Ideas Generation and Collaborative Projects

. Using online voting to decide 

. Hashtags 

. The actual followers of someone will identify what people like. 

. Comment feature 

. Using your BIO in social media accounts. 

. Surveys 

Slack 

Who uses Slack and why? 

Slack is a channel based messaging platform. With Slack, people can work together more effectively, connect all their software tools and services and find the information that they need to do their best work - all within a secure environment. 

Funding and personnel 

Crowdfunding - Funding a project or a venture by raising money from a large number of people who each contribute a relatively small amount, typically via the internet. 

Crowdsourcing - Involves seeking knowledge, goods, or services from a large body of people. These people submit their ideas in response to online requests made either through social media, smartphone apps, or dedicated crowdsourcing platforms. 

Sheffield Soup (case study) 

. An example of a 'grassroots' project - a project produced by amateurs, increasingly distributed by social media. 

How does it work? 

. Individuals pay £5 to attend a scheduled events

. They receive a bowl of soup to eat while they listen to a series of pitches

. All funding generated from the door goes to the winning pitch so that the project can be developed and realised.

. The founder. Pennie Raven, initially floated her ideas on Twitter to get the project started. 

Veronica Mars 

After the series' Cancellation in 2007, Thomas wrote a feature film script, continuing the story. However , Warner Bros declined this and refused to fund the project. 

Thomas and Bell launched a fundraising campaign on Kickstarter to produce the film. It attained its goal of 2 million dollars in eleven hours. Breaking several Kickstarter record. It was also the largest successful film. After raising the budget of $5 million by the end of its run, principal photography began in June 2013 in Los Angeles, and concluded in July 2013. An additional day of shooting took place in December 2013. 

Evaluating Project Development Tools 

A number of project management tools are available that help media professionals manage projects. Email is widely used, as are basic social media sites such as Twitter, but more sophisticated sites also exist - some free, some paid for. 

These include Redbooth, Projecturf, Apollo and Basecamp

Social Media Measurement and Aggregation: Key Terms 

Trending - When social media measurement tools flag the most popular hashtags and fastest moving content, especially Twitter. 

Social media Aggregation - The process of collating the data of all your social media in one place. 

Social Media and Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) - A major internet marketing strategy that involves the process of affecting the visibility of a website in a search engine. May target different kinds of searches, included image and video, academic and news searches. 

Mention.com gives live updates about your brand and website to help track.

It is important because it allows businesses to gain audiences attention and listen to what their audience think. 

Call of Duty Recap and development 

Blended marketing and Synergy are key terms.