Work Yourself Up!

A Great Way to Get a Logo (or Other Graphic) Designed

Working on some new projects under the "Work Yourself Up!" name and decided to get a logo.  Instead of going to my normal design team, who've designed everything from company logos, to web sites, to the books you see linked to the right, I decided to hit the contest page at SitePoint.com and look for new talent.

How it works:

1. Post something on the forum with what you want and how much it's worth to you.  This will run you about $40.

2. Designers come to you with their ideas.

3. You pick one.

This is great, because you get to see concepts before paying for them.  I love working with my regular team, and have done about 11 books with them, three sites, a couple of logos, stationery, and tons of other stuff, but as talented as they are, I wanted to see what a bunch of different designers could come up with on this one.

Here is the thread with sample logos which have been submitted so far.

Have had a good experience so far.  Will keep you posted on what I do...

Cool Web Advertising Tool - Take Advantage of Unused Space

Just found something really cool, which I know will help you to:

- getting more web traffic
- getting more affiliate sales
- get more people on your mailing list
- and more...

The best way to explain it, is for you to take a look.

Look in the top right corner or the page.

Imagine what this will do to get attention for your products, mailing list, and other offers.  It's a great way to take advantage of web traffic and "unused" space, without annoying people.

I'm putting it on ALL of my pages and suggesting that my clients do the same.

If you're feeling ambitious, you could approach people in your market and offer to "rent" space from them.  You'll be right at the top of their sites, without being intrusive.

Steps to Easily Setting Up Your Own Mini Website

It’s amazing a lot of people still finding it difficult setting up their own mini sites.

This is a "quick and dirty" guide.

Here are the steps...

1. Go to Scriptlance, post the project, accept an offer, and let somebody else do it. :)

That's what I recommend, but for those who want to do it on their own...

1. Register a domain name

A domain name is the name you want your website to be called. If your website is called www.google.com then your domain name is google.com

A domain name will cost you about about $8 per year for registration. You can get a cheap domain here.

2. Design your website

This used to be a daunting task in the past but not anymore. There are many softwares that you can use to create stunning websites. Dreamweaver or Frontpage are two to look at. Go to www.nvu.com for a free option.

3. Get a web host

A web host is a service that will “house” your website unto cyberspace so that the world can view your website whenever they type in your domain name into their browsers.

Hostgator has webhosting for about $10/month.

4. Upload your website

You will need to move the designed website on your computer on to your web host so the world can see it. To do this, you will need a file transfer protocol program. You can get a free one at smartftp.com.