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Nothing is unthinkable.
 
 

With our tools and creative talent, nothing is unthinkable.

Teams of four work virtually together posting, building, and riffing ideas.

Will Burns, founder and CEO, stands in front of a giant Ideasicle X yellow and black logo

Will Burns, Founder & CEO (bio)

we are rethinking how you tap outside creative talent.

The traditional “freelance” model is old and stale. We are reinventing it with innovative virtual brainstorm technologies and a pre-vetted creative talent-pool we call Ideasicle Experts. Run virtual brainstorms from your computer, have us do it for you, or for longer term freelance projects hire from our pre-vetted talent pool (we handle the 1099 relationships).

Everything you need is here. Nothing is unthinkable.

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WANT TO RUN YOUR OWN IDEA PROJECTS FROM YOUR desk?

We’ve found that 4 creative talents working virtually as a team is better than in-person brainstorms. With our intuitive web application, you can open new jobs, upload briefs, recruit teams, track ideas as they are posted, and pay your teams—all in one place.

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How about 10+ polished ideas from big-time talent delivered in under a week?

Call us and our team will manage everything—from assembling the right talent to monitoring the job to curating and delivering 10+ polished ideas in under a week (faster if necessary). No stress, just big ideas from incredible talent.

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or maybe you just need one expert or a creative team for more traditional freelance projects?

Quickly and easily tap into our pre-vetted pool of over 30 world-class creative, strategic, and media experts. Brief us and we’ll find you the perfect person or team for the job. Bonus: we handle the 1099 relationships.

 

 

 
 

 Client hot takes

Agencies, in-house agencies, and marketing teams at major corporations have experienced our new “nothing is unthinkable” model for outsourcing creativity. Here’s what they’ve said.

 
 
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In many ways, virtual brainstorms are better than in person

After ten years of research, we were surprised, too. We were generating more and better ideas, generating them faster and for less money than traditional freelance.

 

always have exactly the right talent on each project.

Sometimes the right people for an idea project aren’t in the building. With IX Original, users have access to anyone in the world, be they our Ideasicle Experts, their own freelancers, or even employees, to be on the creative team of four. When it’s virtual, you always have the right people.

Eliminate unconscious bias.

Fact is, our personal biases can affect how we perceive other people’s ideas. But when it’s virtual, there are no unconscious biases that get in the way of the team’s creativity because everyone is effectively reduced to a typeface. So it’s all about the ideas unhindered by any biases.

creativity can happen naturally.

There’s no telling when creative inspiration will strike. And it’s not likely to strike within the tight window of an in-person brainstorm. But when the team is working virtually, they simply pull out their phones, post the idea from wherever they are, and the rest of the team is pinged and invited to improve.

Online disinhibition lessens creative fear.

An in-person brainstorm can be intimidating. But less so when it’s virtual. Online disinhibition, or the lack of restraint one feels when communicating online, is horrible for the vitriol of social media, but amazing for creativity because the teams are fearless with their posts.

4 is the magic number on a virtual team.

Who knows what the right number is for an in-person brainstorm? But we have evidence that four is the ideal number of creative people on a virtual creative team. Any more than that and they tend to clam up and feel like they’re on stage. Any fewer and we don’t get the exponential numbers of ideas.

Yes, virtual idea generation doesn’t have to be a hinderance. With Ideasicle X, it’s an accelerant.

 
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Woman at home posting an idea to Ideasicle X from her laptop.
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A man is posting ideas to Ideasicle X from his laptop in a city cafe.
 
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Coming soon

IX EMBEDDED: BRANDED, VIRTUAL ACCESS TO TEAMS OF YOUR OWN MAKING.

  • A subscription-based “enterprise” solution offering multiple online Command Centers for your company.

  • Brand the interface, make it yours.

  • Upload employees and/or freelancers for easy recruiting.

  • Assign Command Centers to agency leads, monitor their activity, centralize billing.

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