The other day we focused more on what we’re offering the analysts, or Mentors.

It only makes sense, since the features we’re offering must suit their needs or they can’t offer their services to Members. In pursuit of that, as noted, we’re seeking alpha testers.

But there are plenty of features available for all Members. A couple of features we’re providing may end up in the Premium Members’ area, mostly because they’re expensive to build and will require funding to maintain. But we’ll provide as much as we can for free, to help provide a great experience for basic Members and a good way for them to interact with the Mentors.

Some of these features include:

Steem Powered TIMM Blog

Yes, this isn’t just for Premium Membership. This is for anyone who wants to publish using TIMM’s Steem interface. All you have to do is register on TIMM and log in to the Steem blockchain using your username and posting key.

While we’re still working through some of the features of this, our plan is to have three levels of posting. It’ll work something like this:

Post directly to the blockchain - While we plan to improve the text editor, this is pretty simple and doesn’t really require much more than what you already do to post. TIMM will automatically include “Posted from TIMM” along with a link at the bottom of your article and will receive 5% payout. These will not be featured on the TIMM website.
Submit to TIMM for publication - These will be reviewed by TIMM’s editors to consider them for publication on TIMM. If accepted, they will be featured and automatically receive a resteem as well as be broadcasted on TIMM’s social channels. At the bottom of these will be added
Published on TIMM (with logo)
Legal Disclaimer: This will be the standard CYA stuff, protecting both the author and TIMM
TIMM will receive 15% of the payout. Many of these will be upvoted by the TIMM voting trail.
Approved Authors - Some trusted authors will be approved by TIMM to publish directly to TIMM without going through the approval process. All of the above will apply, except that TIMM will receive 10% of the payout and these authors are most likely to get upvoted by the TIMM voting trail (register on SteemAuto.

RSS Feed - Your Steem powered TIMM blog will include an RSS feed so that you can passively broadcast your articles wherever RSS is useful, including social sites, other websites, your own newsletter service, etc. This allows you to set up another means to attract readers to your Steem blockchain content on TIMM.

Member Forum Access

Visitors will have limited access to some of the forum material. Registered Members will have access to more features and be able to post and comment. This will also provide more exposure to Mentors, where they may engage, post articles, share insights, etc.

TIMM may post special offerings or perks in this area as well, for Member access or download.

Trading Pits

The Trading Pits are where the live action is. While the shouts and signing of the real pits has largely given way to electonic trading and algorythms, TIMM’s Trading Pits are sure to be lively and active.

This is our chat room designed specifically for TIMM. There will be many levels, with most of them being for Premium Members. TIMM will have a Trading Pit set up where Members can share their insights, ask questions and get to know some of the Mentors better.

Tipping!

There’s nothing quite like getting an immediate reward for a job well done. But it can be equally pleasing to be able to offer an instant reward for helpful valuable insights. That’s what our tipping feature is about.

If you receive valuable insight from someone, especially if they’ve helped you make a profitable trade, you can reward them right on the spot with our tipping tool. Of course, if you give them great insight, they can tip you as well!

Our intent is to have this working on every part of TIMM, including blogs and forums as well as the Trading Pits. That way you can pay someone back if they provide particularly good information or insight in any setting.

We’re still working through this one. The Premium Members will certainly have more robust features. But we’re considering offering some scaled down versions for Members as well. Maybe you can join us and be part of the discussion.

We’re still preparing for the next version of TIMM. It’s anticipated to have the ability to set up your account, log into Steem, post and engage. The layout will change a bit too. Keep your eyes open. We’ll be rolling it out soon.

Uniting experts and novices for mutual profit!