IamaSource.com: European Small Business Going Crowdsourcing Graphic Design Needs
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IamaSource.com (literally, I am a source) is the new online tool that is allowing companies and startups to post a graphic design contest and get hundreds of custom designs from worldwide creatives. This innovative model is called design crowdsourcing and now It is available to all entrepreneurs needing a brand identity for their new company.<p>April 06, 2011 09:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time
IamaSource.com successfully applying the graphic design crowdsourcing model to its platform is going increasingly used by European small business needing to develop their brand identity. Every company can post a contest on IamaSource, make a crowd of designers compete and get hundreds of custom designs to chose from: from logos to business card, from promotional brochures to website layouts.<p>One of the first needs in starting a new company is finding a talented graphic designer to entrust the development of the company’s image.<p>Commit the corporate image to a single designer can be difficult. Small businesses often need to get a lot of graphic proposals to tight deadlines and on very small budget. These needs can hardly be met hiring a single freelance or contacting an Ad agency while can be met using the on-line model of crowdsourcing design contests just as IamaSource.com allows to do.<p>Here is how IamaSource.com works: the customers describe what they need and how much are willing to spend (usually ranging from 200 € for logo designs, 250 € for brochure etc.). On the other side hundreds of designers start competing to achieve the best graphic design and meet the customers’ needs.<p>At the end of the contest the client chooses the best proposal among those received. The winning designer get the money prize while the client receives the final files of the artwork and all rights to use It.<p>On every contest are presented on average 400 custom made designs, so the platform is ideal for the most demanding customers.<p>IamaSource.com is dedicated to customers from all over the world and especially European companies and startups, who are approaching this new model successfully. “We have customers from Italy, Poland and Belgium but also from USA and South America” says the IamaSource team. “The money prizes that every company makes available to the participants are in EURO currency and this makes us ideally closer to European companies, which are using our platform in a enthusiastic way". "The thing that makes us more satisfied is to deal not only with companies more receptive to innovations, such as those of the IT industry, but also with small shops looking for the right logo for their business. This makes us understand that IamaSource is easily usable by anyone”.<p>The budget is 100% money back guaranteed if the designers who join the Contest are less than ten. "IamaSource offer a 100% money back guarantee but it never occurred to date. All customers have always been extremely satisfied and amazed by the quantity and quality of designs received" ensures the IamaSource team. "Many customers now use IamaSource as a tool for all their graphic design needs, from business cards to brochures. We are very honored to have many returning clients".<p>IamaSource.com is a european based design crowdsourcing marketplace. Small business and sturtup find on IamaSource a community of over 3.000 designers competing in creative contests to realize their needs.<p>For more information please visit: iamasource.com