Sympoz needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 20 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
Sympoz
Sympoz is a start-up, focused on providing a significantly more social & engaging online, lifelong learning experience for passionate enthusiasts about topics including Quilting, Knitting, Crochet, Scrapbooking, Jewelry Making, Wine, Cooking, and much more.
Each of our courses consist of 4-6 hours of pre-recorded, professionally produced, HD quality video lectures from nationally recognized instructors as well as the ability to interact in novel and engaging ways with your instructor and classmates
We are a fun, young company with an innovative technology product.
WE WILL AWARD MULTIPLE WINNERS!
Our target users are female quilters in the 30-65 year-old age range. They frequent sites including:
http://www.allpeoplequilt.com/
http://www.mccallsquilting.com/index.html
http://www.americanquilter.com/
That being said, we are a fun, young company with an innovative technology product, so we want our ads to be eye catching and interesting.
We need banner ads of the following sizes:
300x250
120x600
160x600
728x90
We are highly interested in using a pop art style for these ads, like the images you see here: http://www.shutterstock.com/similar…woman.html and here: http://www.istockphoto.com/search/l…x/7705755/
The ads need to be eye catching, so they should be image, rather than text heavy. The goal of the ads is to drive the user to this page to purchase our online quilting course: http://sympoz.com/class/Quilting-Qu…ips/9.html
The ads need to:
-Provide a call to action encouraging the user to take the online quilting course
-Indicate that the user can get 40% off of the full price of the course by click on the ad
The course is taught by Jenny Doan, who is a well known figure in the quilting world, so you may want to use her name in the ad.
The course name is: Quilting Quickly: Patterns, Techniques, and Tips
One of the key attributes of the course is that the user can enjoy it anytime and at their own pace. No need to attend at scheduled class times and the user's access to the course never expires... they can re-watch it as many times as they like.
I have attached a couple of versions of the Sympoz logo.