The one tip to improve memory
The basic strategy for improving memory is essentially similar to the strategy for improving physique or health - "Keep Working It"!
How do you "work" your memory? By doing things that challenge you just right, mentally - like jigsaws, crosswords, sudokus, playing chess, scrabble or computer games. Or learning a brand new skill. Or reading new kind of literature.
Or like in my case - watching the thriller "Memento" (2000) for the first time, and trying to figure out what's going on, before watching it again when it started to make some sense!
As long as it requires some level of mental effort on your part, be assured that its a work out for your "memory muscle".