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Several weeks ago, I wrote a review of 99designs, which hosts an online designer marketplace where you can crowdsource your design needs such as logos, graphics, website designs, and business cards. One question that came to mind while reviewing 99designs was, after you receive your new website design, then what? I don’t know about you, but I’m not going to spend the time coding it myself. Thankfully, this is where HTML/CSS conversion companies come in handy — they take your web design and transform it into a static, hand-coded HTML/CSS markup.

Need a new logo, graphic, website, or business card? Overwhelmed by the process of finding a new designer, getting the end result you want, and keeping costs and time commitment down? 99designs promises the perfect solution for both clients and designers alike: post a contest to create your design, and thousands of designers compete to create the best product for you, at a cost named by you.

A few weeks ago, I posted an article outlining the steps that I followed in outsourcing the design of my professional blog. Check it out in case you haven’t read it yet.

In that post, I described how I compiled a list of blog design service providers, narrowed that list down to a manageable few, solicited request for quotes (RFQs) from those that made the shortlist, evaluated each designer against a set of criteria, and then made a selection based upon “best fit.” I personally chose E.Webscapes to complete the design for this site, but I recommend that you conduct your own evaluation based upon your unique needs and preferences.

Professional blogging represents a great way to automate your cash inflow. Bloggers like Darren Rowse and Steve Pavlina actually earn six-digit incomes annually from blogging! One of the critical elements of any money-making blog is a great design. How do you get one? There are a number blog design specialists such as E.Webscapes Design Studio and Unique Blog Designs who can quickly and effectively churn out a new or redesigned professional blog for you. This post describes the step-by-step process — from concept to rollout — for outsourcing your blog’s custom design by telling you how I did it.