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Subject:Re: graphics designer needed for logo help From:Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 25 Apr 2011 12:09:34 -0700
I might consider using this approach if I was working with a group of
students; have them submit their efforts for class credit, feedback
and some insight into how work is evaluated and selected, then pay the
"winner" full market fee for the use of his or her design. But I'd be
embarrassed to have my name or company associated with this as a means
of obtaining work from professionals with experience and credentials.
Unless maybe I had $100,000 to award as the "grand prize" and a couple
of dozen pallets of techie toys to hand out as "thanks for entering"
prizes.
Gene Kim-Eng
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 10:57 AM, voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> Before going to a "contest" website, read this:
>http://www.davidairey.com/logo-design-contests-bad-for-business/
>
> And ask yourselves as technical writers, would you write a chapter of a
> manual for free and hope that the client decides to hire you to write the
> rest of the book? (in the case of a logo design contest, it's really asking
> for you to write the entire book for free up front and hope that you "win"
> the contest).
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