That’s right. What do you think will the Internet looks like if there won’t be pictures, images and videos? It will looks horrible. For an online business it is very important to work with graphics. You need graphics for your logo, your product cover or a header graphic to give your blog the professional touch.

Do I have to create all the graphics by myself?

If you have a lot of money, for all expensive graphic programs like adobe photoshop, and you are a genies to create professional looking pictures with theses programs, then create them by yourself. But, if you are looking for graphics for your online business and you don’t have the time for creating them, why not to pay a graphic designer for all the work?

I’m sure you think now: that will be very expensive for your low budget. But I will show you that it isn’t . When you know the right places and where to look for it, it’s all a kind of little money. Think on your own, how many hours do you need to create a professional looking graphic or a business logo? Do you own one of these fascinated programs or can you buy one of these?

Is the answer no, I will show you how and where you can get professional graphics for your online business without spending a fortune on it.

Sometimes it is cheaper and saves you time to let a professional create all the graphics you need for your online business.

Where can I get a cheap “Graphic Designer”?

You can search for freelancer on the Internet. That’s great, because there are so many professionals out there who wants to help you. The best place that I found and I’m working with are the following:

• Gurulabs.com
• Blinkcovers.com

They offer many packages and I think one of these packages will hit your wishes. Sometimes it is better to outsource some parts of your work to a professional, as doing it by yourself. The time you are winning therefore you can use for other important things, to build and grow your business.

On the way, building your online business, you will arrive to a moment where you have to outsource some activities for which you don’t have the time anymore.

Outsourcing your work

Outsourcing means, that some parts of your activities have been done by freelancers which are professional in their area. Things like: writing articles, creating graphics, logos and product cover, writing the salesletter or ghostwriting your own digital product etc.

For each area, there are professionals you can instruct to do some parts of your work, for you. The best place for finding professionals for each category is at:

• Rentacoder.com
• Elance.com
  

You can signup for a free account. Please, take some hours for searching and looking on how to find the right professionals. It’s similar like an auction, where you adjust your offer and professionals will sign up to do this work for you.

Is a professional answering to your offer, look for his ratings and get in contact with him. Tell him exactly, what and how you want it. Ask him to send some of his graphics to you, that you can see if his work exactly meets your offer.

Before you place an offer, please take a look at the „Guidelines“ to see how to pay the professional when the work is done!

Rentacoder and Elance are really the best places on the web for finding professionals for each category. You will need them when your business gets bigger and bigger and you don’t have the time to do all the work by yourself.

Recommendation:

To save money at the beginning, break your business into sections and ask your family or friends if they could help you. When the money comes in you can think of outsourcing parts of your work to a professional!

RentaCoder

I found a great free tool for beginners to create a Header graphic with only a few clicks! Take a look at it here: XHeader