Summary: Anna Farmery (http://www.theengagingbrand.com) presents The Engaging Brand podcast (http://www.blubrry.com/engaging/1342413/show-378-content-marketing-with-cartoons/) covering social media, business ideas and brand marketing tips. This week David Bratvold (http://dailycrowdsource.com/crowdsourcing/crowd-leaders/660-crowd-leader-david-bratvold-defining-crowdsourcings-taxonomy-a-necessary-evil) is joining me from the website Daily Crowdsource (http://dailycrowdsource.com/).....to give us a fabulous insight into the power of crowds. We discuss * What is crowdfunding? * How easy is it to get business loans crowdfunded? * Is crowd funding just for small business and individuals? * What is the difference between crowd sourcing and crowd funding? * What will ensure crowdsourcing will be here to stay as a business tool? * How crowdfunding can be used for resesarch and also non profit organisations - note FundaGeek (www.fundageek.com/) * Is this the next step in an evolution to social business from social media? * Is crowdfunding increasing the responsibility felt by the leaders to the investors? * Is there an investment risk for the crowd? * Is crowdsourcing at more risk of fraud or less risk of fraud? * Can crowdsouring be used as a customer loyalty scheme * The umbrella of crowdfunding - here is the image from Daily Crowdsource (http://dailycrowdsource.com/images/jdownloads/screenshots/thumbnails/umbrella-of-crowdfunding-300x212.jpg) (http://theengagingbrand.typepad.com/.a/6a00d8341c68e153ef016303992d72970d-800wi) Remember you can e-mail me at anna@theengagingbrand.com (mailto:anna@theengagingbrand.com) or join me on twitter (http://twitter.com/engagingbrand), or join me on to discuss it on Google+ (https://plus.google.com/u/0/107639911923457772951) - always great to hear from you.
