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While at the Government 2.0 Summit, the QuestionPro<\/a> and Survey Analytics<\/a> team interviewed Bev Goodwin, Director of New Media and Citizen Engagement.  One of the programs they talked about was Challenge.gov<\/a>.  This is a program that brings in a diverse set of voices to work on challenges together.  This program uses a crowd sourcing platform to get the job done.<\/p>\n

What other ways can you use crowd sourcing platforms?<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2008, I wrote about crowdsourcing as a trend and now, it’s gone mainstream in ways we couldn’t imagine. I thought I’d show you some interesting ways that people are using crowdsourcing to do projects, solve problems and get more creative input.<\/p>\n

Challenge.gov<\/a>: Citizens can create challenges for the community to participate in or they can contribute their insights to a challenge.  If you’ve ever wondered what kind of impact or change one person can have on a problem — try this out and see.<\/p>\n

SquadHelp.com<\/a>: Are you stuck on naming a web site, newsletter or a product or service?  Try SquadHelp.  They treat brainstorming like a contest. Simply submit your challenge to the group and attach how much money you’re willing to award the winning response.<\/p>\n

Then watch the responses come in.  I submitted an SEO challenge for my web site and within 2 days, I received 10 responses with recommendations that were really, really good. Granted, I’ll need some help to implement them.  But I think I saved myself a couple of hundred dollars in getting the recommendations.<\/p>\n

99 Designs – Need a logo or web design?  Check out 99designs.com<\/a> .  As a matter of reference, you can hire a designer to do a logo project and pay about $1000 – $3000 depending on the scope of your project.<\/p>\n

You can use Logoworks<\/a> and pay about $300 and get assigned to a couple of designers to complete your project. Or for the same price $300 you can get a bunch of designers to contribute their ideas toward your project and pick the one you like best. I have not used this myself, but have heard rave reviews from a couple of colleagues.<\/p>\n

Fiverr.com<\/a> :  This is what I call completely out of the box, insane, attention getting fun for $5.  I first heard about Fiverr from my web site host who recommended I check them out for some creative marketing ideas.  And he was right. I actually use this for brainstorming because the things that people will do for $5 will entertain you for hours.  Besides, it’s a fantastic way to stand out in front of your audience.<\/p>\n

I’ve listed some of the more popular crowd sourcing apps that have cropped up recently.  For even more examples, read this article that mentions 9 crowd sourcing apps for your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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