Ask your questions on #IndiOne & #IndiPR here.
#IndiOne & #IndiPR are excellent new initiatives by indiBlogger. Only, it's all too confusing at the moment. So if you have any questions regarding this, ask away.
IB and its bloggers community have every right not to take me too seriously!
ha ha .. ok .. but try not click buttons helter skelter :-)
WOW! One by one Anoop solved every query regarding Indione! Baba Anoop Zombie ji amar rahe..amar rahe..!!
Hey guys, So after reading through everything on the forum I have to say a few things
1- Educate yourself - Please try and learn the system. We will put up tips etc soon so it will be easier for you. This is new but its not that difficult to use.There are some unique processes which you will have to accept as a new protocol. Change can be hard on everyone. It took us a long time to change from a services fronted company to complete automation. We feel your pain.
2 -Crowd sourcing - We have put time limits and sanctions on the number of projects in place so everyone can at least use the system once. Imagine the chaos when paid projects come in and only few know the process
3 - Updates/Patches - A patch is scheduled only two months from now. So the system will work as it is without any changes. Please continue to give your feedback but keep your cool. We are seriously collecting feedback so please tell us info constructively while keeping your emotions in check (If you can). If you cant, then rant away, I mean, whats a forum for anyway? :-)
4 - Of Free & Paid - The paid ones havent started yet and there is a reason why we started off with free trials. everyone should try it and then we boom. This system is addictive and we are getting great feedback from clients. We thought of most things but not everything.
5 - Customer status - We have had around 25 customers in 4 days. Hasnt happened in IndiBlogger before. So there is serious potential and it will scale very fast.
6 - Promotion - If you believe in the system, promote it as much as you can. IndiBlogger is a bootstrap company and we are not looking for any investment until we find someone right for the job. Otherwise we risk a situation where this will no longer be a community and it could be cannabalised into another corportae entity out to make money. We defintely dont want that.
7 - Functional upgrades - At the moment one functional upgrade that is requested is to add categories. Apart from more info on the timelines in the notification emails, I dont see any other functional upgrades requested, so we are good there which is not bad for a 4 day system
8 - Bugs - There are some people who are reporting that the AITE loves them so much that its not releasing them even after the 24 hour apply/shortlisting period is complete. This is being investigated. There could be an issue with the time stamps but we are not sure. We will update you on that.
All this said, keep the feedback and bug finding coming in and please trust us to fix everything in due time! :-)
I am speechless! Did you copy paste something? Yeah that bug was reported.
Probably his pen ran out of ink or may be the nib of his pencil broke down and hence this blank post 
Ha ha .. no I replied to Amit .. but I put that reply on the over all thread and not as a specific reply. So I just deleted it. It looked out of context..
A.I.T.E uses the client's human ratings. So there's a chance creativity will not go ignored. Ineteresting.
Yup! :-)
Thanks Anoop. great points from u :) was useful. Just one collective feedback from all users
Its ok if we are not shortlisted for a project. But release us immediately after not being shortlisted and not 24-48 hours later ( I had to wait 48 hours btw) .. So that we can look for other projects .. thats all
thats the only collective feedback that can be fixed from IB's side for now
Hey Karthik, Yes the timelines will change but its going to be atleast 45 -60 days before that happens..
Hey Everyone, The potential bug where you are not released to work on other projects after 24 hours has been fixed. People who have got shortlisted for the current two projects , do keep an eye out if everything is ok..
Hey Anoop, post completing a paid project, how will the payments be made? I'm assuming Bank Transfer. If yes, please tell where is the provision to add the Bank account details and such?
Hey Gauri, So, have you applied to a project on IndiOne?..It would have asked you for your bank details or if you were a member of the previous version of IndiOne. The system will already have your bank details and you dont have to add them again..
Hey Anoop, I just completed a paid project on IndiPR. I haven't been asked for any bank details yet. No, I was not a member of the previous version of IndiOne.
Hey Gauri.. we checked .. you are a member and you have submitted all the details :-) If you want to change anything, please raise a ticket.
Thanks for checking Anoop! And special thanks for swiftly solving my queries! :)
Hi Anoop. My blog www.haimantiduttaray.blogspot.com is disappearing from the drop down list whenever I am about to apply for a project. It had been alright in the morning. But again the same problem has recurred. Pl look into this issue.
could you open a ticket for us please. It will help us track all bugs etc and it really helps. Just post the ticket number here
Hi Anoop, Kindly look into Ticket #17639.
Applied for my first campaign. Is there a filtering criteria based on Indirank or somehting ? Or can I just start writing right away?
Once you apply - wait for 12 hours - You will get a shortlisted email if selected via IndiRank+Secret sauce+client ratings - Once you recieve the shortlisted email - click accept or decline - You can start writing and aubmitting anytime after the shortlisted email hits you.
Although, even if your blog is not shortlisted, if the topic inspires you or is relevant to your blog, feel at ease to pick it up and write. You will not be able to submit it to IndiOne, but you can submit it to IndiVine
OK. I can wait 12 hours. Thank you for the prompt response
Is there any way I can check the status in IB itself? Coz, I'm in office and I don't have access to personal mails 
Yes you can check on the IndiOne page. Thre will be satatus message in grey saying "ShortListed" :-)
Ahh....Rejected 
Guess I should chose a little more carefully
I got selected. Second time lucky I guess
Hie. I wanted to clarify how creative we are allowed to get with the Press releases. I mean should we write them like a formal news report or more personalised post like adding stories and experiences? With the IndiPR Press Release, I am seeing people concentration more on the Indione side (how to apply if you are a influencer type stuff) rather than writing about the IndiPR. Is that cool?
And on the project listing page, in a straight line with the countdown timer there is some flickering grey noise. Am the only one seeing this or other people too?
Hey thats agood question ... Basically a PR has information about what a company thinks of their product/service and its usually written in a formal manner. Blogs are an informal medium source so sounding like a press release may not really work out for some as it will stand out awkwardly from other posts that you may have written. So its upto you to keep your writing stype and add your own knowledge as well. So you can be as creative as possible, similar to your other posts.
I am not getting that flickering grey noise on my personal machine but I have asked a dev to see if this is the case and I will get back to you on this.
That is wonderful. We don't have to turn our blogs into news site .
And this is what I am seeing. It kind of gets irritating after a while. --- http://i.imgur.com/uOgU85g.png
Oh yeah .. that looks kinda wierd... I have forwarded that to some devs.. lets see what they say..
Completed my first project. It was a warm feeling to write for Indiblogger, actually. Didn't feel like doing a sponsored post. I wouldn't mind even if I don't paid for it , I mean it. Easy-to-use, I wouldn't want any changes. But I wish I could know how AITE rated my post.
Hey Nandhini, Thank you very much for writing and your goodwill as well :-) We however had an ulterior motive for running this apart from the obvious publicity. We wanted to test the whole process including payment dispatches etc and we wanted to see how the system would behave for a fairly large order.
AITE will not rate your post. As you wrote this for us, someone from IndiBlogger will rate it :-) At the moment they are internal until we can educate people on the little nuances of the rating system.
I wouldn't mind even if I don't paid for it
Point to be noted down your honour…(you may transfer that amount to my a/c – no objection from me, and won’t return it with any interest due etc.). 
After 3 rejections, finally submitted my first PR .
I was pretty confident AITE hated me after i declined the first time :P
Ah finally! you are in :-)
We really want more people to try this thing out so I am happy you could give it a shot. The more projects that come in , the more chances everyone has to have a project to write for and get acquainted with the system.
One suggestion: The A.I.T.E Should send a 'reminder mail' to the blogger when just 24 hours or so are left to complete a project(submit post). Will help a lot!
I have applied in 4 IndiOne Projects and have not been shortlisted in any of them! I would like to know what's the criteria for shortlisting please so that I may succeed next time!
AITE is now testing me also Anoop, applied for Axis Bank PR on 13th Apr 2016, but no reply yet 
Can i have an award for highest no of rejections by AITE?
6 Lakh hits ,11 year old blog , 408 posts, still AITE hates me a lot :P
@DS I'm pretty confident IB doesnt ban anyone for just trying for new projects
and mine is a marketing/b*****ng blog and in general category. so ideally most of the topics are relevant on my blog
Hey guys, AITE does not rate you .. the clients rate you. As long as a business thinks you are relevant, its fine but if they feel otherwise, they may rate you with a 1 star. A collection of 1 stars is what AITE looks for inorder to effect a ban. If you have one or two 1 stars you should be fine but anything more and there could be a ban.
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