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Thanks.  You are great about giving people positive feedback.  It is appreciated!

- J.





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Jeff Fisher | Jeff Fisher LogoMotives | Tweet! Tweet!

I agree with most everything said in this discussion.
I would strongly recommend having a professional graphic designer design your logo.

Things to remember:

1. Know your brand positioning.
2. A brand is more than just  a logo.

3. You get what you pay for.

Even with tight budget, try to set aside an good amount for developing your brand identity. First impressions are everything.
A well designed brand identity will let you launch with your A game as opposed to a B or C game. That is important these days with an ever increasing amount of competition in the marketplace.
A well designed brand will expand with you as you grow your business.

Rebranding, is always infinitely more expensive then having a great brand image to start with.



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Mary Hutchison Design LLC design + strategy + counsel 206.407.3460 info@maryhutchisondesign.com

Hi we`re new to this forum and hope to gain a lot and give a lot.

We recently used elance.com for some of our logo projects and website scripting.  Good deal and you have a good deal of competition between people and their services.

 

--albert

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Thanks for everyone`s great comments and discussions. I just visited StartupNation after not being on in awhile and saw all the great comments. I am heading out of the country for a few weeks and am going to definitely nail down what exactly what I want my brand and logo to convey and will definitely be using all of your advice and potentially some of your services. Is there a way to set up automatic emails to be notified when someone has replied to comments on the SN forums?

A serivice just launched which I think startups will find interesting. It adresses all advice given in these posts and then some. You can browse a repository of logo designs and see if there is something you connect with there for you and buy it on-line straight away. Delivering inside of 24 business hours.
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| Marko van der Puil | www.brains4all.com | Brains4All - Internet Consultants |

I am just starting up a new business at http://www.logostick.com and am wondering if anyone has any ideas about how I can grow the business.

Jason,

This is going to sound like a simplified answer but.......be prepared to pay for placement on your major internet search engines.

You have a nice looking website and a good offer. Love the "before and after" You need to be noticed now and get some much needed feedback and a really strong portfolio for use on your website.

Check out Googles pay per click adwords program (or any of the other programs offered by major search engines. Work with it for awhile and tweak it until you see the results you`re looking for.  It costs to really get to the top, but if you don`t do something your business will be lost to dozens of other companies that do pay to advertise their site.

There are other ways to reach business, but this might be the quickest way to get noticed and see results.

I`m sure others will share what they have been able to do for effective exposure as well.

Good luck to you. Let us know how things progress.

~Eric

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~Eric
JE Design Group, LLC
If all you do is what you`ve done, then all you`ll get is what you`ve got.
www.jedesigngroup.com

Wow, I really like your site.  The demo on the How it Works page is excellent, very simple and straightforward.  I would concentrate your SEO on the do-it-yourself keywords as opposed to paying for someone else to do your logo for you.  That is a key differentiator for you.  Also, you may want to offer some tips about design basics or aesthetics to help people come up with some concepts.  I don`t know if it is feasible to make a few suggestions for clients to get them started, but I think that would help peolple who don`t have a great comfort level at designing.  Good luck to you.

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Very nice looking site.  You have great flash effects.

I think the best way to get noticed is to partner with another company that has mutual interests.  They will give you better promotion and it`s a much higher return than pay-per-click.  For example, create free logos for a company like startup nation and they will give you a testimonial or referral.

It`s important to know how many visitors hit your competitors` sites. Try this link to see traffic stats for logoloft.com.

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Warmest regards,

Michelle Waldorf -- eSeller Street -- eBay Market Research

Could you do something with places like Kinko`s, or franchised printing companies? You know how people in a larger, diversified area of expertise make recommendations, outsourcing the small jobs.

Printing shops usually can help with layout, but they don`t typically get into the creative side of designing a logo. Maybe you would work out a commission deal for referrals?