About Us at Sidepatch

Imagine if you will, Internet Highway 1,

Along Internet Highway 1, there’s a place,

A place where everyone is your friend,

A place where everyone knows your name,

A place where you are never forgotten,

A place called ……

Sidepatch 

Copyright 2018

Hello, I’m Bill Stromire, Founder of Sidepatch.

If you’ve come this far, you’re probably asking questions like the following:

• What is Sidepatch all about? What purpose does it serve?  Looks like some website community that just wants to advertise to me.
• All my friends are on other sites. What reasons do I have to join a site like this? 
• What are you doing for me?
• What is different from what I currently use? What features are available?
• Where is the site? More specifically, where are you?
• Who are you?
• How do I join?

Those are some pretty good questions you have and they deserve answers.  So, how about we take it from the top:

1. Sidepatch, a place where you are never forgotten, is the solution for saving your profile in perpetuity and the regaining of your online security and privacy. Users may create a Sidepatch profile for free, seamlessly integrate and control other accounts, as well as upgrade to a paid tier which includes secure, encrypted messaging. The success of websites in the future depends upon them having purpose.  Our mission is to be the guardian of the digital information you entrust to us.  In my opinion, the way any website starts out is how it will continue.  I liken many websites to the bars I frequented during my youth.  Everybody went there to be lonely together and decide who was hot or not.  The Internet is now multi-generational: The Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X, Millennials, and the Gen Z, iGen, or Centennials.  I think all of these generations; each in its own right is great!  I want the people of these generations including the Silent Generation, which is passing away very quickly, and those to come to be able to pass on their wisdom and stories to their descendants in the far future.  I, like so many of you have lost close family and friends who were dear to me.  I believe that each of us would give almost anything to hear the voice of those that we have lost by recording or video stored here.  There is no greater gift that you can give your loved ones and descendants than this. All that need be done to accomplish this is for you to be yourself. The technology of this site will allow you the freedom and privacy for doing so!

2. You’re right! Your friends are on others sites.  However, we feel that you’ll find our site offerings to be special.  Being the leader, you will want to tell all your friends and ask them to join us as well.  As you come to know this site, you’ll find that it can be used as a control center from which you can access all other community sites where you are also a member.  As we speak, a team is continuously working on site improvements. You will soon be able to migrate content from your other site profiles to Sidepatch.com.  Aren’t you tired with having things you discuss in your emails showing up on your social page?  Wouldn’t you like to regain your online privacy?  You probably want to participate in those online groups you like.  Please don’t think we want to take you away from your current site.  We’re not competing with current sites we want to supplement and enhance your experiences. The problem is, some of the sites are becoming too big and as a result people are losing interest.  One site out there has over 2 billion members.  But, its membership is falling with those remaining being mostly of the Boomer Generation.  Saying that more needs to be done for holding interest and engagement wouldn’t be unreasonable.  I believe that one of the biggest reasons for joining us is that being involved in more than one community site strengthens your reach.  People like learning and doing different things.  They also want to have fun in the process.  Why do I say fun?  Because, if you’re not having fun, you need to be doing something else.
3. We’re giving you options. We’re providing you a free profile in an online community, which does have a limited number of advertising spots.  As you can understand we do have to support the site and “earn our keep” in some manner.  We will provide you with the option of upgrading and having a subscription email address and service for the small monthly fee of $5.00.  The first one thousand members will be provided access free of charge.  Your emails will never be scanned and nothing in your emails will show up as being advertised to you.  While emails will be deleted after a period, nothing in your profile will ever be deleted.  Unless you delete information or the profile yourself, your profile will be there so that descendants, relatives, and others will be able to see what you are all about. 
4. We will have contests and other events for engaging you and your friends. The landing page will always be different, a scene from somewhere along our Internet Highway 1.  You the Member provide the photos and we will select ones to appear on the page.  There is a suggestion box through which we want you to provide feedback on how we’re doing and what you want to see.  After all, this is your site.  We’re just the facilitators.  Games are always something which people like and we are looking for some great ones from out there among you.  There is a Fashion section as well as a Recipe Box for those culinary arts enthusiasts.  Flowers are available for sending to whom you choose.  You will be able to edit pictures with tools that we provide. Soon, you will be able to import your favorite photos from your other site profiles.  There is a Courses section where you can teach something about what you know or learn something new.  You can even access Sidepatch using your Apple iPhone or Android cell phone.  As time progresses, we will continue to add other features.
5. Our main office is located at: Sidepatch, LLC, 3 Orange Dr., Middleburg, VA 20117 with a mailing address of: P O Box 2182, Middleburg, VA 20118-2182 Phone:  888 391-3054
6. Who am I? Hmm, well I’m just a guy who developed a work ethic growing up on forty acres in southern Indiana and picking strawberries for twenty-five cents a gallon.    Entering the military, I earned my college education, commission, and went on to Air Force pilot training.  After a successful military career, I went to work for Delta Air Lines.   Since taking an early retirement from Delta, I’ve learned three major things:

• Whatever you have a passion for just do it. If all you are doing is chasing the money, you’re missing out on life.
• If you’re afraid of losing something you will.
• Never ever retire.

7. Click on JOIN and fill out the pop-up form. You will be sent a verification email allowing you to enter the site and begin building your profile.  We suggest that you start by adding a photo for your profile as well as changing the cover photo.  You can do this by clicking on “Change Cover.”  You’ll find at the bottom of the page in the lower right corner buttons for mail, friends, notifications, shopping cart, and a plus (+) sign.  When clicked you’ll be able to change the Status Message text on your cover.  You will also see other features, duplicated in other convenient places as well, for adding content to your profile.