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I would always recommend a local graphic designer over Fiverr/outside of the country designer. First you support the economy and second they are usually not super creative and you won't differentiate yourself. You can find US based graphic designers on Fiverr though For very specific and task oriented projects, Fiverr can be the answer. I sometimes use it to speed up the process for tasks with low value or very specific like to vectorize a simple logo. (more)

So I'll give you my personal input and what's help me build 7 companies. You can go out and have business cards and brochures and all that great stuff. And I think that's valuable. But I'm always in the business of collecting friends and when you start a relationship off in the collection of Friends Business you will always be successful there are still people today that I talk to on the phone I've never done business with they take my calls because I was in the... (more)