METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER-PRODUCED ADVERTISING CONTENT
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1. A method for advertising, comprising:
- providing an advertisement production opportunity to a plurality of users through a communication network;
specifying advertisement message elements;
allowing the plurality of users to produce user-produced advertisements;
identifying at least one user worthy of a reward based on the user-produced advertisements;
providing the identified user with the reward; and
providing personalized spaces for the plurality of users that allow each user to offer a listing of favorite users and one or more additional elements selected from the group consisting of biographical information, favorite advertisements, and external resources.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for facilitating the creation of user-produced advertising are disclosed. In the disclosed systems and methods, users are asked to produce advertising for specified products and to provide those advertisements to a central aggregator or facilitator. Based on the user-produced advertisements, the aggregator or facilitator may select one or more users for a reward. User-produced advertisements may be publicly posted for comment or distribution among users, and may be distributed in any communication medium. Users are also encouraged to form social networks around the user-produced advertising.
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1. A method for advertising, comprising:
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providing an advertisement production opportunity to a plurality of users through a communication network; specifying advertisement message elements; allowing the plurality of users to produce user-produced advertisements; identifying at least one user worthy of a reward based on the user-produced advertisements; providing the identified user with the reward; and providing personalized spaces for the plurality of users that allow each user to offer a listing of favorite users and one or more additional elements selected from the group consisting of biographical information, favorite advertisements, and external resources. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of creating advertising through a communication network, comprising:
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collecting demographic, psychographic, or behavioral information on a plurality of users; matching one or more of the plurality of users with an advertisement production opportunity; accepting user-produced advertisements responsive to the advertisement production opportunity through the communication network; identifying users among the plurality of users worthy of a reward based on the user-produced advertisements; providing the identified users with the reward; and allowing the plurality of users to form an interconnected social network around the user-produced advertisements. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. An advertising method, comprising:
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accepting candidate advertisements from users through a communication network; selecting some of the candidate advertisements to distribute using the communication network; distributing the selected candidate advertisements through the communication network; identifying a best candidate advertisement at least in part by considering feedback on the selected candidate advertisements from the users; and presenting an advertisement similar to or substantially the same as the best candidate advertisement. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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