I just though of this yesturday. They seem to be afraid of programming, and getting all the UI's to agree. What if we had an advertising model that ran like focus groups?

What if we convinced small businesses and companies, to purchase temporary Steempower, and used their upvotes to get the community to engage with their upcoming product development?

Say if a fashion company, wants some ideas about their brand. They could spend $300 an hour on consultants, or drop $300 on 1 weeks delegation, and provide high powered upvotes, for those who give them the best feed back.

Use the corporate advertising model, to fund paid reviews through high-powered upvotes. They would do what there are doing, but have an official Steem account.

Say if their upvotes are worth $1 each. If someone gives them a good idea, they could provide them with a full upvote. If someone just participates, they could be generous enough to give them a 10% upvote.

I'm a firm believer that the future of advertising can incorporate self-feedback loops to mutual benefit. We no longer need Static advertising. Our experience could be interactive and community driven.

Steem could be a platform, where advertising runs like interactive focus groups. There post get trending, but many people are paid along the way for helping them out.

They could also have a Steem market to sell some of their products, and offer discounts to everyone who participated, and resteemed their post. This could go a great ways to divert our dependency on investors, and boost the Steem price.

It gives the community opportunities to earn high powered upvotes, by helping companies make some decisions. It could be an interesting experience for all sides. I would love to hear your ideas on this. What would you include in this model?