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99 Designs An IM Dream
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99designs home page
The purpose of this post is really just a bit of an eye opener for those of you not aware of the site 99Designs.com
If you’re an internet marketer, or ANY business owner who needs graphics, 99Designs provides you the opportunity work with not just one graphic designer, but potentially hundreds.
Heres how the site works.
1. Using a contest scheme, a project is posted on the site. ”Design me a new logo for my retail clothing store”, or “Make me a ‘no scammers’ button”.
2. A prize value is listed. This varies from 100 bucks to thousands, depending on the scope & quality expected.
3. Thousands of designers view your project, and have the opportunity to compete for the project.
4. Every time a designer submits an idea (or SET of ideas) they appear in the contest page for all to see. So in essence, these designers are competing directly with each other.
5. The contest runner eventually selects just one design from a raft of different designs displayed.
This is a great thing for someone who hasn’t got a hot shot designer they can trust. Rather than going through an elance like process, where you’re shown past work, you get to see exactly what you’re going to get for your money, and can compare it with other competitor’s works.
Have a look around! If only they had an affiliate program… I’d be promoting it!
Twitter Made Me Do It
Posted by: | CommentsThe inevitable question that many of us face when starting a new web site or blog is, “what is my first post going to be about?”
Well, after thinking on this for a few minutes, my brain figured out that I needed to let you know why I’m writing this blog. What am I trying to acheive, who am I talking with, and why.
First of all is the why. I’m starting this blog because Twitter made me. That’s right, its all Twitter’s fault. Having such a large number of people following my tweets and carrying on a conversation with me made me think its about time to really save what I and others are writing so its not lost in the twitterverse (which is a bit like the land of lost socks), forever.
This blog is primarily here to converse with anyone and everyone intersted in marketing.
I find marketing such a fascinating thing…
And I find it such a powerful, challenging, and sometimes soul searching exercise that sometimes I need to go outside for air. It quite literally can be used for “good” or “evil”, and the line is always blurry. This just makes it more interesting to me, and makes me question exactly what is really “going on”.
I also love marketing because it lets me help people that I’d like to help.
They are:
1. Small business people.
2. People thinking of starting a business.
3. Anyone who’d like to make a few extra dollars online.
4. Anyone who’d like to live a better life and lifestyle.
If you’re any of those people, why not shoot me a comment right now, on this barely alive blog, and let me know what you love about marketing?
Warmest regards,
Jonathon Weston
