why to employ crowdsourcing at your venture
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You can’t do everything yourself.
Full-time employees are expensive and unpredictable.
You want to avoid the big costs and noise that large agencies or partner
companies can bring.
Avoid making permanent hires
Build personal relationships
Save time and money
Experience a variety of results
Build a community around your venture
Why choose Crowdsourcing?
Crowdsourcing and Freelancers go hand-in-hand.
Freelancers arrive with specialized
skills and diverse experiences.
They provide the value and resources that new ventures may not be able to
find anywhere else.
34% of the US workforce currently does Freelance work, with that
number expected to reach 50% by 2020.*
New Opportunities are arising.
What work can you use Crowdsourcing
and Freelancers for?
Market Research
• Determine market size, trends, segmentation
• Create a brand, name, logos, copy
• Write marketing plans and strategies
• Brainstorm creative works
Design
• Create a logo, flyer, brochure
• Develop graphics, packing, labels
• Produce video and advertisements
Business, Accounting, Legal
• Write business plans, patents, contracts
• Perform cost analysis, financial projections
• Incorporate your venture
• Search for patents or prior art
Sales, Marketing
• Manage online and offline marketing
• Drive traffic to online and offline channels
• Improve SEO to web channels
• Find press, blog, and promo opportunities
Writing, Content
• Create applicable articles and content
• Write copy for marketing and promotion
• Proofread content before publishing
• Submit blog posts, articles, press releases
Engineering
• Prove feasibility of product concepts
• Design CAD renderings, products, 3D models
• Solve specialized engineering issues
• Create a Bill of Materials
Software, IT, Websites
• Build online stores, websites, software, apps
• Test software, apps, websites
• Solve specialized software issues
• Get traffic to your web channels
Sourcing and Manufacturing
• Review CAD, Bill of Materials, Costs
• Review Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
• Find small-batch/large-scale partners
• Find sourcing, licensing, distribution partners
Regardless of your goals, this is just the tip of the iceberg to what
crowdsourcing and freelancers can open up for your venture.
*Forbes – 5 Predictions for the Freelance Economy in 2015
Have a Startup and Interested in putting Crowdsourcing
to work today?
Visit Crowds.io and discover the power of the Crowd.