lack commercial experience, it might not be a bad idea to team up with a company who has this knowledge.

Another option is to sell the company to its most dedicated members and let them decide what to do.

Ideas and suggestions are welcome.
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Photos by: Kieron Crawley member of the month December 2009]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Bnilesh, Kieron Crawley, Wintermute and Aline still deserve a mention in our newsletter. Thank you all for your wonderful contributions to the Woophy site. Please visit their extraordinary portfolios here:

November 2009 Bnilesh
December 2009 Kieron Crawley
January 2010 Winterermute
February 2010 Aline

photos by: Wintermute ]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ A big 'thank you' goes to our voluntary ambassadors and staff members who really helped us by filling in a questionnaire about the future of Woophy. The input of this questionnaire was used in our negotiations with the possible partner who, unfortunately, decided not to invest in Woophy.

In addition, a big thank you for your spontaneous help and donations; even though the news about the failed negotiations was known among a very small group of Woophians, we received almost 1,000 Euro in donations just after the news!

photos: winners of the NUC December 2009

1 Abílio Silveira
2 PBX
3 Christian C, Zeeg and Kolibri]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Spread the word -- the more good photographers become a member, the easier it is for us to attract investors. Why don’t you use the Woophy e-card to invite your friends?

How to send an e-card?

- Log in to Woophy
- Choose a photo
- Click on the little e-card icon (either below or above the photo)
- Fill in the e-mail address of your friend
- Type the message and send!]]> http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 joris http://www.woophy.com/blogs/newsletter/ here.

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