Archive for April, 2011

Community Credits and Points

Author: The Tea Lady

Apr 7

A “wee” chat with the The Tea Lady about……

Credits/Points

Hello there, come into the kitchen and sit down.

I don’t have time to make a cuppa at the moment I’m sorry so here is a quick say so about credits and then I will tell you more next time ok.

Imagine this, an online community with its own Federal Reserve, Inland Revenue Service, US Mint and Fort Knox built into it.

If you are the type that likes to play with numbers and would like to design your very own community financial system, then this is exactly what you need I tell you.

The Social Networking Software the little sods here have built is really quite remarkable as this is exactly what they have built into it.

You can even become the Secretary of the Treasury and the Chairman of the Federal Reserve.

This allows you to set up how much you charge or pay members for almost everything they do, meaning every time they click on something, whether it is sending an email or just answering a question, someone pays someone.

You can also give credits/points to another member as a gift or reward.

You keep these credits/points in your community wallet.

These credits/points can also be used by members to buy and sell things in the community mall, members can also purchase them for real money.

A community currency is the key to creating a successful revenue-generating online community. It essentially allows you to charge for everything a member does!

Lets talk more about this next time though, I have to push on, its tea time.

Kindest regards,
The Tea Lady
Bye bye.

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Online Charities and the social web

Author: The Tea Lady

Apr 6

A “wee” chat with the The Tea Lady about………

Charities

Hello there, if you’re involved in a charity I am so thankful you stopped in here, charities are such a good thing and it takes great people to work for them.

It’s an old saying I know, “every little bit helps”, so this is the right place to be to get some advice on how to get every little bit out of a social networking system.

The little darlings here have designed the entire system to work in every way for profit and non-profit organizations.

Almost every action (or click you do) in the community can be set to pay you or charge you credits / points.

Charging a monthly fee can give members a set amount of credits/points that they use to perform select functions. Members can buy any amount of additional points if required as well. These credits/points can be used to “send” emails like stamps, or to enter chat rooms if required.

Every activity that happens within the community can reward or charge members credits/points. Don’t worry though as it is up to you to select what things you want to have that this applies to.

This is the key to generating a revenue system for charities.

As it’s built in community currency, these credits/points can be used to purchase items in the community mall. Members can also sell items in an online garage sale style or the organization can sell donated items etc.

I think it would be so exciting to have massive garage sales in the community where people gather and chat and poke around, there will be some great bargains.

If you would like to know more on charities and how they can benefit, please ask me as I am only too happy to help in this area.

Kindest regards,
The Tea Lady
Bye bye.

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My mums Coffee Sponge

Author: The Tea Lady

Apr 6

Ingredients:

3 large eggs
2 ½ oz. cornflour
1 desert spoon of flour
1 teaspoon of baking powder
2 desert spoons of coffee & chickory 
¼ teaspoon of salt
4 oz. sugar

How you do it:

Beat the egg whites until they are firm.

Add the sugar.

Beat again a little.

Add the coffee & chickory and egg yolks.

Beat again a little.

Add the flour, baking powder and salt.

Beat again until it is all mixed in.

Pre heat the oven to medium and cook for 15 minutes.

Don’t forget my mum is a bit frail and she just said to heat the oven to medium and I don’t want to get into an argument with her as to the exact temperature.  She can still give out the evil eye look.

Use a 9” round or square cake tin (grease it with butter).

About half an hour after it has come out of the oven, slice it through the middle (so you can add the whipped cream).

When you are ready to serve it, add the whipped cream and sprinkle icing sugar over the top.  The cream can be sweetened if you want to your own taste.

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