Power Marketing For Attorneys » Resources http://blog.cindyspeaker.com Growing Relationships, leveraging technology, building systems Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:59:07 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Copyright © 2010 Power Marketing For Attorneys cindy@cindyspeaker.com () cindy@cindyspeaker.com () posts 1440 Growing Relationships, leveraging technology, building systems cindy@cindyspeaker.com No no http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/logosmall.jpg Power Marketing For Attorneys http://blog.cindyspeaker.com 144 144 Great Resource – Graphic Design http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/77 http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/77#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:29:35 +0000 Cindy http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/77 I was at a conference a couple of weeks ago and there was a wonderful sharing of resources.  I wanted to pass along one that I am currently testing.  I think it may be helpful to those of you that need inexpensive graphic design work done. 

The website is www.99designs.com.  Here is how it works.  You go to the website and set up a “contest.”  I did that 2 days ago.  You can see my contest here:  http://99designs.com/contests/12932

My contest is to create a logo for “Legal Marketing Cafe TV.”  I have a designer that I LOVE, however, I wanted to test this venue, so I thought this was a good opportunity.  I described my project and then 99designs recommended a range for the prize.  They suggested that I award a prize to the best design that is between $100 and $700.  It was made clear that the bigger the prize, the more likely one is to get high quality designers.  I set my “prize” to be $350. 

Within an hour I had submissions.  It has now been 2 days and I have had 43 designs submitted.  There are several that I like a great deal.  As I rule some out, I actually “eliminate” them.  I also rate the submissions on a 5 star rating.  I have also had 3 designers withdraw their work from the contest.

One thing I do want to caution you on is that this is a “community.”  It’s important not to offend the community or you will get blasted.  One of the things I did the first day is I gave 5 stars to an image that I really liked.  But it was more of a banner than a logo and 2 designers blasted me in the comments.  I simply responded kindly and moved on.  If you want to see what they said – you can check it out on the contest page. 

The contest will be finished on Tuesday morning, Oct 21.  I’ll update my blog with a link to the winner.

]]> http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/77/feed 0 Outsourcing and Freelancers http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/56 http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/56#comments Wed, 23 Jan 2008 03:42:20 +0000 Cindy http://blog.cindyspeaker.com/archives/56 Here is a list of online sites that will provide you with freelancers that can help you with various aspects of your business:

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