Archive for the ‘Design Contests’ Category

Oct 12th, 2010
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Gap Reverts Back To Iconic Logo

I just posted an article over at my company site’s blog about Gap’s announcement on Monday evening that they have listened to the community, and decided to revert back to their iconic logo. They also admitted that they realized crowdsourcing was a mistake. We’ve learned a lot in this process. And we are clear that [...]

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Oct 7th, 2010
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CrowdSpring – A Writer’s Story

An old article I published about CrowdSpring places 4th in the results on Google for a search on “CrowdSpring” and as a result, I’ve received various stories from others that have had a bad experience with a design contest website. This one is particularly interesting as it raises some important questions about the CrowdSpring business [...]

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Feb 3rd, 2009
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Why CrowdSpring Owners Should Be Ashamed of Their Business

**UPDATE – June 19th – I have closed comments on this post now as I feel that all sides of the argument have been voiced, and it seems the right time to close the discussion on this particular post. I look forward to the continuing debate on other sites/blogs from all of you. Thank you [...]

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Feb 23rd, 2008
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Logo Design Contests – Good or Bad

I recently found a contest website for designers, thanks to Michael McAlister, recently featured on the Freelancer Focus project. The site allows users to create contests, asking designers to submit entries to win the cash prize. I decided to play with this for a while last weekend, and it was definitely an enjoyable experience. The [...]

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