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Is Crowdsourcing Really the Industry’s Dark Side?

Waxing UnLyrical

Those words jumped out of my mouth when I learned what crowdsourcing was. Despite being relatively unknown at the time, I knew this trend was going to pose a threat to businesses like mine. Why wouldn’t small businesses jump at that opportunity? Crowdsourcing forces them to do both and they resent it.

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Crowdsourcing & Spec Work: Not a Great Rule of Thumb

Waxing UnLyrical

Since I respect her opinion, I invited her to guest post on WUL as to why she doesn't think crowdsourcing is the way to go. So let’s talk about exactly what happens when a project gets crowdsourced: The company is looking for a designer for web or print work. The Downfalls of Crowdsourcing. Guest post by Kirsten Wright. [Ed:

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What Is Crowdsourcing?

Small Business Mavericks

Crowdsourcing is a relatively new term. A concrete definition hasn’t been settled on, but many people who use it generally use it to mean the “outsourcing&# of work generally performed by an employee or a contractor to a business’s customers or the general population. There are some dangers to crowdsourcing, however.

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Crowdsourcing help for Small Business at SXSW

Jeff Esposito

My plan is too learn, meet some cool folks, conduct a business meeting or two, and maybe engage in a shenanigan or two, but really who is counting? I also wanted to see if I could crowdsource a project, aeBook that will be free to benefit a community that is in dire need of advice and assistance – small businesses.

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Social Media Marketing in the Midst of COVID-19

Ignite Social Media

If you don’t have all the answers, perhaps crowdsource some of them and share? Every small business is going to be a little scared right now and eager to drive sales. Can your initial thoughts be helpful to others? Can you ask others to contribute their thoughts? We’re all more aware that we’re a part of a community right now.

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Social Media 5000 Years Back!

Atom Thought

For e.g. Visa Busines network, helps small businesses come together and grow businesses. How businesses are lapping up social media? CrowdSourcing- The New Social Media Mantra to Sell Better! Check out: [link]. There are a few more such examples, can you think of any? image courtsey: [link].

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Zoho CRM: A Strong Alternative to Salesforce

Idaconcpts

I was crowdsourcing for an alternative to Salesforce for a client relationship management (CRM) platform and I stumbled into these tweets: We just migrated our CRM system from salesforce.com to zoho CRM. Zoho is a suite of web-based apps for small businesses – ranging from Productivity & Collaboration Apps to Business Apps.

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