Archive for the 'CrowdSource' Category

An Approach to Crowdsourcing Worth Emulating

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Like the Aussies, you’d probably jump at the chance to preserve your country’s past – especially if you could fit your volunteer work into convenient breaks in your day.  That’s why it’s worth your while to learn about the crowdsourced Trove project.
But another reason is that you might be able to adapt the Trove approach [...]

Find Kindred Spirits or Customers by Sharing the Simple Way

Monday, August 16th, 2010

There’s a simple, satisfying way to attract those who share your interests or seek your kind of product.  It enables you to demonstrate your expertise and it doesn’t take much time nor cost anything.
Sharing helpful tips with those who want them is more appreciated – and credibility-building – than self-promotion. In a time-starved world, the [...]

Turn Your Book or Contest Into a Popular, Searchable Video

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

See him passionately reading the bible on the street corner, while being videoed?  Don’t avert your gaze and quickly walk around him. Take a closer look.
You may be witnessing a clever method that you could adapt to drawing attention to your favorite cause, idea, product or organization both in-person and online. 
Here’s how. While this [...]

Six Profitable Ways To Teach Groups What You Know

Friday, June 12th, 2009

If a coffee shop owner and a former minister can make money by leading groups then, perhaps, so can you and I.  In the following success stories see if there’s a method you’d like to try. With the right approach people are happy to pay you for the opportunity to hone a skill they already have [...]

Twittering Comedy Club Demonstrates You Can Tweet to Serve Your Customers

Wednesday, June 10th, 2009

Instead of standing on a stage, one comedian at a time, humorists were leaning over their computers, waiting with bated breath for quirky Brit Tiernan Douieb to say “Go!”  In this Twitter Comedy Club experiment, drawing a crowd of 6,000 each comedian had a 10 minute act. They madly delivered their best lines in 140-characters, one after the other. [...]

Get Micro-Payments for Tagging Products in Photos…

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

… to identify those products for site visitors to then click and buy. That’s the mutually-profitable crowdsourcing angle for us and for Pixazza, a start-up that generated buzz because of support from Google Ventures. 

This tool may be especially hot for publishers of celebrity/gossip-style sites such as I’m Not Obsessed! which has been using the technology.

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Obama Demos Tool That Let’s Us Choose Questions to Answer at an Event

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Anyone seeking more meeting participation may be discovering new ways by attending Obama-led town hall meetings. Some opinion leaders find Obama’s inferred endorsement of google tools jarring. Yet the three he’s using would be helpful to most any event planner, cause advocate, online entrepreneur or global team leader.  They are free, easy to use and scalable:

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They Succeeded by Attracting Other’s Participation, And You Can Too

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009

Grow your business faster by finding the sweet spot of mutual benefit that motivates others to support your success. Peruse 135 real-life examples to find one to adapt to your kind of work.  From customer-designed products to near-instant group help 

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Start a Twitter-Based Business or Twitter to Sell More: 5 Success Stories

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Choose where to live by asking locals about their neighborhood. Listen in on their conversations or jump in and ask their advice – from wherever you are.  That’s what Eric Wu promises renters with his online site that combines the online sharing and conversational powers of a wiki and Twitter. RentWiki. Get a feel of the neighborhood beyond what [...]

The Rise of the Rest

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

What’s ahead for us? See this “presentation zen“-style global trends video from the Futures Group. It covers trends first described by Fareed Zacharia in his column and book. Teasers:
• In ten years the number one English-speaking country will be …
• By 2010, Africa’s largest trading partner will be …

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