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Creative designs, ideas get chance to stand out at CrowdSpring

Open, online competition a new version of help-wanted site

Chicago Tribune, September 1, 2008 — Trying to begin a career as a graphic designer and build a portfolio, Evan Stremke joined CrowdSpring, a Chicago-based online marketplace for creative services.

No conventional help-wanted Web site, CrowdSpring is part of a trend sweeping the Web, sometimes called crowd sourcing. The idea is to set up an open, online competition among talent who bid for jobs doing everything from creating a corporate logo to writing blog entries.

Categories: Innovation, New Media Marketing
Tags: CrowdSpring, Collaboration

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