Archive for April 7th, 2006

Introducing Community section

Friday, April 7th, 2006

Content if not debated is just a view but one allowing discussion bears more fruits. In other words content/information is dead if it is not allowed to be debated over. We at AmPmInsure will add discussion attribute to each information item. Community discussion or participation will allow harnessing the collective intelligence of the crowd.

How to participate in community discussion?

  1. Go to http://www.ampminsure.org/community/ (category based discussions).
  2. Choose one category, example “Getting Started“.
  3. Now you will get a list of discussions. You can also start a new discussion by clicking on the button which reads,
    new topic
  4. If you want to participate in an existing discussion topic then choose one topic from the list, example Is Disability insurance a priority? under the category “Getting Started“.
  5. Read through the discussion and click on the button which reads,
    reply to a topic
  6. Put in your reply and click on the submit button and your reply will be added to the discussion. Keep checking the topic as other members will come and participate in the discussions.

This is a helpful platform and for any help please write to me at lakemen(at)ampminsure.org. I will guide you through the discussions and I am sure you will like the whole process of participation.

Introducing story section

Friday, April 7th, 2006

I am glab to introduce the story section. This is to reach other useful stories (news/blogs/articles or any other information) available across World Wide Web.

What is it all about?
This is a section where anyone can submit a story for the community. Once you submit the story it will be available to the community, there is no moderation or selection process, all stories are laid in front of the community. Spammers will face a tough time to get votes and come to the visible area. This is a community managed news section.
Story Section

As our other section this too is simple to use. Each story can be discussed and debated by clicking on the “Replies”. We have a smart voting section allowing even the guest to post by keeping a backend to clear the possible spam votes.

Why to submit to the story section?
There are many reasons, few are:-

  • Helping community by sharing useful information.
  • If you are the owner of the story you can get targeted readers by submitting the story.

This is still in beta stage, so you can expect improvement every single day. We are using AJAX to make the system faster.

Some easy desktop tools for blogging

Friday, April 7th, 2006

If the web interface is troubling you then here are some simpler solutions to it.

  1. Qumana  - This is a simple desktop tool which can help you blog from your local machine. You can do the posting being offline and then upload it later. The interface is simpler and much friendly.
    Qumana
  2. wbloggar - Another simple desktop tool for blogging
    wblogger
  3. Performancing for firefox: If you are a firefox lover like me then you can use this extension for easy blogging.
    performancing

I will try harder to make blogging simpler for all our community members. I will also help the community use Adsense and other advertising channels. Happy Blogging :) .

Earning with Insurance community

Friday, April 7th, 2006

I always wanted to share the revenue with all the community members as we stand and work as a community. Our main goal is to help the people understand insurance. In order to achieve the goal we need to put some good efforts which involve time. I am thankful to all my community members for offering voluntary help but as an appreciation for all the work I will like to share the revenue with our community.

I am still searching for more ways to our community members to earn money and some of the ways can be explored at http://www.ampminsure.org/earn-money.html .