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Post by compound26 on Jul 27, 2015 17:47:54 GMT -5
I think compound's article would actually make for a great web site, all by itself. Let's see if we can come up with a good domain name for a board-sponsored pro-Afrezza web site. I'll personally take care of the domain registration, and perhaps if there are any members who are web developers and are willing to program the site pro-bono, we can get something going really fast! At the low end of the "effort spectrum", Word can save the document in HTML format and that can just go up on the site as the home page... BD, that sounds great! I have been thinking along the same line in the last few weeks (that we can create a separate website spreading the many advantages and benefits of Afrezza to the public). In a sense, some kind of DTC campaign by the folks on this board.  I think a separate (non-investor-oriented) website will definitely help in that regard. If we do have such a website, I will try to make my above article move comprehensive (by adding more links of patient testimonials) and keep it updated from time to time, and adding new stuff as appropriate. For example, a reference to that Yahoo article where it says high BG level of pregnant women negatively impact (future) students' performance in school might be good. There, we could also post links to the best (and most helpful) Afrezza-related videos on Youtube. |
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Post by mannmade on Jul 27, 2015 17:50:28 GMT -5
afrezzajustbreathe, you mean? yes... |
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Post by compound26 on Jul 27, 2015 17:54:37 GMT -5
How about the following: AfrezzaTheRealDeal.com Afrezzajustbreath.com freedomwithAfrezza.com Afrezzaworks.com (or Afrezzareallyworks.com) Afrezzaisamazing.com Afrezzaislifechanging.com mannmade, all of them are great choices to me. I like something with "freedom" attached to it. How about AfrezzaTheFreedom.com? I also like Afrezzajustbreathe.com as you suggested. |
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Post by mannmade on Jul 27, 2015 17:57:51 GMT -5
btw, do we have a T1 and T2 (Spiro included) who are currently using Afrezza that can be the Co-Editors in chiefs for the site with compound? One representing each form of diabetes they can make this a legit site as diabetics and be the face of it.
Also we can link to Sam's site and other related sites as well as medical articles that come out (as opposed to investor articles).
Perhaps also include a section on Insurance tips anyone has found that make it easier as well as list of doctors and endos who prescribe Afrezza.
We could also create a list for people who want the latest updates and send emails out with each new piece of information such as Tier 2 coverage etc... And the list would be a good marketing tool.
Section for the youtube videos etc...
Think there is a lot of content for this site already. A good idea and I don't mean to push too much ideation just my thoughts for what they are worth...
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Post by mannmade on Jul 27, 2015 18:01:35 GMT -5
How about the following: AfrezzaTheRealDeal.com Afrezzajustbreath.com freedomwithAfrezza.com Afrezzaworks.com (or Afrezzareallyworks.com) Afrezzaisamazing.com Afrezzaislifechanging.com mannmade, all of them are great choices to me. I like something with "freedom" attached to it. How about AfrezzaTheFreedom.com? I also like Afrezzajustbreathe.com as you suggested. How about Afrezzaisfreedom.com or Afrezzameansfreedom.com? Your call your web site as far as I am concerned. Just like the idea and wanted to offer some suggestions. |
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Post by mssciguy on Jul 27, 2015 18:05:01 GMT -5
Great idea Mannmade and I tried to get started on that theme in a small way on Wikipedia but ran into the "promotional paranoia" police there despite only listing facts. And with Sanofi and Mannkind no doubt there are numerous legal restrictions, also the potential for the FUDster shareholder lawsuits--- Matt, Hakan, etc are basically gagged. So, nothing like a collaborative effort, maybe it would be a resource for ADHD afflicted thestreet or seekingalpha writers
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Post by mannmade on Jul 27, 2015 18:15:17 GMT -5
Great idea Mannmade and I tried to get started on that theme in a small way on Wikipedia but ran into the "promotional paranoia" police there despite only listing facts. And with Sanofi and Mannkind no doubt there are numerous legal restrictions, also the potential for the FUDster shareholder lawsuits--- Matt, Hakan, etc are basically gagged. So, nothing like a collaborative effort, maybe it would be a resource for ADHD afflicted thestreet or seekingalpha writers Thank you mssciguy... It's the marketer in me. (Spent 30 years in the business and founded two agencies which were both sold, one to NBCU.) There are so many ideas that we could collectively come up with for this site. Being able to say and do the things that Sanofi can't on their Afrezza web site because of the FDA. 1.) One idea would be to write a form letters for diabetics to give their doctors for pre-approval. Just download and give doc to sign. (Not sure if appropriate or not) 2.) Another would be to create a patient information kit for people to give their doctors who have not heard of or are not inclined to prescribe Afrezza. Actually a reformatted and perhaps shorter version of Compound's letter would be great for this. 3.) A monthly Afrezza newsletter recapping the past month's events for interested people It could become the Official "Unofficial web site for Afrezza." (Would want to be respectful of Sam's effort and work so perhaps get him involved as a consultant if he is interested) Again just more initial thoughts on the subject. This is Compound's letter and Liane's idea so I leave it up to them lead this discussion and shape the direction and tone of the site. Also as a recovering Lawyer (have not practiced since 1982,) we would want to make sure we vet all content properly, perhaps get Sanofi's and/or Mannkind's blessing. And lastly then we could hook up to Google's ad network (not sure if I am serious about this one idea just yet) and with whatever revenue we make we purchase shares of Mannkind and at some point after Afrezza becomes a blockbuster we donate the proceeds to a diabetic organization in Al's name. |
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Post by mssciguy on Jul 27, 2015 18:30:26 GMT -5
Great idea Mannmade and I tried to get started on that theme in a small way on Wikipedia but ran into the "promotional paranoia" police there despite only listing facts. And with Sanofi and Mannkind no doubt there are numerous legal restrictions, also the potential for the FUDster shareholder lawsuits--- Matt, Hakan, etc are basically gagged. So, nothing like a collaborative effort, maybe it would be a resource for ADHD afflicted thestreet or seekingalpha writers Thank you mssciguy... It's the marketer in me. (Spent 30 years in the business and founded two agencies which were both sold, one to NBCU.) There are so many ideas that we could collectively come up with for this site. Being able to say and do the things that Sanofi can't on their Afrezza web site because of the FDA. 1.) One idea would be to write a form letters for diabetics to give their doctors for pre-approval. Just download and give doc to sign. (Not sure if appropriate or not) 2.) Another would be to create a patient information kit for people to give their doctors who have not heard of or are not inclined to prescribe Afrezza. Actually a reformatted and perhaps shorter version of Compound's letter would be great for this. 3.) A monthly Afrezza newsletter recapping the past month's events for interested people It could become the Official "Unofficial web site for Afrezza." (Would want to be respectful of Sam's effort and work so perhaps get him involved as a consultant if he is interested) Again just more initial thoughts on the subject. This is Compound's letter and Liane's idea so I leave it up to them lead this discussion and shape the direction and tone of the site. Also as a recovering Lawyer (have not practiced since 1982,) we would want to make sure we vet all content properly, perhaps get Sanofi's and/or Mannkind's blessing. And lastly then we could hook up to Google's ad network (not sure if I am serious about this one idea just yet) and with whatever revenue we make we purchase shares of Mannkind and at some point after Afrezza becomes a blockbuster we donate the proceeds to a diabetic organization in Al's name. ***Maybe you know more than I but I did use adwords on a google blogspot (concerned with memory care, inspired by a parent) and it did generate some revenue for a while, but then google actually changed the rules in a perverse way and started asking bloggers to pay to advertise their blogs. Incomprehensible from the perspective of "don't do evil" but they are the slaves of shareholders in the long run, I suppose. Personally I don't trust google much, but there are multiple other ways of running ads to pay the overhead. It would be potentially very easy to find recruits to broadcast links to website/and or newsletter signup. In my own small business, I know what you are supposed to do is make a pop-up window every time someone accesses the website (who is a new visitor) but I am of a vintage where that is considered spam..... |
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Post by mannmade on Jul 27, 2015 18:33:31 GMT -5
Perhaps not Google as it was the first to come to mind. There are surely many other ways to handle if this was something that is found to be worth pursuing.
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Post by compound26 on Jul 27, 2015 18:46:47 GMT -5
Great idea Mannmade and I tried to get started on that theme in a small way on Wikipedia but ran into the "promotional paranoia" police there despite only listing facts. And with Sanofi and Mannkind no doubt there are numerous legal restrictions, also the potential for the FUDster shareholder lawsuits--- Matt, Hakan, etc are basically gagged. So, nothing like a collaborative effort, maybe it would be a resource for ADHD afflicted thestreet or seekingalpha writers Thank you mssciguy... It's the marketer in me. (Spent 30 years in the business and founded two agencies which were both sold, one to NBCU.) There are so many ideas that we could collectively come up with for this site. Being able to say and do the things that Sanofi can't on their Afrezza web site because of the FDA. 1.) One idea would be to write a form letters for diabetics to give their doctors for pre-approval. Just download and give doc to sign. (Not sure if appropriate or not) 2.) Another would be to create a patient information kit for people to give their doctors who have not heard of or are not inclined to prescribe Afrezza. Actually a reformatted and perhaps shorter version of Compound's letter would be great for this. 3.) A monthly Afrezza newsletter recapping the past month's events for interested people It could become the Official "Unofficial web site for Afrezza." (Would want to be respectful of Sam's effort and work so perhaps get him involved as a consultant if he is interested) Again just more initial thoughts on the subject. This is Compound's letter and Liane's idea so I leave it up to them lead this discussion and shape the direction and tone of the site. Also as a recovering Lawyer (have not practiced since 1982,) we would want to make sure we vet all content properly, perhaps get Sanofi's and/or Mannkind's blessing. And lastly then we could hook up to Google's ad network (not sure if I am serious about this one idea just yet) and with whatever revenue we make we purchase shares of Mannkind and at some point after Afrezza becomes a blockbuster we donate the proceeds to a diabetic organization in Al's name. mannmade, great ideas. Let's keep the discussion going. I believe with the collective efforts of the members of this board, we will be able to achieve something. Let's get the project started and then improve it as we go along. Agree that anything we post on such a website should be fact-based and non-promotional (let the facts speak for themselves). |
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Post by BD on Jul 27, 2015 18:59:00 GMT -5
Since this could quickly get bogged down in "Feature Creep", let's start with a modest goal: Get that write-up onto a new web site. The document already has those nice bullets up at the top, which are trivial to turn into links to the various sections.
What I'd suggest is that we decide upon the domain name (perhaps everyone chime in with their 4 favorites, and then we can do a poll? Or I can just go with afrezzajustbreathe).
I forgot that the cost isn't just the domain registration (which I'm glad to pick up), but also there's also a monthly hosting fee. One web host I've worked with for many years has a $6/month plan, and I'd be happy to sign up for it on my credit card...but I'd appreciate passing the hat around to cover the hosting fees after the first month. We're talking $72/year for the site, which will cover up to 2G/month of data transfer (they say ~20K visitors, but it could conceivably be less if the page is graphics-intensive.) 5GB/month is $9, and 10GB/mo is $14.
By taking care of the domain registration and hosting plan stuff myself, I know we can get this up and running really fast. Anyone (who hasn't spent all their extra money on MNKD shares) that would be willing to donate something to the cause, please PM me, and we can discuss that privately.
So all I really need to get going is a decision on the domain name.
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Post by joeypotsandpans on Jul 27, 2015 19:11:47 GMT -5
Since this could quickly get bogged down in "Feature Creep", let's start with a modest goal: Get that write-up onto a new web site. The document already has those nice bullets up at the top, which are trivial to turn into links to the various sections. What I'd suggest is that we decide upon the domain name (perhaps everyone chime in with their 4 favorites, and then we can do a poll? Or I can just go with afrezzajustbreathe). I forgot that the cost isn't just the domain registration (which I'm glad to pick up), but also there's also a monthly hosting fee. One web host I've worked with for many years has a $6/month plan, and I'd be happy to sign up for it on my credit card...but I'd appreciate passing the hat around to cover the hosting fees after the first month. We're talking $72/year for the site, which will cover up to 2G/month of data transfer (they say ~20K visitors, but it could conceivably be less if the page is graphics-intensive.) 5GB/month is $9, and 10GB/mo is $14. By taking care of the domain registration and hosting plan stuff myself, I know we can get this up and running really fast. Anyone (who hasn't spent all their extra money on MNKD shares) that would be willing to donate something to the cause, please PM me, and we can discuss that privately. So all I really need to get going is a decision on the domain name. I still like AfrezzaFreesYou.com  |
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Post by gomnkd on Jul 27, 2015 20:28:22 GMT -5
First, I wrote a similar (smaller) article in SA that got rejected. I posted it as an instablog.
Instablog also gets hits; it does appear in google search. You can do that too.
SA wants opinions (not just a collection of facts) that conclude with buy/sell/hold thesis for a publication. They enforce it for first time posters and take it easy for established authors.
I wonder about the usefulness of setting up a new website for Afrezza when we've so much info already in public space. If you still decide to do it, you can do it low cost by registering a domain and then use google's blogspot. You'll point the blogpost URL to the new domain name. Google takes care of hosting. Your total cost is $15/year.
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Post by dreamboatcruise on Jul 27, 2015 20:38:28 GMT -5
A database of Afrezza friendly docs might be helpful, though I'm sure a heck of a lot of effort. I suspect that SNY doesn't want to anger docs that aren't yet on board by giving free marketing to others... wouldn't want to piss off a good Lantus prescriber just because they haven't bought into Afrezza. BD... do I get the award for most feature creep? That might be jumping a hurdle or feature pole vault instead of creep. |
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Post by BD on Jul 27, 2015 21:56:32 GMT -5
I wonder about the usefulness of setting up a new website for Afrezza when we've so much info already in public space. If you still decide to do it, you can do it low cost by registering a domain and then use google's blogspot. You'll point the blogpost URL to the new domain name. Google takes care of hosting. Your total cost is $15/year. I'm attracted to the idea of a new site because it will allow us to control the content 100%, with the emphasis being precisely where a bunch of pretty informed MNKD-folk collectively feel it belongs. As for the platform, I just jumped in with "what I know", which may be a bit old-fashioned but also gives us maximum flexibility and freedom to evolve the site in any manner we choose. Based on the response I've received so far tonight via PM, cost isn't going to be an issue |
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I think a separate (non-investor-oriented) website will definitely help in that regard.
