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5 ways to promote yourself using Facebook, Twitter and DesignCrowd

5 ways to promote yourself using Facebook, Twitter and DesignCrowd

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 26, 2010

Businesses and designers can now use Facebook and Twitter to promote themselves via DesignCrowd!We've integrated Facebook and Twitter features throughout DesignCrowd allowing project owners (businesses) and designers to share stuff on Facebook and Twitter with a click of a button!Project owners (businesses) will be able promote both their design projects and as a way to promote their Read more

DesignCrowd TV: What is Witkey?

DesignCrowd TV: What is Witkey?

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 26, 2010

Witkey is the Chinese word for crowdsourcing and might be (already) bigger business in China than crowdsourcing is anywhere else in the world. DesignCrowd CEO Alec Lynch gave a presentation on crowdsourcing at the 2010 Witkey and Crowdsourcing Conference in China. Read more

5 Famous Logo Contests - Toyota, Google, Wikipedia & More!

5 Famous Logo Contests - Toyota, Google, Wikipedia & More!

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 19, 2010

Logo contests might be the best option for startup company looking for a new logo on a tight budget but a number of the world's most famous logos and big brands have benefited from the value and creativity that a good contest can generate. A logo contest or competition places an open call to designers to submit designs to suit a brief. Once the call has been placed any designer who can see it is Read more

How to Run a Creative Web Design Contest (5 Tips and 5 Examples)

How to Run a Creative Web Design Contest (5 Tips and 5 Examples)

DesignCrowd - Friday, November 19, 2010

Web design contests involve posting a brief and getting 20, 30, 50 (or sometimes 100-plus!) web design concepts from designers around the world.  Clients all request different things - but one thing we often see requested by clients is "Creativity required!" so in this blog we will highlight what to do to maximize the creativity you receive when running a web design contest.Below are 5 Successful  Read more

The biggest employer in the world: a Chinese Crowdsourcing Site?

The biggest employer in the world: a Chinese Crowdsourcing Site?

DesignCrowd - Wednesday, November 3, 2010

If you did a quick internet search to find the list of the largest employers in the world, you would get the following well-known organizations: Peoples Liberation Army, China, 2,300,000 employees Wal-Mart Stores, United States, 1,800,000 employees Indian State Railways, India, 1,400,000 employees National Health Service, UK, 1,300,000 employees Deutsche Post, Germany, 502,545 employees H Read more

Dirt.com: How I got 630 logos (design contest tips)

Dirt.com: How I got 630 logos (design contest tips)

DesignCrowd - Thursday, October 28, 2010

Dirt.com recently posted a logo contest on DesignCrowd ("Kick Ass Logo That Will Make You Famous") and in response received a whopping 630 playful logo designs.   After recently selecting a winner (see below), Dirt.com founder Andrew Jacob agreed to share how he got 630 logo designs for $400!What will Dirt.com do (once it launches)?Dirt.com will be the World Exclusive Celebrity Gossip  Read more

Crowdsourcing Is Not New - The History of Crowdsourcing (1714 to 2010)

Crowdsourcing Is Not New - The History of Crowdsourcing (1714 to 2010)

DesignCrowd - Thursday, October 28, 2010

Crowdsourcing is a buzz word that was coined in Wired Magazine by author Jeff Howe in 2006, but the process of crowdsourcing was invented as early as 1714. Since then, crowdsourcing has helped create some of the world's greatest inventions and biggest brands. Read the blog to find out more about how crowdsourcing competitions have shaped our lives. Read more

14 Beautiful Poster Design Examples

14 Beautiful Poster Design Examples

DesignCrowd - Thursday, October 7, 2010

Poster design often provides great scope for creativity. Events, DJs and festivals all need posters and the nature of these clients allow for more creative graphic design. Below are 14 beautiful poster designs from our very talented community of poster designers.           Read more

Top 10 iPad Apps for Business

Top 10 iPad Apps for Business

DesignCrowd - Friday, September 10, 2010

By Alec LynchThe other week I attended a series of expert round tables for small businesses and technology companies hosted by The Insight Exchange (topics included search marketing, content curation, iPhone app development etc).  Each round table had about 10 people allowing for small, up-close interactions.My favorite round table presentation was from a guy that used his iPad to present.  He pro Read more

Edward Norton & Crowdsourcing Philanthropy

Edward Norton & Crowdsourcing Philanthropy

DesignCrowd - Thursday, July 15, 2010

By Alec LynchMeet Crowdrise (www.crowdrise.com) an online fundraising service that is essentially a charitable crowdfunding site (based on the principles of crowdsourcing).Crowdrise is genius and, at some level, a very pure form of crowdsourcing.  Here's how it works:If you need to fundraise for something (for say a Gulf Oil Spill clean up effort or a Maasai village that needs a tru Read more

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