How do you find a good, qualified graphic design service or provider?

[HarrytheCarGeek]

I have been struggling to find a good experienced designer for auto repair services.

 

How do you guys go about finding one?

[Jeff]

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[sweitzerperformance]

I use a guy that does primarily motorsports stuff. Found out about him through other racers, but he has done a great job for me. Let me know if you'd like his contact info.

[PAPShop]

1. What Jeff said.

 

2. See some work you like? Ask the business owner who did it for them.

 

3. Have a brother that is a graphic designer.

 

4. What Jeff said.

[mspecperformance]

try 99designs.com I just used them its easy and you get a lot of different designers bidding on your project with samples. Its great.

[GTS_Services]

There are so many sites where you can hire a freelance graphic designer;

 

99designs.com was mentioned earlier, there is also:

 

elance.com

outsource.com

fivver.com

behance.com

coroloft.com

 

Generally, designers have a portfolio and reviews you can look at before hiring. If you google freelance graphic design you usually find a lot of articles that list different sites.

[Gavilan]

this is our latest flyer, the guy charged us $150 http://imgur.com/Hpb9UwI

[LynxStarAuto]

I use a company called UZ Marketing which is based out of Houston, TX. They have done a ton of work in our industry. Check them out, but like the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am a sucker for modern, sleek, simple designs, and they excel at that.

 

Anyway, I heard about them through thumbtack. Give that site a try, and their competitor Fiverr

[HarrytheCarGeek]

Gavilan, I see you are doing EDDM, what size is that postcard, and how many are you guys sending out?

[Robert Gould]

Hi Harry. Feel free to check out www.ImageOneAds.com and look at the portfolio section. I'm a former shop owner that has been doing branding, graphics and postcard marketing for shops around the U.S for the last 25 years.

 

If you're thinking about using EDDM postcards, your postage is the same up to a huge 8.5X11 piece. That's a whole lot of ad "real estate" for 17 cents postage. We have found the best results with cards that are 6X11" and we recommend mailing 5000 at a time with no expiration date on the offers.

 

If I can answer any questions for you, just give me a call. There's no charge for advice. Robert 800-536-3030

[HarrytheCarGeek]

Hi, Bob.

 

I already do EDDM, I usually run 20k pieces per mailing, I use gotprint.com for printing http://www.gotprint.com/store/pricing.html

 

6.5"x12" 4/4 full color cost me less than $5,600. for 20k pcs

 

It has been a real good deal so far, but much has to do with the design and offers. Cheap pricing only brings worthless candidates.

Edited February 26, 2016 by HarrytheCarGeek

[Robert Gould]

Hi Harry. You're absolutely right...design is critical...even WITH the right offers. That's where we shine. Our design isn't cheap, but it's a tested formula we have used for 20 years.

 

If you look at our portfolio section on ImageOneAds.com, you'll see some samples under the postcard category. You can check out Matt Motley's comments on here about the effectiveness of the cards. He says "the majority of his customers are coming in from the cards."

 

We had Wharton Business School in Philadelphia test our graphics "formula" years ago and found our designs pulled an average 400% better than any of the others.

 

Our printing prices are the same, but we offer a thicker card stock (16pt) on premium paper with a heavy UV coating (super high gloss plastic look), which GotPrint doesn't offer. I can send you some samples if you want. Just let me know.