What Is Crowdsourcing?

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  viruser02/01/07 Reported as spam
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  I thought it was something else!

  :)) I thought it was an advertising term; one where a sales agent goes out in a crowd and shouts out his agenda!!
  Thanks for insight!!!

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  m.sethi@...02/14/07 Report as spam
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  CrowdSourcing

  Its like a Double edged sword. If you throw it open it can run a mess and get you defocused or the people contributing can feel offended if their ideas are not implemented, yet we loose the potential of a great idea if we don't. Tread with care...

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  skerett@...02/21/07 Report as spam
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  Powerfull Strategy

  This aproach to solve the most difficult problems can be use in many areas such as medicine, new boat design, etc. Think of this; How many times you think you have the solution to a problem or want to create something but there is no free container (website) that can provide you an opportunity to hear your contribution without going trough the 'red' tape.

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  catmylove@...03/01/07 Report as spam
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  Crowsourcing

  I believe is a great term, but at the end of the day it just works for the biggest bucks, yes we get improved items and services, but we also get biggest prices and with our ideas on them. By example, the big companies should fix the way they interact with costumers online, and why not to create a system where the costumers are more in the role, more prosumers, and get your ideas to the light, recognize your contribution publicly, either as a reward, as a special award, o0r making you a small investor, who knows, but there's gotta be the day where corporate affairs will be also a junction with public affairs.

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  krishand05/01/07 Report as spam
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  Just another feather into the web 2.0 evolution

  "Crowd sourcing" seems to be just another feather into the web 2.0 world of open communication, knowledge sharing and media news explosion.Seems to be having unparalleled options for a creative marketer for his services.
  
  Good Article,
  Krishan Dutt
  www.smartdatainc.net

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  jimantonopoulos05/01/07 Report as spam
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  I fail to understand...

  Isn't it just another name for social media?
  How is it any different to the way social media works?

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  mhamburg02/12/08 Report as spam
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  RE: What Is Crowdsourcing?

  Nice summary. I too have researched the subject in depth and have written several articles on Crowdsourcing, which can be found here: http://www.onedegree.ca/monica_hamburg/

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  karunakarantk@...02/22/08 Report as spam
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  RE: What Is Crowdsourcing?

  Really powerful and has a astrong potential in my opinion. I noticed the Answers section in linkedin where crowdsourcing is efficiently appiled. Those in Linkedin, dont you agree?
  
  Regards
  KK

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  jasmine@...02/22/08 Report as spam
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  RE: What Is Crowdsourcing?

  Great article, Jennifer.
  Well written and fantastic points re: crowds aren't employees so they can't be treated as such.
  
  Anyone who decides to embrace crowdsourcing needs to find the magic sauce of encouraging participation... How to you attract the crowd and what are they getting in turn for their participation and wisdom. Reward and incentives programs are a must
  
  Cambrian House is releasing a "Crowdsourcing OS" this year that will enable anyone to attract and work with crowds to accomplish projects of any sort.

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  mosmeyer07/09/08 Report as spam
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  RE: What Is Crowdsourcing?

  Thanks, Jennifer. Dell has also found some innovative ways to listen and collaborate with our customers. We launched www.ideastorm.com in February 2007, asking customers to tell Dell what new products or services they?d like to see us develop. Customer response has been fantastic -- the 9,400+ ideas posted on the site have been voted on by community members more than 644,000 times, and Dell has implemented around 50 of them. It's like having an open innovation lab with our customers. You might check out www.dell.com/community to check out what customers are saying on IdeaStorm, our blogs and in our community forums.

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  Yves Smith06/30/09 Report as spam
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  RE: What Is Crowdsourcing?

  Here is a useful article on the applications of crowdsourcing:
  
  http://datadiscoverers.com/research/?p=12

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  dgash11/03/09 Report as spam
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  Crowdsourcing benefits both client & crowd

  The biggest benefit we've found is that business clients are able to get better quality products/services within their budget. I work for Prova Advertising & we use crowdsourcing to help businesses get advertisements created. Crowdsourcing your advertisement design lets you select a design based on skill, instead of portfolio. Thus, the skilled designers stand out above the rest.
  
  -David
  Prova Advertising