Yet even small business owners can now afford quality branding services thanks to the concept of crowdsourcing. Here is a list of seven crowdsourcing sites that can help you build a better brand, improve customer service, strenthen you reputation, all while keeping your costs to a bare minimum. probably not what regular website owner is going to deal with, but if you work with media a lot, this crowdsourcing resource sure comes in handy. Microworkers.com This is a unique crowdsourcing resource that deals primarily with microjobs. Branding can be expensive. MORE >>

Your Guide to the Crowdsourced Workforce. Crowdsourcing, a term coined by Jeff Howe in a June 2006 issue of Wired magazine, is a model of labor that has been fully embraced on the Internet over the past couple of years. Crowdsourcing takes tasks traditionally done by a single person or small groups of people, and farms them out to a global workforce. Last year we laid out a set of rules for successful crowdsourcing, which might be helpful to keep in mind when employing the services of any of the companies listed below. Crowdsourcing , Features , Trends. About. MORE >>

though, a small budget is no longer a barrier to promoting your business worldwide, if you know how to harness the power of online marketing and social media. Furthermore, with social media you can get directly to your target market. common misconception is that a social media marketing campaign is only going to reach a narrow demographic of tech-savvy Gen X and Gen Y web geeks – yet nothing could be further from the truth. It’s important, though, to make sure you’re targeting the right social media, especially when it comes to international campaigns. MORE >>

By now most of us are aware of various crowdsourcing campaigns being used to generate ideas, funds or support for a brand or cause. Pepsi’s Refresh Project , Mystarbucksidea.com and Dell’s Social Innovation Competition are three well-known examples. We are now witnessing a second generation of crowdsourcing efforts in which social entrepreneurs are reinventing their industries filling the voids left by traditional businesses. fear of new technology is only part of the problem for these pre-digital and social companies. Or bad brands do good? MORE >>

Lay’s is one of the latest brands to experiment with crowdsourcing on social media — by allowing consumers to submit recipes for a new chip, and fans on Facebook to vote for the best new flavor. Facebook is even changing the rules for this campaign, replacing the “like” button with an “I’d Eat That” button for consumers comparing suggested chip flavors on the social network. Social Media Campaigns crowdsourcing Facebook contest Lays potato chips snack industryshrimp chips in Egypt. sausage chips in Egypt. MORE >>