Free steak, if you're smart

Thanks to Media Post Publications bringing this piece of work to our attention...

In this down economy, upscale restaurants suffer greatly now that expense accounts are closely watched.
How can one enjoy a nice, juicy steak without looking irresponsible?
Enter ExpenseASteak.com, a site promoting Maloney & Porcelli, an upscale NYC steakhouse
Here's how it works.
Enter the cost of your meal into the generator, wait patiently for numbers to crunch, then download a PDF of various receipts totaling your meal amount. Genius.

Walrus created the site.

Brainstorming service uses Twitter to crowdsource ideas overnight

Also not the newest article, but do like this on Twitter as social mind. Thanks Springwise

4 September 2009 Published on 4 September 2009 in Marketing & Advertising

If two heads are better than one, it's hard to argue with the premise of crowdsourcing, which taps multiple brains for a common end. Now offering such capabilities overnight is Ideas Culture, an Australian firm that puts creative thinkers around the globe to work via Twitter to solve a client's problem by morning.

Businesses with a challenge to solve can enlist Ideas Culture's "Ideas While You Sleep Service" to get a pack of ideas along with an evaluation matrix and implementation plan by 10 a.m. the next morning. After registering, they need only submit their challenge online by 4 p.m. By 6 p.m., Ideas Culture gets the challenge out to its Twitter-based Ideas Agents, who spend 15 to 30 minutes each on the problem. There are more than 200 agents from eight countries on the books, and each earns AUD 100 for four sessions, according to a report in the Age. Problems tackled so far have included recruiting more male customers for a singles matching service and increasing attendance for professional development events, The Age reported. Pricing—normally AUD 880—is now AUD 495 through a special trial offer.

Is there no stopping the power of the Twitter-enabled crowds? London's Royal Opera House is another organization that apparently doesn't think so. For more on putting that power to work for your brand, check out trendwatching.com's briefing on foreverism. Time to start thinking in 140 characters! ;-)

Website: www.ideasculture.com/ideas.php
Contact: enquiries@ideasculture.com