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CPD Course
Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing
Develop practical knowledge and confidence in Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing.
Smart entrepreneurs and business professionals are doing more with less using crowdsourcing. This course covers all the essentials of the major types of crowdsourcing: microwork, macrowork, crowdvoting, crowdcontests, crowdwisdom, and crowdfunding.
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Course Description
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Develop practical knowledge and confidence in Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing.
Smart entrepreneurs and business professionals are doing more with less using crowdsourcing. This course covers all the essentials of the major types of crowdsourcing: microwork, macrowork, crowdvoting, crowdcontests, crowdwisdom, and crowdfunding.
Why this course matters
This course turns the subject into practical, structured learning you can apply in real business and workplace situations. It is designed to help you move beyond definitions and understand how the ideas, tools and decisions covered in the course fit together.
What you will gain
- Build a practical understanding of the key concepts covered in Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing.
- Recognise where the topic applies in real workplace or business situations.
- Apply the methods and good-practice approaches covered in the course with greater confidence.
Who is this course for?
This course is suitable for digital marketers, SME owners, entrepreneurs, sales and marketing professionals and anyone responsible for online business growth.
Course at a glance
- Study time: approximately 2 hours.
- Format: self-paced online learning.
- Professional development: CPD course.
Smart entrepreneurs and business professionals are doing more with less using crowdsourcing. This course covers all the essentials of the major types of crowdsourcing: microwork, macrowork, crowdvoting, crowdcontests, crowdwisdom, and crowdfunding.
Participants will learn about each type of crowdsourcing as well as the general crowdsourcing process, the most popular crowdsourcing platforms, and ways to engage the crowd.
Course Topics:
Session One: Course Overview
Session Two: What Is Crowdsourcing?
- What Crowdsourcing Is and Where It Came From
- Identifying the Business Value
- Is Crowdsourcing Right For You?
Session Three: The Crowdsourcing Process
Session Four: Choosing Your Crowdsourcing Platform
- Identifying the Options
- Checking Out the Sites
Session Five: Types of Crowdsourcing
- Crowdvoting and Crowdcontests
- Microwork and Macrowork
- Crowdwisdom
- Crowdfunding
- Case Study
Session Six: Social Media and Crowdsourcing
Session Seven: Engaging the Crowd
Session Eight: Test Driving
- Recommended Reading List
- Personal Action Plan
Continue your learning
Part of this learning pathway: Internet Marketing
Course pathway: eBSI Digital Marketing Academy > Internet Marketing > Kickstarting Your Business with Crowdsourcing
Explore more Internet Marketing training or return to the eBSI Digital Marketing Academy.
Related eBSI learning pathway: eBSI SME Academy > Sales & Marketing
Your questions, answered
Does the course include a certificate?
The course assessment leads to a downloadable digital PDF CPD Certificate of Completion. See the course description for the CPD credits awarded.
What is CPD?
CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development. It is the ongoing learning that helps you maintain and develop the knowledge and skills you use in your work. Courses, workshops and other learning activities can contribute to your CPD record.
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