99Designs — what is it? In short, it’s a graphic design company… but unlike most you’ve ever seen. See, when you submit a proposal to them whether you want a logo, graphic, entire website or otherwise, they don’t provide you with a single design and that’s that. See, it’s called crowd-sourcing. Basically they have tons of people from all around the world who are graphic design experts and when you create a campaign, all of those people are able to see it. You then over the course of several days get tons of submissions, whether it be 30, 40, 50, or even more! Then, you pick which you like most, or you have those people continue editing until you are in love with one. But guess what — if you don’t like any of them, if none are up to par with what you were hoping for, you don’t pay a penny. Plus the pricing is extremely competitive for what you get. Banner ads start at $145, web design at $595, logo design at $295, and so on.
Here are some ideas for campaigns you might want to run with 99Designs:
1) Affiliate marketing launch. Say you just wrote a new e-Book, created a sales page, maybe a video series… maybe you put the product on Clickbank or another affiliate network, have affiliates in mind you want to target and sell the product for you… great! But you’re missing one thing. Advertisement banners. With 99Designs you can get banners in many sizes, say you want one that’s 150×150, 468×60, and otherwise. Look no further, because a campaign would be a perfect solution for this sort of project. You can have the designers make it flashy or subtle, have a “click here” button or specific colors, writing, whatever you want, they’ll do it for you.
2) Small business idea. You want to launch a new website because you just thought of a great idea. Unfortunately all the themes you’ve found online have been used a million times and you want something fresh, something original. You’ve got it. Show 99Designs designers exactly how you want the site to look, how you want it to feel, and they’ll build it for you. Whether you want it in HTML, on WordPress, or in another computer-language, with experts in every sort of coding language, there will certainly be people to get the job done for you.
3) Self-rebranding. Maybe you just landed a new job or plan to in the near future and you want business cards that will blow the person away once handing it to them. Something highly original, memorable, and personally branded to you. Guess what? They’ve got you covered, again. Maybe you want a graphic on it, special coloring or a new brand for an existing company which you want to start promoting locally. The possibilities are limitless.
4) Personal blog. There’s nothing better than having a blog you can write in regularly all about yourself, then get a following and obtain an online presence. There’s no better way to do this then to differentiate yourself from all there other blogs out there, and trust me, there’s a lot of them. To do this, have a web design (or WordPress design) done for you to suit your tastes. Spice it up some. Have it look different than anyone elses and for people to not want to leave once entering your site just because it puts them in awe.
As you can see there are tons of ways to take advantage of 99Designs and their excellent services. They have two strong points that they stand on which make them thrive as a company and have a huge base of happy customers. First, you don’t just get one design but instead lots — and you’ll find the more you offer to pay for the project, the more submissions you get. More submissions means more chances you’re going to see one and go, “WOW!”. Second, you’re not bound to any contract. If you don’t like any of what you receive and don’t want to use it, you receive your money back in full.
So, what are you waiting for? Check out 99Designs today!
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