Archive for September, 2011

The Week’s Links in Review (9/30)

Every day we share our favorite advertising, marketing, crowdsourcing content and more on Twitter (@GeniusRocket) and Facebook. In case you missed some of it, here’s our favorite links from the past week, neatly organized for you to browse through as you kill time on your Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend.  

Why We (Don’t Do Spec Work)

Here at GeniusRocket we operate using a no-spec crowdsourcing process to power a creative agency model. That said, anyone looking for a dramatic argument against spec work may be sorely disappointed with this post. We changed our model a little under a year ago with the intention of moving away from spec work. Why? Because [...]

A Curated Town Hall

Now that President Obama has held online “town hall” events at each of the big three social networks—Facebook, Twitter, and today, LinkedIn—we decided to take a look at how questions were selected for each of these events. It wasn’t a huge surprise when we saw that for each event questions were carefully curated from both [...]

The Week’s Links in Review (9/23)

Every day we share our favorite advertising, marketing, crowdsourcing content and more on Twitter (@GeniusRocket) and Facebook. In case you missed some of it, here’s our favorite links from the past week, neatly organized for you to browse through as you kill time on your Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend.

Your Favorite Ads of the Week

Yesterday on our Facebook page we tossed out a question: “What’s the best ad you’ve seen this week?” We got a ton of great responses. From that Facebook update, we bring you this crowdsourced blog post featuring all of your favorite ads this week. They’re all great examples of creative and effective ads. Check them [...]

What You Might Have Missed: The Week’s Links in Review (9/16)

Every day we share our favorite advertising, marketing, crowdsourcing content and more on Twitter (@GeniusRocket) and Facebook. In case you missed some of it, here’s our favorite links from the past week, neatly organized for you to browse through as you kill time on your Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend.  

Interview with UmbaBox Founder Lauren Thorp: Curating the Best of Handmade

Here at GeniusRocket we’re always on the lookout for creative ways other businesses are leveraging curation and crowdsourcing. Today’s featured startup, Umba Box, is based right in our backyard here in Washington, DC. Umba Box, founded by Lauren Thorp, sets out to “curate the best of handmade and deliver it to your door each month.” [...]

Crowdsourcing Isn’t New

This post, written by GR President Peter LaMotte, was originally featured on The Daily Crowdsource on July 11, 2011. The term crowdsourcing has dramatically risen in prominence over the last five years. Coined in 2006, crowdsourcing described a growing movement that, at the time, represented only a tiny sliver of the economy. Now, crowdsourcing as [...]

What You Might Have Missed: The Week’s Links in Review (9/9)

Every day we share our favorite advertising, marketing, crowdsourcing content and more on Twitter (@GeniusRocket) and Facebook. In case you missed some of it, here’s our favorite links from the past week, neatly organized for you to browse through as you kill time on your Friday afternoon. Have a great weekend.  

What You Might Have Missed: The Week’s Links in Review (9/2)

Every day we share our favorite advertising, marketing, crowdsourcing content and more on Twitter (@GeniusRocket) and Facebook. In case you missed some of it, here’s our favorite links from the past week, neatly organized for you to browse through as you kill time on your Friday afternoon. While we’ve got you here, we’d appreciate a [...]