Are you looking for ways to save time and money while making your own ecovers?  How would you like to make low budget high quality ecovers all by yourself?

Yes, you can outsource and ask a graphic designer to create beautiful covers and graphics.  I highly recommend this option for those who can afford to pay for each graphic that you need in the many areas of your business.

But many of us are on tight budgets and need to find solutions that offer low budget but high quality options.

This cool tool offers a solution to those who are on a tight budget.  Allow me to introduce you to this cool tool called, ECover Creator, to help you make your own ecovers.   AND, you don’t need Photoshop or any other photo editor either.

Here are some of their features:

• You can easily find the 3D cover for your product or service
• Adjust the width and height for your ECover
• Adjust the shadow, reflection and highlights for your cover
• Import custom graphics or choose from the color palette
• Create a transparent background or flip the box horizontally
• Easily export and save your ECover project to it’s own folder.

You don’t have to worry if it’s compatible with your graphics editor because,
as I mentioned, you don’t have to have Photoshop to make it work.

As long as your editor can import/export images then you can use ECover Creator
to make professional-looking ECovers!

ECover Creator Will Also Allow You To:

• Quickly and easily create 15 different eCover styles.
• You don’t have to worry about installing complex or expensive action scripts.
• You can import .psd, jpg, gif, bmp or .png images directly into the software.
• You can create cool-looking ECovers with just a few mouse clicks.
• Save valuable time and money.
• Make your website look more professional-looking.
• You get “how to” videos to help you get started.

For less than $30.00, you can create numerous ebook covers at no additional charge.

To check out the site to watch a video of ECover Creator in action, just click here.

Do you know of any other low budget and high quality tools?

How about leaving a comment below.  If you decide to order the ECover Creator, let me know what you think.

Until next time, have a great day,

Cindy

nolacooper.com

Are you thinkng about outsourcing the areas of your business that you don’t have time for?  Things like graphic design, website set up, blog expertise and basic design for your Facebook pages and other marketing tools?  I have a solution for you…

Today I had the opportunity to interview Nola Cooper, owner of Nola Cooper Designs.   Nola has worked closely with me to help me with WordPress and graphic design for my own business.  If you preview the header at the top of this blog or go see my sidebar on my Facebook page, you will see the work of Nola Cooper.

In today’s interview, Nola discusses the difference between WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org.   She explains the difference between the free vs the hosting versions.  She also discusses the difference between posts and pages and how she can help you get your business of the ground using her various areas of expertise.

This 15 minute interview gives you an overview of Nola’s work and it is well worth listening to if you are thinking about spending more time building your business while outsourcing the other areas of your business to an expert in graphic design and more.

===>> To access the recording, just click here.

What do you think of outsourcing to get your business off the ground?  Please leave your comments below and share with us what you do to outsource.

Until next time, have a wonderful day,

Cindy

CLICK THE ARROW TO HEAR THE INTERVIEW

*****NOTE – THERE ARE SOME SKIPS IN A FEW SPOTS*****

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In my weekly “Working From Home” podcast, I spoke to Kate Williams, founder of Social Biz Local Biz.

Kate shares her experiences, challenges and successes as we learn about her home business.  She talks about her solutions for overcoming the sense of loneliness and how she conquered her computer issues.  Kate also talks about ways that she learned to network and become a part of a community, both online and offline.  She also shares her current success with new products and services and the launch of a Social Biz Startup Kit.

To get more information about Kate,  you can reach her on Facebook or through her blog.