A caricature of how Spot.Us will work - something that David made before he hired designers.

1. Spot.us
Navigation, About, Woot, Other things
Build a*Headline:
Pitch/Idea
*Short descitption:
*Topic
*Location
*pledge amount
Submit
If idea: Autofills info and takes you to step#2 in
creation of idea ie: search ie: dupe detection.
If pitch: Autofills info and takes you to step#2
(search) and requires filling out rest of fields.
Refine Search Only ideas Only Pitches Recent Active
tabs
Pulldown
Top three Results
Location CLOSEST TO SUCCESS
SPACE!!!!!!!!!
Topic
Short description, head Fund or Die!!!!!
Tags

2. Spot.us
Profile Search/Create Pitches About Blog
Edit your profile I want to be a QA Editor
Bio: “I like food, food
David Cohn, Reporter
is good. It is yummy
San Francisco, Mission in my tummy”
Resume Recent Spot Activities Get Recommendations
• Personal URL (from other reporters)
Active Pitches David is a great reporter, I know cause
• TKTKTKTKTK and blah blah blah
Active pitch 1 More text here TK TKTK M
• Clip 1 ore text heasdfasdfasdf
• Active pitch 2 More text here TK TKTK M
• Clip 2 ore text heasdfasdfasdf
• More text here TK TKTK M
Editor for 1
ore text heasdfasdfasdf
• Former job 1,
Past Spot Activities
•
• Old Pitch 1ink
Former job 2
•
• Old Editor 1ink
Former job 3

3. Spot.us
Profile Search/Create Pitches About Blog
Change Credit Card Information
Edit your profile
Bio: “I like food, food
Joe Shmoe Regular
is good. It is yummy
San Francisco, Mission in my tummy”
Public Info Recent Spot Activities Recommendations
• (based on their interests (search)
Bio
Site Activity
• Active pitch 1 More text here TK TKTK M
Pledges
• Link to URL ore text heasdfasdfasdf
• Pledged Pitch 2
• Active pitch 2 More text here TK TKTK M
Information Interests
• ore text heasdfasdfasdf
Pledged Pitch 5
•
Helps us suggest stories you of interested to you
#56More text here TK TKTK M
Active Idea
• San Francisco, Mission ore text heasdfasdfasdf
• Pledged Pitch 78
• Healthcare
Email Options:
All Activity
• •
Environment Commented Pitch 2 Contact me you find pitches...
In my location
• •
94103 Created idea 78 About my favorite topics
Update pitches I’ve pledged to

4. Spot.us
Profile Search/Create Pitches About Blog
Edit your profile
Bio: “I like food, food
News Org David
is good. It is yummy
San Francisco, SOMA in my tummy”
Public Info Recent Spot Activities Recommendations
(based on their interests (search)
• Site Activity
Bio
• Active pitch 1 More text here TK TKTK M
Sponsored
• ore text heasdfasdfasdf
Link to URL
• Pledged Pitch 2
• Active pitch 2 More text here TK TKTK M
• Managed by: Name
• ore text heasdfasdfasdf
Editor Pitch 5
• #56More text here TK TKTK M
Active Idea
ore text heasdfasdfasdf
Information Interests • Pledged Pitch 78
Email Options:
Helps us suggest stories you of interested to you
• San Francisco, Mission All Activity Contact me you find pitches...
• In my location
• Commented Pitch 2
Healthcare About my favorite topics
•
• Created idea 78 Update pitches I’ve pledged to
Environment
• Available for purchase and publication
94103

5. Spot.us
Profile Search/Create Pitches About Blog
tabs
Only ideas Most pledged Recent Activity
Only Pitches
If journalist include toolbar
Click HERE to Refine Search to “ping” ideas.
Pulldown
1. Top Results (idea)
Location
I would pledge
Topic
Idea
Short description, head $20
Tags
read more
2. Top Results (pitch) I will pledge
Pitch
Short description, head $20
read more

6. Spot.us A Specific Pitch
Profile Search/Create Pitches About Blog
This is the pitch Headline Spot this
60
Reporting
30
The main part of a pitch is a three to four
sentence paragraph.
(donate)
0
This graph explains the essence of a pitch. Our Goal
It takes the headline and explains what it is
Spread the word type stuff (email, blog)
about.
Reporter: Name
List of contributors
Editor: Name
Requirements: Money
Data about the pitch Extending content: Sometimes
referred to as a benchmark (but this is
Topic: Business done for free). Kinda like a blog post that
Location: Here the reporter submits as part of their bid
for it.
Keyword: (tags)
Specific Deliverables
Comments + Ideas (from contributors)
Details of Benchmark 1 or finished product
Details of Benchmark 2 or finished product
Any Editorial Comments from Reporter or Editor
Updates from Reporter