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Information VS Confusion

Posted in » Cartoons - by Ades

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Funny but true. First you are confused about certain topic, then as you get more info about it, you get less confused, but when the info gets too much… you are once again confused :)

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Welcome New Sponsor - LogoBee.com

Posted in » General - by Ades

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Please welcome our new sponsor of the blog LogoBee.com.

As the name suggests, LogoBee is a professional logo & web design company based in Montreal, Canada. It’s actually one of the few websites that have been around since 2000’s and have literally hundreds of logos under their belt (see here).

Their services start from a fair price of $199, which includes the following:

• 6 initial logo samples based on your requirement
• 6 revisions based on your feedback on the chosen logo
• Your initial variations will be ready in 5 business days.

If you have a website that is related to logo design or web design, you can also sign up to their affiliate program and make money.

Company Blog: blog.logobee.com
Website: www.logobee.com

PayPal Is Finally Fully Operational in Malaysia

Posted in » News, paypal - by Ades

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After just recently adding (allowing) transactions in Malaysian Currency (RM), PayPal has now rolled out full services to Malaysian residents. For those who are not aware of PayPal’s integration with local banks internationally, it was kind of big deal to withdraw funds from PayPal in Malaysia until now. But that’s history now! It now supports over 20+ Malaysian Banks…

What’s more, if you withdraw more than RM400 there won’t be any service fees. Previously you had to pay $5 or RM20 for every withdrawal to your Debit Card. Read more »

Balsamiq Mockups Winner 1

Posted in » Contests - by Ades

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First Winner of Balsamiq Mockups Contest is Aaron Hall! You can follow him @AttorneyMN. Congratulations Aaron, you should be getting an email from Peldi Guilizzoni the creator of this great tool shortly.

Want to win too? Two more copies of this mockup creator program will be given away next week. If you want the software, enter this simple contest here.

Make Money With Non-Latin Domain Names

Posted in » Make Money - by Ades

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ICANN organization responsible for managing the assignment of domain names and IP addresses has approved a new plan to allow non-Latin characters in Web extensions. That means there will be a rush for domain name registrations for valuable keywords in Russian, Korean, Chinese, Arabic, Greek and other languages soon.

According to some sources ICANN could start allowing registrations as early as next month. So, watch out for the day, you could make serious money if you can get hold of nice domain names.

LogoMyWay - Another Great Business Model

Posted in » Links - by Ades

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LogoMyWay - is another great business model that just works. It’s a marketplace where logo designers and businesses meet. Looking at the site, I was amazed by the number of submissions and the quality of works that were submitted for each logo design contest. (Each contest gets easily 100-200 entries) And they are really good, see the winner logos.

Basically this is how it works. If you are looking to get your logo designed, you come to LogoMyWay and create a contest. Your prize can be anywhere between $200 to $1000. And the most important feature is - and I think this is why LogoMyWay is successful - all the funds are prepaid and the designers are guaranteed to be paid. That’s right, the winning designer is guaranteed to get paid for his/her work. I believe this is why there are many quality works and tons of submissions for each contest.

It’s in the Business Model

For example 99Designs does the same thing with the same concept, but they do not guarantee a payment to the designers, prepayment is just an option at 99Designs that contest organizers can choose to do. Instead 99Designs concentrates on “100% Money Back Guarantee” business model. For this reason you can see that the submissions for each contest at 99Designs are much lower than that of LogoMyWay.

Important Lesson

Being a logo design marketplace, LogoMyWay could have a better logo. Their current logo looks not so professional, and the website could be greatly improved, especially to make it more web2.0 like.

But that’s the lesson we should all learn when launching an internet business. And that is, you shouldn’t be perfectionist when launching a project. Don’t hinder the project from being launched just because the logo looks certain way, or the website design is not what you expected. Rather launch the project and test the waters. If you see that the response is good and people really like what you are offering, then and only then do whatever necessary to improve your project i.e revamp the whole website, get a new logo etc.

There is a time when you need to be perfectionist, and it is not during launching new internet projects. For web projects, as long as it is bug-free and all the features are in place and properly working - you are ready to go!

Website: www.logomyway.com