Outsourcing: Using Crowdsourcing
June 27, 2009 by Kim Beasley
Filed under Business
As business look for ways to outsource specific business tasks, many are turning to crowdsourcing as a way to fulfill their outsourcing needs. Crowdsourcing is the process of outsourcing your business tasks to undetermined, usually a large group of people or community in the form of an open call.
Why use Crowdsourcing
For those who are looking for a way to minimize time and cost for outsourcing their tasks, crowdsourcing may an answer to your business needs. I understand that crowdsourcing may not work for every task or even every business owner. This is just an alternative option to meet your outsourcing needs.
Who offers Crowdsourcing
There are different options available to you as a business owner that you can check out. The type of website source that you use depends on your needs as a business owner. Whether you are looking for a branding source, or a creative source or you might be looking for a just a freelance resource website. Whichever you are looking for, I have created a short list of recources below:
Check these out and let me know what you think. Also feel free to leave a comment and add to the list of resources who provide crowdsourcing opportunities. The video below provides more details about how crowdsourcing works.
Image: SXC.hu
Anyone know of a crowdsourcing design contest that can be limited to a specific geographic area? Such as a call to designers in a single U.S. state? Seems most contests involve designers throughout the world. Thanks.