99designs $10,000 designer giveaway
Designers, It’s that time again – we are giving away another $10,000! It’s no secret – 99designs is booming! There is more opportunity than ever before – over 1,000 new design contests launched every week and we are paying out $1,000,000 to designers each month. Craziness! The March giveaway generated an incredible response from the …
Alf’s tips: running a successful design contest
Alf Morten is one of the most successful contest holders at 99designs – he has run 11 design contests with fantastic results and has been praised by designers for how he runs his projects. We recently sat down with Alf and he gave us his best tips on run a successful design contest at 99designs. 50% …
Design tips in tweets: May 24th-31st 2011
icon design by ink Here are some awesome designer tips and resources that 99designs.com recently shared via twitter@99designs.
Cool project: Dolphin Browser logo
Have you heard of the Dolphin Browser? It’s a popular browser for the Android platform that is being used by over 5 million people worldwide. They are looking for a NEW LOGO that is sure to get a lot of attention. If you looking for an opportunity to do some branding work for a highly …
Designer profile: hitron
Meet hitron – the #1 winningest WordPress designer on 99designs. Bogdan Chis – Romania 99designs handle: hitron Projects won: 93 How did you get started in design? For me, graphic design started when I first discovered computers. This happened a “long” time ago, when I was in high school. Up until that moment I did what …
File formats explained: PDF, PNG and more
Being a GREAT designer is not just about creating excellent designs but is also about providing excellent SERVICE. One easy way to do this is by providing the correct file formats to your client. Not only does this save your client time by avoiding confusion at the printer, it also builds trust and security in …
WordPress-ing all the right buttons
Recently we took a peek into the wild world of blogging and what the latest fuss was all about…. One word: Wow! The biggest thing that stood out to us is that in terms of the popularity stakes, WordPress is absolutely blowing the competition away. If the world of online publishing platforms were a high-school …
Design tips in tweets: May 16th-23rd 2011
icon design by rickshow Here are some awesome designer tips and resources that 99designs.com recently shared via twitter@99designs.
You’ve won a contest… now what?
“Get Fast Cash Now!”This common advertising hook should be far from your mind when designing in the 99designs community. While there’s absolutely nothing wrong with making a quick buck and there are plenty of opportunities for designers to do so at 99designs – the “fast cash” mentality leaves the biggest opportunity on the table… building …
Design Tips in Tweets: May 1st-15th 2011
icon design by TeNSHi Here are some awesome designer tips and resources that 99designs.com recently shared via twitter@99designs.
