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10 Tips For Designing A Better Logo

This is a guest post by Buytemplates. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here.

Designing logos is just like any other design work; to be professional, you will have to pay attention to details. Even a great idea can be ruined if you miss out on some simple things. The following 10 tips will help you make an effective logo for your business.

1. Find out the various mediums where your logo is going to be used, because this will also have a say in the limitations on how complex the logo is. It is not a good idea to have a detailed or illustrated design for a logo that will be placed as embroidery on a uniform, as it wouldn’t be clear.

2. Do as much research as possible. This stage doesn’t actually involve any design skills however it is important as it makes sure that you understand and get to know your client’s products, services, and rivals better; this will also make sure that you don’t finish up with a logo identical to those of your customer’s competitors.

3. Your main concern as in designing the logo is to distinguish your client from competitors and other brands. So your design should be able to distinguish and communicate adequately; it should not be one that attempts to doll up things.

4. You should ensure that logo also works all right in black & white.

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5. It is not compulsory that you should demonstrate the firm’s products or services on the logo. This is true especially when customers can identify from the name itself what the business is all about.

6. The logo you design should reveal more about the company’s culture than the industry. This makes sure a more personalized logo that is custom-built. The logo shouldn’t be a generic one that all the companies in a particular industry can make use of.

7. The logo should be made in such a way that it is scalable without missing the detail; it must be identifiable even when scaled down and used on smaller promotional mediums, like visiting cards.

8. Keep the icon simple and straightforward. Your job is to design an icon, not some wall painting.

9. Avoid using all the free fonts on the web for your logos.

10. Don’t be afraid to use a new approach. There is nothing wrong in standing out from the crowd. You don’t have to go with the latest fashion in Logo design.

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Beep in mind, fashion keeps changing all the time, but a logo is one that is going to stay forever.

Creating a good logo and unique tag line are important in producing a brand that presents the ideal representation for your firm. If your logo is clear-cut and unique, and if people visit your web site frequently, people will relate your logo with your business. When completed as it should be, a logo is one of the easiest ways to create an impact on your brand name. So remember the above tips and start designing a great logo.

About the Author:
Buytemplates is a notable website that offers professional and reasonably priced web templates for a variety of internet site needs. The website offers resources on Vista Icons and ebay templates along with various other web products for corporate, Business, real estate, entertainment, e-commerce, health, hosting, and much more.

Author GuestPosted on June 17, 2010June 17, 2010Categories DesignTags Brand, business, client, Design, logo, research, TipsLeave a comment on 10 Tips For Designing A Better Logo

College Forum Logo/Banner Design

I was looking through many of the contests going on around the blogosphere, and many mails hitting my inbox offering free logo designs. But I am satisfied with my present logo design. Its Logo-Technotip.orgprobably because the present logo of Technotip.org was designed by myself and I might be biased because of that. Anyway, if you feel the logo as not so good, then feel free to comment below this article, so that we can take a closer look.

Today I wanted to share the logo’s/Banners, that I had designed long back when I was studying my degree(BCA — Bachelor of Computer Applications). We had the plan of starting the college forum, and the logo/banner(both logo and banner are same for my college people, they just shrinked the size of the banner and called it as logo! So I will use these two words alternatively, eventhough they are different!) designing responsibility fell on me. At that time I dint know anything about designing, photoshop etc, but still agreed and managed to design some awesome logo’s. It is when I learnt a lot of things about logo designing.

Here are some of the logo’s: It will take some time to load, your patience appreciated. Thanks
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The banners are designed with the dimensions: 1024 x 742. So click on the above banners to view full screen.
Also please use the below comment section to comment about the banner design, also mention which one you like the most.

Our College name is B.I.H.E(Bapuji Institute of Hi-Tech Education) Place: DAVANGERE. Forum name: Emulous(meaning: Eager or ambitious to equal or surpass another). Course: BCA

Author SatishPosted on April 7, 2009April 7, 2009Categories BloggingTags Banner, BCA, BIHE, College, Davangere, Design, Forum, logo11 Comments on College Forum Logo/Banner Design

Photo or Gravatar next to comments on WP

For people who comment on other blogs:-
Its a simple thing for some advance internet users, but I am sure that most of the people are not yet sure about how to get a pic or gravatar next to their comments on some WordPress(which allows showing gravatar ofcourse!) blogs.

Here is the simplest way, which will take just 2 or 3 minutes(depending on your internet connection speed 🙂 ).

gravatarGoto Gravatar.com(acquired by automattic), Click on SignUp.
photo-upload-gravatarYou will just need a valid email ID, as you will receive a confirmation email including a link that will activate your account and allow you to set your password. After activating your account, login and goto “Add an Image“, now you will be presented with some options to upload a photo to your account. Upload an image that you want to show beside your comment. People who want to create their brand awareness, will use their website logo. And some others who want to show their photo beside the comment can upload their photo.
You can even use the same account(therefore the same images) to multiple email IDs. Just click on “Add an Email Address” link and you can add another email ID.
Now while commenting on blogs which show gravatar next to the comments, use the email ID that you used to signup with Gravatar.com. You can use any of the email ID’s that you have added to your Gravatar.com account, this will automatically show your uploaded image beside your comments. WordPress will automatically retrieve the photo and show it on the blog.




For blog owners:-
If your theme does not have gravatar enabled by default, then here is a simple trick using which you can integrate it. Add below code in comment.php file

to show the gravatar wherever you want to show them. You can use styling by adding some css class.

Plugin for blog owners:-
If you don’t want to go through the hurdle, just use WP-Gravatar plugin upload and activate it and you will be ready with the gravatar enabled comment section instantly 🙂

There are many other services and methods to show gravatar, but this one is the best and the widely used one.
Please share your knowledge in the comment section. Do you know any tips, tricks, hacks or anything regarding gravatar ?

Author SatishPosted on March 22, 2009July 26, 2009Categories TutorialTags Brand, comments, Gravatar, How-to, logo, Photo1 Comment on Photo or Gravatar next to comments on WP

YouTube Logo Colour Scheme Changed? — Not Really

I got email from my friends who said me — “Hey YouTube logo has been changed, you write about it first on your blog, so that you rank well”. Thanks for their concern.

But actually the logo colour scheme has been changed only for one day. The green colour logo is to show its support to Saint Patrick’s Day. No official mention, but yet I am confirmed that YouTube have no intention to change its logo.

I am writing this post mainly to show my support for the Green and to share below screen shot with you people.
youtube-green-logo-Saint-Patrick's-Day

St. Paddy’s Day or simply Paddy’s Day, is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick, one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17.

The day is the national holiday of Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland and Montserrat. In Canada, Great Britain, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand, it is widely celebrated but is not an official holiday.



As part of celebration people wear green dress, eat Irish food and/or green food, take Irish drink (such as Irish stout, Irish Whiskey or Irish Cream). Don’t you think now a days people have started celebrating by eating, dressing and drinking rather than really helping to build the real green, the Nature. Just my wage thoughts 🙂
Anyway, Happy Saint Patrick’s Day.

Author SatishPosted on March 17, 2009March 17, 2009Categories GeneralTags Colour, Green, logo, Saint Patrick’s Day, Youtube1 Comment on YouTube Logo Colour Scheme Changed? — Not Really

Do you love GMail? Then you may Love these Stickers too

Previously we wrote article when Adsense Stickers were sent to us. After that we also wrote when Google decided to send FeedBurner flame logo. It just shows that, we very much like the idea of making someone stick to our blog/product/service/brand, let it be in online world or in the offline wold.

We just love the T-shirts with our blog logo, ecards with logo etc.

Now GMail(Beta!), team has made some GMail stickers and they will send it on your way, if you take a step or two to get it!

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Source: GMailBlog

One of three bookplate style stickers you can stick on anything from the inside of a favorite book to your laptop or your skateboard. (Trading with friends is encouraged — we realize the unicorn isn’t for everyone.) And there’s a sheet of keyboard shortcut stickers intended as a tool to help people learn Gmail’s shortcuts. The adhesive is a bit more removable than standard stickiness, so you can take them off once you’ve trained your fingers.

To Get The Stickers:
Just send a self-addressed stamped envelope (along with a note if you’re so inclined) to:
Send me some Gmail stickers already
P.O. Box 391420
Mountain View, CA 94039-1420

If you are really interested to get these Stickers, then don’t delay. They are giving one sticker per person, and they may go out of stock soon, as there are many GMail fans.

We are sticking our envelop, its almost ready to be sent(Oops its Saturday night now, and post service will be off for Saturday & Sunday!).
Those stickers are really looking interesting for us. What do you think about them?

Author SatishPosted on December 6, 2008Categories GoogleTags Branding, Gmail, logo, mail, Stickers3 Comments on Do you love GMail? Then you may Love these Stickers too

Get FeedBurner flame logo mailed to your home

Its great to receive a gift from our loved ones. We love FeedBurner(a great and Free service from Google) and a flame logo(schwag) on our laptop would be great.

sticker-feedburner-flame The term schwag refers to all manner of logoed stuff given away by companies to get people to remember them, feel good about them etc, in short its a Branding trick or marketing trick or marketing strategy.

The FeedBurner flame, the Laptop Sticker: It’s round. It’s colorful. It’s precisely the size of something you need.

To get this mailed to your destination by snail mail way, of course, Send a self-addressed stamped envelope and the sticker is yours. It’s that easy. Here is the address:

Google
c/o I Want A FeedBurner Sticker!
20 West Kinzie Street
9th floor
Chicago, IL 60610
USA

Now to those who think that, they need to put US stamps on the self-addressed envelope!…you should put your country stamps and not US stamps. For sending from India, it costs less than a dollar.

Get more details in feedburner blog.

Also read the article, Google Goodies and Goodness.

It would be fun to get these kind of logos, especially for those who have not yet received their Adsense(or any other) first cheque!

And please remember that, this article is mainly to remind you that, you can also brand your blog with a good looking logo. Offline blog promotion works great for many bloggers. Hope you can give it a try.

Please share your thoughts about Offline blog promotion in the comment section.

Author SatishPosted on August 26, 2008Categories GoogleTags feedburner, logo, mail, marketing, stickerLeave a comment on Get FeedBurner flame logo mailed to your home

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