Category Archives: Freelancing

Win Cash for Your Creative Designs

Are you creative and looking to make some money? Creative Graphic Design has just set up a new program by which you can win anywhere from $100 to $1000 or more in its design contests. Categories of contests include graphic design, logos, photo editing, power point creation, website design and more. In fact Creative Graphic design is running a contest to create its slogan for which the prize money is $300.

The program is still in beta and working out the bugs. In fact, according to its blog, its offering cash incentives to help identify the bugs so they can be fixed asap. The Creative.gd blog is also a good resource to keep up-to-date on what’s been fixed, what’s planned, and other news related to the site.

One of the best features is that the service is free for designers. You can browse the contest to find ones in your area of expertise. You can also see how much time is left on the contest and how many other submissions there are. You can even see what those other submissions are. Because the prize money is paid in advance by the contest holder and held in an escrow account, you can be sure you’ll be paid if your design is chosen.

The site offers benefits for small and home business owners who are in need of graphic design work, but don’t have a huge budget and/or want to see a variety of options. The advantage of working with an organization like Create Graphic Designs is that your money (what you offer for a prize) is put in an escrow account. The designers know they’ll be paid because you’ve paid the money, but you’ll know that your money won’t be wasted because you’ll need to approve the work before the designer is paid.

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Telecommuting and Jelly Beans

What do jelly beans and telecommuting have in common? Actually I’m not sure, but an interesting article at Workforce Management reports on a new collaborative work environment called “jellies”. The term jellies was taken from jelly bean, “We figured that a big part of Jelly was the collaboration and co-creation with people of varied skill sets and backgrounds.”

Jellies have been a resource for entrepreneurs and freelancers to gather and work on ideas, but recently telecommuters have been joining jelly groups. The advantage of jellies appears to be the ability to share ideas, brainstorm, build networks, and get out of the house.

According the article, Yahoo has gotten in on the jelly phenomena by taking the events national, allowing its telecommuters to attend jelly meetings and by supplying speakers to jelly events.

To find a jelly near you (its worldwide) or to learn how to start your own jelly group, visit WorkAtJelly.com . (Visit the main site here)

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