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10 Social Media Tools To Help With Your Crowdsourcing Efforts

Techipedia: Tamar Weinberg

Crowdsourcing has become more and more popular with private companies, non-profit organizations, and even government agencies. Crowdsourcing has become increasingly more widely used because it helps cultivate creativity and innovation. Crowdsourcing is an useful model because it can be used by any group for any reason.

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Crowdsource: BP Oil Spill and social media

Laurel Papworth

And there are a lot of innovation crowdsourced communities online. So I got to thinking: what if we crowdsourced a solution? And my second question was… would BP listen to a crowdsourced solution? Crowdsourced innovation social networks. So I had a look on crowdsourced business websites. Schweeeeeet.

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Inside The Arboretum: How Sprout built a 10,000-member strong community

Sprout Social

Having hosted over 30 exclusive events, featuring keynote speakers from leading brands and numerous peer discussions, the community provides tangible value to members across 69 countries. Members get an insider’s view into how other social teams across countries and domains operate and draw from shared experiences to reach their goals.

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The pros and cons of social media

Sprout Social

Now, social media has gone from a “nice to have” to a “must-have” for businesses, as it has become a core place for audiences to connect, get updates on current events and capture moments. Ability to crowdsource. Another method of crowdsourcing ideas is by looking at conversations about your brand and industry.

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Indiana University Athletics Bring Fan’s Twitter Stories to Life

Convince & Convert

In watching the video, it isn’t immediately apparent that the video was crowdsourced from 27 fans on Twitter. Instead, different fan stories are shown as scenes, from the farmer in his tractor, to the fans dressed up in team gear at a bar, at work and in remote locations.

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14 types of social media every marketer should know

Sprout Social

Host live events and Q&A events with customers or experts in your industry. Build anticipation for upcoming products or events with live teasers. How brands can use discussion forums: Crowdsource product feedback and ideas in relevant forum threads. Examples : Clubhouse, Twitter Spaces and Facebook Live Audio Rooms.

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ISeeChange and NASA Launch Citizen Science App

The Realtime Report

The teams use experimental sensor-based data reporting techniques to capture hard-to-access residential temperature data with the help of a crew of community-based citizen scientists acting as “ambassadors” to the storied neighborhood. and experts from City College of New York. and experts from City College of New York.