Archive for May, 2010
Design a Logo for Pro Baseball Star Steve Garvey
Tuesday 25 May 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton
Mycroburst.com is worldly famous for its successful online design contests. Whether it be designing an elegant logo or creating a professional website, Mycroburst.com has answered the call for businesses, organizations, and now – sport celebrities. Case in point Pro Baseball star Steve Garvey, who hosted an online logo design contest in search of an attractive baseball logo for his official website.
A Win for Crowdsourcing! Strike-Out for Critics!
Crowdsourcing, once again, is delivering on its promise of providing elegant and cost effective logo design solutions to all businesses, much to the dismay of many critics who have questioned its existence since the very beginning. Not to leave out the designers who are essentially the brains behind the concept, crowdsourcing is also giving them the opportunity of a lifetime. By participating in this contest designers become a part of something special and get a chance to gain recognition for their hard work from millions of baseball fans around the world.
Steve Garvey’s Logo Design Contest Details
The design contest has only been online for a few days and already the design drafts have started to flow in from around the world. Detailed information about the logo design contest and design guidelines the can be found on the Design Brief at MycroBurst.com.
A great thing about this particular logo design contest by Steve Garvey is that his terms are very flexible, giving the designers plenty of room for applying their craft to the best of their abilities. There are no specific tag line requirements. The overall intended effect of the logo should be simple, fun and masculine with a color preference of blue and white.
A Home Run for Logo Designers!
Opportunities like this are rare for designers and do not come all year round. Recently however, Mycroburst.com has witnessed a rise in celebrities seeking quality logo designs for their respective organizations. Designers should capitalize on this interest and make the most of it by submitting attractive logo designs. The winning logo will be featured on Steve Garvey’s official website. Furthermore, it will be viewed by millions of Steve Garvey fans worldwide, giving the winning logo designer instant recognition for his/her work.
Mycroburst.com encourages all talented designers to participate in this online logo design contest. This is a great opportunity for designers to score a home run and knock it out of the park!
Tags: Baseball Logo Design, logo design contest, Steve Garvey, Steve Garvey logo contest
5 Things they Don’t want You to Know about Crowdsourcing
Tuesday 18 May 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton
Crowdsourcing has been a victim of unfair and biased criticism for quite some time now. Yet it continues to flourish much to the dismay and frustration of those who despise its very name. It seems like this war of words has been raging over the public forums forever. Specific groups have been letting their feelings known by attacking crowdsourcing citing lackluster results, lack of communication between clients and designers and not worth the effort, period.
While all these argument can easily be debated on merit, there are some truths about crowdsourcing these very people do not want the general public to find out. Here, we will try to unmask such truths about crowdsourcing to bring everything out in the open. It’s time to put the cards on the table!
1. All Successful Companies Have Used Crowdsourcing
It is no secret how companies, both big and small have successfully used crowdsourcing to their benefit in order to gain leverage over the competition or simply to come up with better, efficient solutions in a the least amount of time. Critics may hate it but many companies today hail crowdsourcing as a revolutionary concept and greatly attribute their success to it.
2. Crowdsourcing has been Around for Centuries
The concept behind crowdsourcing is simplicity itself – A group effort to come up with the best solution. This technique of problem solving has been used for centuries. It’s just out in the open now and getting the full respect and attention it deserves.
3. Equal Opportunity Field for All
Critics find this truth about crowd sourcing particularly hard to swallow. Before crowdsourcing became a well-known concept, the design industry was a highly organized monopoly of a select few. Now the playing field is even and any designer or client can benefit from it. Crowdsourcing originates from the idea that anyone can come up with an idea to help any client.
4. It’s Reverse Engineering in Reverse
Crowdsourcing comes from a family of revolutionary ideas that have changed how industries work and think today. It’s reverse engineering in reverse. Instead of starting from the end solution and breaking it down to arrive at the start, Crowdsourcing uses multiple innovative ideas at the beginning to come up with one best solution. Both provide a unique and efficient solution for clients with varying needs.
5. Crowdsourcing Works
Lastly, this is one truth about crowdsourcing no critic wants out in the open. Critics have endlessly argued the cons of crowdsourcing, but at the end of the day they have had to come to terms with the fact that crowd sourcing does work. If their arguments had any substance, crowdsourcing would have withered away a long time ago. In truth, it exists today solely because it delivers on its promises and is a guaranteed way to create efficient business solutions.
Tags: Evil Crowdsourcing, Truths about Crowdsourcing
Value Added Services by MycroBurst – Yes, we go the Extra Mile!
Friday 7 May 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton
Small and emerging businesses are very cautious about spending and even more so about getting the most out of their investments. Mycorburst.com has always had a keen eye for small business requirements. Many of its packages are designed to be more economical for new startup companies.
Small Business Packages – Cost Effective Solutions that Work
Our small business packages are characterized into four different packages tailor made to fit your budget while accommodating the varying demands of small businesses. Purchasing these packages will save your company more money than buying these services separately. For example, the price of stationary starts of at only $49 for the “Cool Breeze” package as compared to $99 if purchased individually thereby resulting in instant savings of $50.
Furthermore, any upgrade selected is only charged once and is applicable to all the services available in that package. For example, the “MycroBurst” package contains four services, namely Logo, Stationary, Web and Graphics. Should you choose the “Guaranteed” upgrade for that package, the upgrade fee will be charged only once at $15, but will be applicable on all four services hence saving your company $45.
Visitors Ranking – Tell us what you think!
One simply cannot ignore public opinion if they are to succeed in today’s market. At Mycroburst.com, we value your opinion and provide an excellent platform for visitors to get involved and pitch in their thoughts by giving them the opportunity to vote on all design submissions. The voting is conducted in the form of thumbs up and thumbs down. Simply go to the project’s URL and vote on draft submissions.
Portfolio Section – The Hall Of Fame
We are extremely proud of our Portfolio Section as it houses the crème de la crème winning designs created by our fleet of designers. Its purpose is to accurately display the quality designs our design team is producing to the general public. Prospective project holders find this section to be particularly useful as it gives them a good idea about the type of projects Mycroburst.com has successfully worked on.
The Designer Directory – Meet the Designers!
The Designer Directory is quickly becoming one of the hottest links on our website. It provides useful information about the designers such as their participation level, number of contests won and number of design drafts submitted. Many project holders, after going through the portfolio, use this link to contact designers inviting them to participate in upcoming projects. The directory serves as a good way to get to know a little about the creative minds who will be working on your projects beforehand.
Design Contest Upgrades – Feasibility with Flexibility
The features we provide to our clients aren’t simply built around feasibility, but also flexibility. Myroburst.com gives project holders complete freedom to add any feature to their existing projects at any given time. To add an upgrade such as Guaranteed, Featured Listing or even Expedite to an active project running on MycroBurst.com simply go through My Account/My Contest section. Click on the upgrade link provided next to your contest name and select the service(s) you wish to avail. Once approved, the upgrade will be activated on your contest.
Mycroburst.com stands firm in its commitment to provide its customers with the tools they need to establish themselves in the business community and get started on the path to everlasting success – because we believe that a client’s success is our success.
Tags: design contest upgrades, design portfolio, small business packages
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