What is Crowdsourcing?
Crowdsourcing has turned out to be a great digital tool. This word comprises of Crowd and outsourcing. There are diiferent platforms for Crowdscourcing like http://www.odesk.com ,Freelancer.com, Elance.com and many more.
So what is the concept behind crowdsourcing? It is very simple. Crowdscourcing has two main objectives either you get different people, irrespective of their geographical area or if they are individual or a company, to work on your project or idea. The second objective would be if you have a great idea but you dont have enough money to convert it into concrete so you will look for people who are intrested in investing in yor idea. This is known as Crowdfunding. Please check http://www.kickstarter.com to understand the concept in detail.
Apart from these two there is a third type of Crowdsourcing known as Microtasking in which a person will break down his project into different tasks and hire different people to complete those tasks. Please check brandeye.com to get a better understanding.
Incase anyone of you have been a part of crowdsourcing, please do let us know and share your experiences in the comment box below.
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