More great resources to get you going

We have discovered even more fantastic resources to help achieve the dream to work from home from graphic design, promotional products to IT, we have something for everyone.

Are you looking for a logo designer? Or are you looking for someone to design a logo for?

Sitepoint’s latest offering is based on the business model crowd sourcing. Crowd sourcing is when you draw on a large group of people to help you produce a result, rather than relying on a single company or freelancer. One of the main features of this business model is that innovative ideas can be explored at relatively little cost. Sitepoint’s crowd sourcing model is called Design Contests.

It works by providing start ups with a limited budget a way to organise the design of their logo. The start up simply up loads their requirements www.sitepoint.com.au for a cost of $25 US the start up nominates a prize amount for the winning design, for example $100 US.

Over the following weeks designers from all over the world submit designs tailored to your brief, compete for your prize. If you like one of the designs, you pay out the agreed prize money. You receive the finished artwork free of designers copyright. If your not impressed with any of the submitted designs you can simply provide feedback to the designers and let it at that.

What does this mean for Mums who want to start their own business? The benefit is two fold, for those with the skills and capabilities of a graphic designer whether you have held positions as a professional designer and or have gained experience through on the job training, or as a hobby, site point provides a great opportunity to submit your work for consideration of the prize money.

For those starting up a business, site point provides an optimal and cost effective way to have your logo designed.

Sitepoint takes most of the risk out of procuring graphic design services. For a relatively small investment you can sample literally dozens of different design concepts, from thousands of designers.

Check out Sitepoint, click here.

Want to print and sell your own designs?

Interested in printing and selling your own t-shirt designs? CafePress.com provides Mums an opportunity to start a business specializing in t-shirt design. CafePress.com is an online marketplace that offers sellers complete e-commerce services to independently create and sell a wide variety of products, and offers buyers unique merchandise across virtually every topic.

Launched in 1999, CafePress.com has empowered individuals, organizations and businesses to create, buy and sell customized merchandise online using the company's unique print-on-demand and e-commerce services.
Today, CafePress.com is a growing network of over 2.5 million members who have unleashed their creativity to transform their artwork and ideas into unique gifts and new revenue streams. Creating over 35 million unique products on customizable merchandise ranging from apparel, home and office accessories to music and data CDs and books to prints, posters and cards.

Powering independently-run shops as well as syndicated and corporate stores, CafePress.com manage every aspect of doing business online, including storefront development, site hosting, order management, fulfillment, secure payment processing, and quality customer service - enabling anyone to open a free shop with no upfront costs and no inventory to manage.

To view CafePress.com, click here.

Want to work in the IT industry or do you need help in the area of IT?

The following sites, work on a similar principle as www.sitepoint.com.au. For Mums who maybe either looking for business/ freelance work in the IT industry, including web copy, web design and development or for those on a budget looking for a web designer, coder, and so on these sites could be of particular interest. You can post projects for free and or cost effectively bid for new work. A great way to build your business whilst also expand your geographical coverage.

Getacoder
Ifreelance
Elance

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