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What is Top 7 Design, and how do you pick your winners?
At Top 7 Design, we really believe in the value of hiring local designers for your brand presence.
By hiring locally, you get the chance to meet face-to-face with the designer and really articulate your company’s brand vision in a way that just isn’t possible through text using an off-shore provider. A local designer will also be more in-tune with the message that your company is trying to deliver, and will be able to suggest innovative ways to communicate this vision that you may not have thought of on your own.
After all, communication is a very holistic experience. It involves sights, sounds and feelings. These subtleties can only be communicated live in person. Hiring locally not only ensures that your message is understood and relayed correctly, but it also ensures that this focused message is consistently integrated into every piece of collateral that your company publishes. Web sites, post cards, business cards, print ads... everything works together to promote a unified message that optimizes conversion and ROI for all of your marketing activities.
When considering a designer for our list, there are a number of factors we consider. Of course, it’s important for the designer to have a strong portfolio, solid references, solid business skills, and a deep understanding of marketing. But also, there are other factors that come into play such as education, industry affiliations, semantic relevance, professionalism and people skills, pricing, ability to meet deadlines, and much more...
These are just a few of the factors that we take into account here at Top 7 Design when selecting our candidates.
Why only 7 winners in every state?
The last thing the internet needs is another directory. There are already thousands of sites dedicated exclusively to listing every company under the sun.
The problem with many of these “free for all” directories is that they confuse more people than they help. Because their standards of entry are virtually nil, you end up with many fly-by-night providers who have gone out of business. Also, there is no consideration for quality in these listings, so you don’t know what you’re getting.
By focusing only on the top 7 providers in each state, we hope to emphasise quality over quantity when it comes to selecting the right graphic designer or web designer. And since we frequently update our rankings, you can feel confident that starting with Top 7 Design will cut down your search time dramatically.
How much does it cost to get listed?
All of our listings are compiled and evaluated by Top 7 Design’s internal judging committee. In order to maintain the highest quality listings, we don’t charge for placement. Instead, it must be earned through hard work and customer dedication.
Who are the Gold Seal Companies?
With so many high-quality providers out there, it can sometimes be difficult to pick the winners. Often, we’ll be forced to narrow the list down to just 7, even though others were well-deserving.
When this happens, we like to give special consideration to these dedicated professionals who – although they didn’t rank in the top 7 – also deserved special recognition.
