Comments on: 10 Ways to Use Crowdsourcing for Business http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/ Media Monitoring and Measurement Resources Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Patricia http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-75215 Patricia Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:31:13 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-75215 Just downloaded firefox4 and it works fine! Just downloaded firefox4 and it works fine!

]]> By: free emo sex http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-42931 free emo sex Wed, 15 Sep 2010 05:54:38 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-42931 A tip to save some cash when watching films it that as a substitute for heading to the cinema on a busy weekend consider renting your dvds. The standard price to rent a DVD is much less than 50 % the price of only one movie ticket at your normal cinema. Another bonus is that you might possibly hire around 4 movies through your regional video store for the same value as 2 tickets at your cinema. A tip to save some cash when watching films it that as a substitute for heading to the cinema on a busy weekend consider renting your dvds. The standard price to rent a DVD is much less than 50 % the price of only one movie ticket at your normal cinema. Another bonus is that you might possibly hire around 4 movies through your regional video store for the same value as 2 tickets at your cinema.

]]> By: Patrick Rafter http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-37999 Patrick Rafter Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:56:54 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-37999 Cortera (www.cortera.com) is excellent example of a free community to provide crowdsourcing for business benefits. Businesspeople from sole practitioners to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies go to Cortera to see how prospective customers pay their bills (on time, delayed, not at all). By visiting Cortera's website to see how other companies rate those businesses with which they do business, I can make better decisions on which companies I'll extend payment terms (for goods and services) to. Cortera's been featured in the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch calls them "A Yelp for Business Credit" Cortera (www.cortera.com) is excellent example of a free community to provide crowdsourcing for business benefits.
Businesspeople from sole practitioners to small businesses to Fortune 500 companies go to Cortera to see how prospective customers pay their bills (on time, delayed, not at all). By visiting Cortera’s website to see how other companies rate those businesses with which they do business, I can make better decisions on which companies I’ll extend payment terms (for goods and services) to. Cortera’s been featured in the Wall Street Journal and TechCrunch calls them “A Yelp for Business Credit”

]]> By: Marie Piascik http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-27384 Marie Piascik Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:49:06 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-27384 Hi, I thought I would say you have a wonderful site and this was a very informative article. I saved your site and have it in my reader now...looking forward to more content in the future. Hi, I thought I would say you have a wonderful site and this was a very informative article. I saved your site and have it in my reader now…looking forward to more content in the future.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-21810 Bruce Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:35:25 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-21810 Take that six figures. That would be a no-guaranteed-winner game. Let's say it's a typesetting/proofreading job (a big one). Anyone can "play" by working at the keyboard as much or as little as they want. What everyone would be working for is consensus -- you type what you think everyone else is most likely to type. Where you think the crowd will be wrong, you flag it and perhaps make a bet that your flag will be validated. A computer assigns each consensus-validated keystrokes a number, a number which might also indicate its degree of consensus. One such number is chosen (or not) at random to win. As I ask in the article (below), "Instead of buying a lottery ticket at a store, why not Alt-Tab at your whim and edit text for the same chance to win?" http://knol.google.com/k/bruce-swanson/keystroke-lotteries-a-speculative-essay/2pwl4dkclsj3z/2?hd=ns# Take that six figures. That would be a no-guaranteed-winner game. Let’s say it’s a typesetting/proofreading job (a big one). Anyone can “play” by working at the keyboard as much or as little as they want. What everyone would be working for is consensus — you type what you think everyone else is most likely to type. Where you think the crowd will be wrong, you flag it and perhaps make a bet that your flag will be validated. A computer assigns each consensus-validated keystrokes a number, a number which might also indicate its degree of consensus. One such number is chosen (or not) at random to win. As I ask in the article (below), “Instead of buying a lottery ticket at a store, why not Alt-Tab at your whim and edit text for the same chance to win?”

http://knol.google.com/k/bruce-swanson/keystroke-lotteries-a-speculative-essay/2pwl4dkclsj3z/2?hd=ns#

]]> By: Hannah Del Porto http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-21796 Hannah Del Porto Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:01:36 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-21796 There are many freelance sites where companies request bids for a piece of work, and that is a similar system to what you describe. I'm not sure what you mean by "lottery" though. While the bidding system does determine the price to some extent, I think companies still want to use quality as a factor and be able to exclude crowdsourced contributions or bids as they please. Additionally, I was using the ability to get some work done for free or cheaply as an example. Many other of the example sites I list pay six figures for crowdsourced contributions. Crowdsourcing runs the whole gamut. There are many freelance sites where companies request bids for a piece of work, and that is a similar system to what you describe.

I’m not sure what you mean by “lottery” though. While the bidding system does determine the price to some extent, I think companies still want to use quality as a factor and be able to exclude crowdsourced contributions or bids as they please.

Additionally, I was using the ability to get some work done for free or cheaply as an example. Many other of the example sites I list pay six figures for crowdsourced contributions. Crowdsourcing runs the whole gamut.

]]> By: Bruce http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-21773 Bruce Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:39:12 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-21773 "Reduce costs by employing volunteers or offering nominal pay for the completion of tasks." Right there is the flaw in crowdsourcing as it is perceived and practiced today: the idea that it can be priced in conventional terms like "nominal value." I doubt that it can. A totally different paradigm is needed. I've written a Knol article entitled "Keystroke Lotteries: A Speculative Essay" in which I imagine a way that crowdsourcing can be turned into a lottery, funded by those who need work done. The price for a specific job could be set by auction for a place in a work-queue. I then speculate on an extension of this principle to the area of law-enforcement. The article is at: http://knol.google.com/k/bruce-swanson/keystroke-lotteries-a-speculative-essay/2pwl4dkclsj3z/2?hd=ns# “Reduce costs by employing volunteers or offering nominal pay for the completion of tasks.” Right there is the flaw in crowdsourcing as it is perceived and practiced today: the idea that it can be priced in conventional terms like “nominal value.” I doubt that it can. A totally different paradigm is needed.

I’ve written a Knol article entitled “Keystroke Lotteries: A Speculative Essay” in which I imagine a way that crowdsourcing can be turned into a lottery, funded by those who need work done. The price for a specific job could be set by auction for a place in a work-queue. I then speculate on an extension of this principle to the area of law-enforcement.

The article is at:

http://knol.google.com/k/bruce-swanson/keystroke-lotteries-a-speculative-essay/2pwl4dkclsj3z/2?hd=ns#

]]> By: ImpactWatch » Blog Archive » Marketing Industry Adopts Social Media http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-14985 ImpactWatch » Blog Archive » Marketing Industry Adopts Social Media Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:05 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-14985 [...] non-profits participated in the 2009 Marketing Industry Trends Study. The survey was developed by crowdsourcing input directly from the online marketing [...] [...] non-profits participated in the 2009 Marketing Industry Trends Study. The survey was developed by crowdsourcing input directly from the online marketing [...]

]]> By: Live Lead Transfer http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-11093 Live Lead Transfer Tue, 09 Jun 2009 06:10:14 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-11093 Nice list out there.. good job!! Nice list out there.. good job!!

]]> By: Michael Lockard http://www.impactwatch.com/2009/10-ways-to-use-crowdsourcing-for-business/comment-page-1/#comment-11028 Michael Lockard Wed, 06 May 2009 21:55:06 +0000 http://www.impactwatch.com/?p=530#comment-11028 Loved the post Loved the post

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