As a graphic designer or even an entrepreneur, it is  important to showcase your work or services, and set yourself apart from the competition. Here are some great site to get you started in the right direction. Check out how these widgets can help the design of your website, portfolio, or social media sites today!

WidgetBox

This website provides all sorts of basic and some unique widgets for your personal blog such as Blogger, WordPress, and Tumblr. You can also upload it to you personal site such as Flickr and YouTube. From social networking widgets such as “Tweet Blender” for traffic tracing on Twitter, fun killing time widgets such as “Cyber-Pet” or “Drink of the Day”, or even everyday use widgets such as “Weather Widget”, there are many types of widgets on this site that can cater to your needs. You also have the option of creating your own widget.

MintBlogger

This site offers a condensed set of links to many useful widgets such as language translating widgets, traffic tracing (such as recent comments and posts), comment archiving widgets, labeling/tagging widgets, Picasa album hosting widgets, social book marking widgets, and even a Paypal donation widget. Each link will take you to the installation with a brief description of the widget you are about to install.

Mashable

This site is very similar in setup and design to that of MintBlogger in the sense that it offers various links to popular widgets to include on your blog or social networking websites. The links offered are more random then practical such as gas prices widgets, film looping widgets, famous painting display widgets, poll widgets, and even the latest books you’ve read widgets. Same as MintBlogger, each link will take you to the installation with a brief description of the widget you are about to install.

WebTrends

This site offer ten fun and unique widgets that help you pass the time (if you really have any more time to waste!). Widgets such as “Etch-A-Sketch”, “Magic 8 Ball”, “Secret Message Scratch Card”, and even “The Official Dilbert Widget” are just some of the interesting widgets being shown on this site.  Next to each link will be a brief description of what the widget is about and how it functions and the link will take you directly to the installation.

Bloggermint

This site offers practical and useful widgets links just like Mashable, such as recent posts widgets, subscription widgets, featured content widgets, and much more.  Each link will take you to the installation with a brief description of the widget you are about to install.