Enter the Product Improvement Contest and Get Paid For Ideas - $325 USD

Okay youZingit Fans, as promised - here it is!  This is our second contest to have some fun and start thinking creatively.  What a great way to get paid for ideas by making a suggestion to improve a product that you have used in the past.  This is the first step for you to sell ideas to companies.  For this contest, we want you to pick any product (or it can be a service too) that you are familiar with and find something about it that could be improved.  For example, it may be the packaging on one of your favorite foods - maybe something more environmental, more attractive, easier to open?  Or perhaps it is an improvement for clothing that you wear, electronic devices you use or even a website that you visit.  It can really be anything that you think you can find a way to make better.

To enter this contest, we would like you to give us a written, detailed description of exactly how you would change the product.  Be specific.  The more detailed you are, the better your chances to win.  In addition, you can also submit a video or a photo to help explain your product improvement.  The video should be uploaded to youTube and you will provide the link in the entry form.  When uploading to youTube, you have the option of making the link "public" or "unlisted" if you don't want everyone to see it.  The video can be of you explaining the changes to the product or maybe showing the product in your hands and with some changes made to it.  The photo could be a snapshot of the product with the changes made in photo editing software or perhaps a JPEG of PDF of a drawing that you have created in a paint program or even Google SketchUp.  If using a photo or a drawing, we would like you to provide a "public", shareable link from a photo sharing website.  We like Flickr because it allows you to post your photo on their website and then provide a link to easily share it for free online.  You can provide that link in the contest entry form. So, if you want to get paid for ideas, enter our Product Improvement Contest on our Facebook Page or from the online link below.

ENTER CONTEST FROM FACEBOOK

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ENTER CONTEST WITH ONLINE LINK

In the near future, our full complete website at youZingit.com will be providing idea requests from companies with cash rewards for the best ideas.  Use our Facebook contests as a way to prepare for these larger, more exciting challenges.

Everyone Can Get Paid For Ideas for Free

youZingit is a place where everyone can  go to get paid for ideas - with no cost to the "idea seller".  The site will allow you to browse ideas for sale and RFIs or "Requests for Ideas" from companies - without registering.  If you are a company, you can submit a request for ideas simply by registering for free.  Similarly, if you want to post an idea or respond to a company's request for ideas - all you have to do is register for free and follow the simple steps to post your idea.  You will be eligible to get paid at no cost to you. Your idea will be confidential until someone pays to view it.  You will choose what you want others to see while it is in public view on the website.  Once they have viewed your full idea with any attachments, the rights or license to your idea can be purchased.  You will be protected every step of the way by contractual agreements prepared by an attorney.  And if you don't think this will work, remember the Winkelvoss Twins who had the original idea for Facebook?

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We recently conducted a survey for those that want to increase their chances to sell ideas to companies by offering some additional benefits and features on the youZingit website.  You can take the survey while it is still available here.  These additional benefits will be available for a very low cost premium subscription and is for those people that want more value and extra help to get paid for ideas. However, the subscription is not necessary to use the website and still have the same chance to make money like everyone else. The full list of these high value benefits will be forthcoming, but they will help you better develop and market your ideas, as well as give you the chance to get paid even if your idea just viewed by someone - not necessarily purchased.  More available on that soon.


So, in short, we wanted to alleviate any concerns about using our upcoming website youZingit.com.  It will be completely free to use, giving equal opportunity for all to post and get paid for ideas and will offer benefits with extra value for a low cost premium subscription for those who are interested.

In the meantime, while our full website is being developed, don't forget to visit us on our facebook page to give suggestions or feedback and enter some fun contests with cash prizes.

youZingit Cover Design Contest Winners Get Paid for Their Ideas!

Congratulations to our Winner Sigit Pamungkas and Runners up Victor Labuschagne, Janice Ting, and Silver Hawk. 

Our winner won a $250 cash prize: What a way to get paid for ideas!

Check out the winning entry, runners up and honorable mentions at our the youZingit Facebook Page

This is just one of other upcoming small contests we will be promoting on our youZingit Facebook Page.  The contests are a fun way to get the creative juices flowing as we prepare to unveil our fully completed website where our users will be able to sell ideas to companies and get paid for ideas with many resources available to them to help organize and develop their ideas.

Companies or "idea buyers" will also be able to take advantage of the incredible innovation and creativity offered by youZingit "idea sellers" by submitting RFI's or "Request for Ideas".  Our users will respond with great ideas to help improve your products and services, while creating a social buzz about your brand.

Stay tuned....

Get Paid For Your Ideas: Selling to Companies

If you would like to get paid for ideas by selling them to companies, there are a few basic things to keep in mind.  First, it is helpful if it is a brand, product or service that you like or use.  In this way, you will most likely have an understanding of the benefits and/or drawbacks of the product as well as those products offered by competitors.  If you are responding to a request from a company, then you should become familiar with the product or service if you have not used it.  With this insight, you should make a list of the positive and negative aspects of the product in question, as well as products of its competitors.  Then ask yourself the question: "How can this product be better or differentiate itself from the competition?" When selling ideas to companies, you may also want to think about current trends in the market and how certain products or services can be tied to those trends.  For example, a type of fast food that uses only organic ingredients due to the growing trend of consuming organic foods.

If you are not responding to a specific request from a company, then you are better off developing an idea for a company that already has an interest in obtaining ideas from its consumer market. On youZingit, you can post ideas that you have for any company or respond directly to the requests that they make.  Many of the major multinational companies are seriously interested in consumer ideas to give them a competitive edge.  This phenomenon is made possible by crowdsourcing and the power of the internet.  In responding to a company's request, the best way to get paid for ideas is to carefully follow all of the guidelines or instructions that are provided by the company.  Whether it is a written, graphic or video format, complying with these instructions is extremely important.  Not complying can easily dismiss your idea from consideration.  So, if there are certain questions to answer, minimum word counts in a text document, specific dimensions for a graphic ad or time length in a video, be sure to meet these requirements.

Lastly, once you have a killer idea, you should develop it and detail it as much as possible.  Show that you have put some time, thought and energy into it.  You can express an idea in many different ways.  It is probably best to have some written description, along with video or graphic illustration. Also, if appropriate, powerpoint and excel files may also be an effective way to illustrate your concepts.  In future posts, we will continue to discuss additional details and resources that will help you get paid for your ideas on youZingit.  Now, keep your eyes and ears open for those opportunities!