Perhaps the most popular mid-range alternative

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Use A Logo
One of the more standard ways of differentiating a WordPress site from others that use the same theme, to make a site your own, is to use a logo instead of the standard headline text + font. If you’re on a tight budget, or you just like having the you can for example make your own, text only logo. Which might sound underwhelming, but by carefully selecting fonts and colors, you can create a very professional looking logo yourself.

To learn how to do this yourself, you can check Country Email List out this detailed how-to post that shows you how to create one from start to finish. (The blog is also an example of a very popular site that uses a text only logo, if that worries you.)





There are many places where you can get a logo cheaply, a popular but controversial bootstrap-budget alternative is Fiverr. Where in theory you can get a finished logo for 5 bucks. The thing about fiverr is that you don’t just submit you will have to do your own research and find a designer that has a track record of designing logos that look like exactly the kind of thing you might want. The wait is also often quite long. (Also it’s 5 bucks, so don’t expect a unique design, expect some fitting clipart along with text in a cool font.)

99 Designs, where you don’t hire a designer up front and then he/she designs it, no. At 99designs, you start a design competition, and you get to choose among lots of designs the one you feel resonates the most with you and your brand. It’s kind of like having the skills of a designer yourself, as through all the choices, you retain a lot of creative control.