Cry for help from hungry win4now staff!

Hello, Rob here! I'm looking after the blog while Adele is away in sunny Scotland doing some biking at the 7stanes trails. We're all keeping our fingers crossed for good weather for her!

Avid readers of the blog will know that I've been having some problems with my car (if anyone can explain why a Skoda Fabia 1.9 SDI would be overfuelling, causing the car to disappear in a cloud of black smoke, please leave a comment on the blog!) so I've been getting around by bike and on foot for the past month. If I didn't work for Win4now I'd be trying to win one of the cars we've got up for grabs in our motors category. Unfortunately, no amount of arm-twisting seems to be enough to pursuade my managers to change the rules.

One of the side-effects of not having a car is that I can't get to the supermarket and my packed lunches (once shining examples of what can achieved with a little imagination and forward planning) have been scaled down as a result of having to be made with what's left in the cupboards. Today I'm getting by on Marmite sandwiches and a couple of biscuits.

After visiting the Marmite website my hunger forced me to become terribly confused about one of the prizes on Win4now. "Flake Bake Self Tanning?" I thought, "that sounds great - the tasty goodness of an under-rated chocolate bar with all the practical advantages of a sun-bed!" On closer inspection I realised the competition was for Fake Bake Self Tanning. Although, this is no help for my increasingly boring packed lunches, it's a good way for our Win4now members to get through this dreary summer with a tan!

Don't worry, Adele will be back next week so normal blog service will be resumed.

As for the fun4now clues here are a couple of points that may help.

Landmark: it's the 4th tallest thing in London.
Mystery Image: You might see grannies trying to keep their hair dry in one of these.

Marmite, Midges, Kerry & Blogging Cherries!

This is my last blog post for a week, but the other marketing team members may lose their blogging cherry (snigger) and post next week - so beware readers!

I'm off to Scotland for a week camping & biking. Lets hope I avoid the evil highland midges & rain, wish me luck.

Our lovely receptionist Mara has just shown me this midge link which is handy as she studied midge behaviour for her dissertation bizarrely. So now I know I need to eat lots of Marmite (B12) & wear white not to get bitten!

A massive congratulations to Kerry who has just passed her marketing diploma. Well done!

Before I forget, the last Fun4now clues for August are:
Landmark: It can carry 800 passengers per revolution - equivalent to 11 London red doubled-decker buses
Mystery image: Chlorine is used in these to keep them clean

More Prize Draws, new tecky & pizza

We have a new I.T Tecky (Steven- who looks like a young Keanu Reeves from the Point Break era) starting at Win4now this week.

This is excellent news as we have a bit of a backlog of new site improvements! So hopefully we can get the competition tips pages, Fun4now clues and wacky Win4now live faster, which means: More Prize draws for you to win!

I normally weigh myself on Monday mornings, but I don't dare next week, as I had pizza for tea last night, i'm having Domino's pizza tonight at Kerry's house for a bit of a marketing team party & i'm having pizza on Friday too!

My complexion is going to be shot! I think I could do with a trip to Champneys Spa. I've got a plan though..... why don't you win it for me on Win4now?

Olympics, Handbags & DIY

Well that sums up my weekend.

I've been watching the Olympics a lot and we are doing really well aren't we. For a small country we are proving to the World how brilliant we are. ( espeically at cycling! )

I've also been helping (on the technical side of things) my sisters new handmade leather bags site Cherry Leather. If high street handbags are more your thing, as if by magic we have a Win a Designer Handbag competition worth up to £500. What a great prize!

That's the exciting part of my weekend. The dull and practical side was Sunday when I had to do some home improvements to try to finish off our bathroom. (half finished since Easter!)
I hate diy, do you enjoy it? I spent a few hours on Sunday scratching paint off our plastic windows & painting the ceiling, what horrible jobs. Kerry has the day off work today, and is doing some bathroom do it yourself too. Rock & Roll Win4now weekends ;)

Win4now has a competition to win £500 of DIY supplies! Me and Kerry can't enter, but you can - good luck.

Win Theme Park Tickets & Meet the marketing team pt3

Today's blog entry is dedicated to all the UK's parents, who are desperately trying to entertain their kids as cheaply as possible during these wet school summer holidays.

Meet Kerry who is our marketing team manager.
I've know her for years and 3 key things I like best about her are:
She says it like it is (honest and no bull), she makes us all laugh with her stories and local sayings & her daughter 'princess' is always put first.
As a single parent, Kerry knows what its like trying to keep your little prince & princess's busy without breaking the bank.

That's why on Instantwin4now (which she helped design & create) we have competitions to win tickets for all the family, to just about every UK theme park, castle, zoo & safari park you can think of! (We also provide some spending money for your day out!)

Just match the 3 numbers up and you can instantly win tickets to Alton Towers, Warwick Castle & Whipsnade Safari Park to name just a few of the amazing competitions! Win a day out for nowt today.

August Fun4now clues I haven't forgot!

USA's Phelps is currently winning gold medals via our mystery image.
You need pay to go on the famous landmark.

We've gone plant crazy!

Here at the Win4now HQ, it's pot plant mania!

This is what a section of the office looked like before the green invasion:

Now it's like an office jungle! I just hope that they aren't triffids in disguise.

The reason we have so many green additions to the office is due to helping a good cause.

Buy a plant and all the ££ goe's towards Malealea charity organisation which Louisa's 14yr old son's school is involved in. He's trying to raise money for an expedition to Africa to help to assist with: Water for life, School / partnerships, Aids Orphans, Smokeless stoves & environmental sustainability.

We also have some garden plant competitions on the site, enter today to Win seasonal plants every month for a year! Maybe with the money you'll have saved on garden plants for the year, you could put towards charity?

Whats really clever and is black & white? Clever Zebra!

Win4now has a new friend! In fact, not just a friend, but the cutest friend ever!

Clever Zebra is the new insurance comparison site that has been set up to bring you more quotes than would normally be included from a standard comparison site.

If you're after any sort of insurance, it's worth visiting www.cleverzebra.co.uk for a quick quote - it only takes a couple of minutes and you might be surprised with what you get back.

If you're not looking for insurance at the moment, we think it's worth visiting www.cleverzebra.co.uk just see how cute a zebra can be!

Get to know the DMRI marketing team pt.2

Meet Rob from our marketing team today:

I work on new projects at DMRI like our new cashback site Smart Spend, and our new insurance comparison website Clever Zebra.

After a day slaving over a hot computer I can be seen cycling around the Peak, running up and down hills or playing trumpet in my band Watchthisfirespread.

Occasionally you may hear a faint tapping noise on the night breeze. Though I can't guarantee this will always be the case, this faint tapping you hear may well be me performing surgery on my house!

I'll add to this by telling you that Rob's car has broke and is going to cost £400ish to fix, so he's not a happy bunny at the moment. He unfortunately can't enter our car competitions, but you can! bruhahaha (that was supposed to be an evil laugh)

More Fun4now Clues;
You have to wear a special outfit for the mystery image and the landmark is like a ride. Hope these hints help you to win on Win4now.

Fun4now is evolving

This is the last month that Fun 4 now will be like it is now.

Next month the famous landmark competition is going to be replaced by a Guess who? competition, which will be a series of descriptions & facts about a famous person that you have to guess correctly to win the prize! You heard it first on the Blog, loyal readers.

The competitions are going to get even harder over the next few months to test your brains to the max- be warned! Can you handle it? Are you clever enough? Don't worry though, I'll still be giving you clues on the blog and also on the site a new fun4now clues feature will be live by then....


Mystery image: Think of when your on holiday, not travelling.

Famous Landmark: It's in the UK

Win4now Shout outs -
Any messages you want to share with your loved ones? Let me know and I'll include it in a shout out on the blog for you.

Happy Birthday Toni for this weekend!

Have a lovely weekend everyone and enjoy all of Win4now's new competitions that went live today.