New policy, plus 33 Designs for $125?

Okay, it’s been almost a month since my last post. I’ve decided the reason it takes me so long to add new posts is because I wait until I think I have something substantial to say. Well, I’ve decided to put more emphasis on frequency rather than post size.

So here goes . . . if you’ve been here before, you may have noticed today that I have a new banner graphic at the top of this blog. (Which is to say, I HAVE a banner graphic now — I didn’t before!)

I went to 99designs.com and started a “contest” — cost me $40 to do so. Then I had a bunch of graphic artists competing for the contest. You can see the 33 designs that were submitted here:

http://www.99designs.com/contests/12284

I picked the one I liked most and paid the designer $125. There were a couple of other designs which I liked enough that I offered the designers $75 each for them — both accepted.

Personally, I think it’s a great service . . . for me it’s difficult to come up with a graphic design concept, so it’s nice to see the various designs these professional designers come up with.

Those of you on my mail list should get an email alerting you to this post — I just setup the Aweber RSS Broadcast feature. Within an hour of my posting a new message here, Aweber will detect the new post and will send out an email alerting my subscribers. Pretty nifty.

Of course, anyone who subscribes will get additional resource information not posted here — so if you’re not a subscriber, fill out the box at the top-right of this page and become one! :-)

Let me know what you think!

Paul

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3 Responses to “New policy, plus 33 Designs for $125?”

  1. Karen Umstattd Says:

    Love the new look, thanks for the resource. Your email that came through though, it’s missing something. This is what it looks like to me

    Hi Karen,

    I just published a new post at BizToolsBrief.com, titled “{!rss_item_title}” — check it out!

    http://www.biztoolsbrief.com/

    Best,

    Paul

  2. Phil Davis Says:

    Great information Paul and I look forward to hearing from you more often.

    I hadn’t heard of 99designs.com but that sounds like a great way to get stuff done. I also didn’t know about the AWeber RSS broadcast service, I now have another reason to get my AWeber account! Where are your affiliate links, good information deserves a spiff or two…

    Thanks,

    Phil

  3. Jim Galiano Says:

    Hi Paul.

    I like the new design. Very nice! I think the gear images are a better representation of online tools than a hammer or screwdriver. It looks a little more “scientific.”

    On another topic, I bought (this was several years back) one of those software “generator” products that supposed to enable you to create your own software product. I never did create anything worth selling with the product. Have you ever seen any of those software maker programs? I was just curious what you thought about them.

    These days, I would probably just consult a programmer if I wanted to create a product.

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