When you are ready to create your banner for online marketing purpose, you have several options in terms of whom you should hire for this very important task. There are three options and you may choose the one that best suits your requirements. 1) Acquire the services of a banner design company. 2) Go to freelance design websites. 3) Visit discussion forums and find experts there. Let’s discuss each of these in detail, so you will know which one you should choose.

When you visit an online design company to get your banner designed, you can first check out their deals and portfolio and then decide whether that particular company is good for you or not. When you deal with a design service, you know that you are working with a professional company that will take care of your project in a professional way and get your banner designed by one of the professional designers. So, you don’t feel worried at all.

When you go to freelance design sites or design competition sites where you can start a design competition of your own, you have to first check out the portfolios of different designers. Plus, you don’t know if you will get a customized banner or a copy-paste banner. So, if you have a lot of time in hand, then you may go for such sites.

Discussion forum is another option you have. Some discussion forums have dedicated sections where members can buy and sell services and products. You will have to search for designers there and get in touch with them. Or, simply post your project and they will contact you. However, just like freelance sites, you will have to check out the work of different designers, evaluate their experience and so on. So, this is a good option that you can utilize, but you need time for this.

After you decide which option you should go for, you need to decide what sort of banner will be suitable for you. See, if you need a banner so you can place it on different sites and drive traffic to yours, then just one banner may not be able to do the job. You may have to get different banners designed for different websites.

The reason is that different sites will ask you to provide banners in different sizes. Plus, to make your banner stand-out and look attractive, you will have to first thoroughly see the layout and colors of the site where you want to place your banner. This way, your designer will be able to create a banner that will look good on that site and will attract viewers as well.

Some websites allow .gif banners where you can show several slides in one banner and convey a bigger message in short and catchy phrases. So, designing a static banner will be useless for you. This is the reason why you should first see the site where you want to place your banner, check out their requirements and then create your banner accordingly.