Make bulbstorm work for you

Bulbstorm is a complete innovation system. It works because everyone has unique needs and individual skills and abilities to contribute to others. As you contribute to others, you increase your ability to get your needs met.

There are three key ways get what you want on bulbstorm. These tools can help if you have a general goal or a specific goal such as establishing expertise to connect with entrepreneurs, or finding a solution to move development forward for a bulb.

Contribute

• Post a bulb! Share your ideas with others and let your innovation grow!
• Helping others by contributing your ideas, opinions, or expertise is fundamental whatever your own goals.
• As you make meaningful contributions to others, they in turn will validate your efforts by marking your contribution as helpful with a ‘Thumbs Up’ icon.
• Anyone can validate your contribution, and for each ‘Thumbs Up’ you earn a WATT.
• Helping others is another way to make connections and generate interest in your work.

Challenge

• You can enlist the help of others by adding a “challenge” to your bulb explaining what you are seeking.
• Add a WATT$ award to your “challenge” to generate more interest and increase your ability to find a solution.
• Participate in challenges to showcase your expertise and help others. You may earn WATT$ or gain attention from others who need your expertise.

Promote

• Attract attention by advertising your cause on bulbstorm!
• Advertising on bulbstorm is free – you can bid for space with WATT$ you’ve earned from ratings on your bulbs or contributions
• Setting up a promotion will allow more people to see you or your idea so you can more quickly get what your want out of bulbstorm.
• Visit the WATT$ section of ‘My Bulbstorm” once you're logged in to learn more about creating a promotion on bulbstorm.