Small businesses are using modern technology to do things efficiently. One such aspect which helps small businesses cut some spending is online marketing. This allows small businesses to spend less amount on marketing and more amount on product improvement and customer services.
However in order to properly market their products and services using the internet they would need a website of their own. Well if you are very desperate and can not afford then you can create your own website. However since you are a professional business who wants to make good impression on the clients then it is highly recommended that you hire a professional web design service.
A design is like a plan, it helps the object to get things done in the way that is planned carefully. In case of a website design, you need to focus your goals what are the things that you want to achieve from your logo design and how you want to achieve those things. This design plan will stick with your business and if you hire a professional you can simply extend and grow your website using the same design.
But if you are the person who designed their own business website and now is disappointed as to how they are not getting any response from their web activities. Then perhaps it is time for you to think about dumping your currently useless website. You can always get a professional web designer for a reasonable amount.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Boast Your Social Networking Skills
Small businesses and marketers are getting really excited about social media so many of them hop onto it and start adding friends to their profiles. After a while they realize that all the hard work they did when adding people to their lists is not paying off. Their friends, contacts and followers are not exactly buying their stuff and they are not clicking on their links. So basically what went wrong here?
Remember its social media its a kind of medium that is driven by people to people interaction you are not really interacting with people you are shouting at them and you just want your stuff to be heard and you don't want to listen anyone else.
Get Real on Your Social Networks
Make your social web activities genuine by actually interacting with people. Don't just add people randomly and forget about them. It is like invite someone to your party and not attending them at all. Thats rude and very unethical.
Make Real Contacts
It is a foolish technique to start adding people randomly. You need to make sure that the other person you are adding knows you if they don't then before adding them introduce yourself and try to learn more about them. Doing this will actually connect you with the people on your friends list.
Get Social
Definitely you want people to visit your links and like your activities, but why would they do that. Again social media is about people to people interaction so in order to get response from people on the stuff that you are posting, you need to respond to the stuff they have been posting. But remember don't just randomly start liking and retweeting other's people's updates. You need to make sure that you display a genuinely friendly interest in their activities. Check out how to be a better friend on facebook for more tips.
Following these three simple tips will help you earn many more friends on social networks and these friends will eventually help you succeed in your goals. To make them familiar with your brand or business identity it would be a smart choice to use custom made logo design on your profiles.
Remember its social media its a kind of medium that is driven by people to people interaction you are not really interacting with people you are shouting at them and you just want your stuff to be heard and you don't want to listen anyone else.
Get Real on Your Social Networks
Make your social web activities genuine by actually interacting with people. Don't just add people randomly and forget about them. It is like invite someone to your party and not attending them at all. Thats rude and very unethical.
Make Real Contacts
It is a foolish technique to start adding people randomly. You need to make sure that the other person you are adding knows you if they don't then before adding them introduce yourself and try to learn more about them. Doing this will actually connect you with the people on your friends list.
Get Social
Definitely you want people to visit your links and like your activities, but why would they do that. Again social media is about people to people interaction so in order to get response from people on the stuff that you are posting, you need to respond to the stuff they have been posting. But remember don't just randomly start liking and retweeting other's people's updates. You need to make sure that you display a genuinely friendly interest in their activities. Check out how to be a better friend on facebook for more tips.
Following these three simple tips will help you earn many more friends on social networks and these friends will eventually help you succeed in your goals. To make them familiar with your brand or business identity it would be a smart choice to use custom made logo design on your profiles.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
A Contest to win a free logo design
Logoinn has recently announced a monthly newsletter for small businesses. The newsletter will carry articles, tips and advice for small businesses and startups. Logoinn is in the logo design business for quite sometime now and during this time they had a chance to talk with many small businesses and startups about their marketing and branding needs.
According to the blog post containing the announcement of the launch of the logoinn's weekly newsletter, this communication with small businesses has made them learn about how small businesses are managing their marketing resources and spending money on branding and design.
But you see web is so full of websites and each one of them is publishing a weekly newsletter. Why you should subscribe to logoinn's monthly newsletter? Well here is why:
According to the blog post containing the announcement of the launch of the logoinn's weekly newsletter, this communication with small businesses has made them learn about how small businesses are managing their marketing resources and spending money on branding and design.
But you see web is so full of websites and each one of them is publishing a weekly newsletter. Why you should subscribe to logoinn's monthly newsletter? Well here is why:
- First of all it is not a weekly newsletter so you won't much mail into inbox.
- This newsletter is a sharing experience where they share what they learn with you for free.
- You get a chance to keep yourself up to date on latest trends in the small business marketing world.
- If you subscribe before 30th of September, you can win a free logo design.
Sunday, July 18, 2010
Why New Freelance Designers should Join Logo Design Contests
As a new freelancer in the market, you would have probably realized this by now that the competition in the logo design and graphic design industry is very tough. There are thousands of companies offering the same services at very competitive prices. In order to beat them all you need to come up with a strategy that defines the difference between you and the others in the industry and why the clients should hire you for their jobs. A quick way to get started on this way is by entering into logo design contests.
1. Build a Portfolio
By entering logo design contests you can create designs for actual organizations from across the globe and show these designs as a proof of the work you have done on your portfolio. Sometimes more famous and well known but volunteer driven and publicly funded organizations announce such contests. A job done for such a well known or well reputed organization would look impressive on your portfolio.
2. Build a Reputation
Since most contests are organized by charitable organizations or the organizations with causes, hence working with them puts you in a positive light. It builds your reputation as a professional concerned about the causes that matters the most to the global population.
3. Build a Social Network
Even though you might be working for free or at a very nominal cost for these organizations, rest assured that these organizations are well connected to more resourceful businesses. Many large and small businesses support these organizations and their causes and by working with them you get a chance to present yourself to a more lucrative market. Further communication with the people could introduce you to the businesses who might want to hire you for their other jobs.
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Word of Caution For Logo Design Contests
If you are organizing a logo design contest there are few things that you must consider. If you are serious about your business and wants to develop a unique brand identity for your business, then it is not a very good idea to get your brand identity by organizing a contest. The majority of these logo designers are from the developing nations in South Asia, China, Africa and Eastern Europe. So they do not comprehend the intellectual, creative, up-to-the-minute, and design requirements of businesses located in North America and Western Europe.
Since they labor on designs where there is no promise of imbursement, they are not likely to provide you very high quality outcome. In fact in order to earn a honest livelihood they must submit several designs per day and hope for the payment. Which means the work you get is of very low worth.
In order to rapidly create fresh logo designs, these logo design artists sloppily duplicate the ideas from other logo designs. This makes your logo design not so exceptional and original. Since a logo design acts as your business and brand identity it needs to be unique and custom made for your business. A logo design which does not fulfill these requirements is actually pointless for your business needs.
There are many lawful issues involved in competition designs. For example, the terms of your accord on these design portals evidently state that neither the portal nor the designer will be held accountable for any damages that may occur to you and your business. So if a designer steals someone else’s logo and they sue you for using their brand identity in your logo then there is no way for you to catch this logo designer and ask him to pay for the compensation.
Since they labor on designs where there is no promise of imbursement, they are not likely to provide you very high quality outcome. In fact in order to earn a honest livelihood they must submit several designs per day and hope for the payment. Which means the work you get is of very low worth.
In order to rapidly create fresh logo designs, these logo design artists sloppily duplicate the ideas from other logo designs. This makes your logo design not so exceptional and original. Since a logo design acts as your business and brand identity it needs to be unique and custom made for your business. A logo design which does not fulfill these requirements is actually pointless for your business needs.
There are many lawful issues involved in competition designs. For example, the terms of your accord on these design portals evidently state that neither the portal nor the designer will be held accountable for any damages that may occur to you and your business. So if a designer steals someone else’s logo and they sue you for using their brand identity in your logo then there is no way for you to catch this logo designer and ask him to pay for the compensation.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Logo Design Contests Are Considered Evil
There are many logo design artists, companies and bloggers who think that logo design contests are an evil shameful practice that must be discouraged. According to them these logo design contests announce a price which is often as low as $50 for a logo design and then they get concepts from many different designers from across the globe mostly from third world countries where $50 is not that low a price for a logo design.
What worries these logo designers the most is the economical burden it puts on them, they can not compete with contest designers. So instead they claim that the logo designs generally submitted to design contests are of very low quality and most often they are plagiarized.
One thing is that the organizations who arrange contests for logo design are generally not concerned that much about quality of the logo. They do not have brand building programs as huge as that of some medium sized wicked software solutions provider. Most of the time these organizations are non-governmental organizations, churches, small city governments, schools and colleges. To them a logo design needs to just represent their ideals and thats all they care about. They need something to print, and something to fill the gaps.
The contest designers should be treated as cheap labour, if you can't compete with them you can not restrain them from working cheap. They do it willingly and in fact what looks like pathetically low price for a logo design to Westerners could be low but to the designers in Africa or Asia this is a good price for a day or two's work.
Wouldn't it be best if the big shot designers spent their time on creating high quality designs to prove that better designs produce better results? Instead of trying to steal away the bread and butter from these poor designers who do not have that many opportunities in their countries.
What worries these logo designers the most is the economical burden it puts on them, they can not compete with contest designers. So instead they claim that the logo designs generally submitted to design contests are of very low quality and most often they are plagiarized.
One thing is that the organizations who arrange contests for logo design are generally not concerned that much about quality of the logo. They do not have brand building programs as huge as that of some medium sized wicked software solutions provider. Most of the time these organizations are non-governmental organizations, churches, small city governments, schools and colleges. To them a logo design needs to just represent their ideals and thats all they care about. They need something to print, and something to fill the gaps.
The contest designers should be treated as cheap labour, if you can't compete with them you can not restrain them from working cheap. They do it willingly and in fact what looks like pathetically low price for a logo design to Westerners could be low but to the designers in Africa or Asia this is a good price for a day or two's work.
Wouldn't it be best if the big shot designers spent their time on creating high quality designs to prove that better designs produce better results? Instead of trying to steal away the bread and butter from these poor designers who do not have that many opportunities in their countries.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Ashland, MA - Ashland Day Committee Logo Design Contest
The Ashland Day Committee from the city of Ashland Massachusetts has announced a custom logo design contest for students to design the 25th annual Ashland Day logo, which will be printed in white on royal blue T-shirts for the big day.
Submission can be sent to ashlandday@gmail.com in jpg format, or mail hard copies to the Ashland Day Committee, Town Hall, 101 Main St., Ashland, MA 01721.
Questions? Call Bill Gath at 508-989-0181. First Prize: $200 in savings bonds. Second Prize: $150 in savings bonds. Third Prize: $100 in savings bonds.
Bonds will be purchased through Middlesex Savings Bank.
Submission can be sent to ashlandday@gmail.com in jpg format, or mail hard copies to the Ashland Day Committee, Town Hall, 101 Main St., Ashland, MA 01721.
Questions? Call Bill Gath at 508-989-0181. First Prize: $200 in savings bonds. Second Prize: $150 in savings bonds. Third Prize: $100 in savings bonds.
Bonds will be purchased through Middlesex Savings Bank.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Pawtuxet Valley Chamber Of Commerce Announced Logo Contest
The historical Pawtuxet Valley's Chamber of Commerce and Tourism Center has announced a logo design contest. Prizes are a Dinner Gift Certificate for 2 at one of Pawtuxet Valley’s finest restaurants, an article and photo in the PVCC’s newsletter and local newspapers, guest at the PVCC's 12th Annual Dinner at Nino’s on Lake Tiogue, and a “Friend of the Chamber” membership.
Rules are simple any one above the age of 18 can submit as many entries as they want to be considered for the contest. Logo design should be unique and relevant to the historical. Designs should consist of at the most, four colors, one color being the background and the other three being ink colors.
Those submitting a design should attach an envelope on the back of each entry, include a note with their name, address, and telephone number. All entries are due by Friday, June 4, 2010 at Pawtuxet Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1192 Main Street, West Warwick, RI 02893. The Chamber’s Executive Board and Board of Directors will choose the winning entry.
For more information, call Executive Director Lauren Young at (401) 823-3349 or e-mail Lauren [at] pvccommerce.org
Rules are simple any one above the age of 18 can submit as many entries as they want to be considered for the contest. Logo design should be unique and relevant to the historical. Designs should consist of at the most, four colors, one color being the background and the other three being ink colors.
Those submitting a design should attach an envelope on the back of each entry, include a note with their name, address, and telephone number. All entries are due by Friday, June 4, 2010 at Pawtuxet Valley Chamber of Commerce, 1192 Main Street, West Warwick, RI 02893. The Chamber’s Executive Board and Board of Directors will choose the winning entry.
For more information, call Executive Director Lauren Young at (401) 823-3349 or e-mail Lauren [at] pvccommerce.org
Friday, March 26, 2010
Best Logo Design Contest Websites
Many freelance and small logo design companies take advantage of online logo design contests. These contests are particularly good if you are creating your portfolio, need new contacts to market yourself, or to help a certain cause. Due to social media marketing, it has become a very good approach to reach potential new clients. This blog, is particularly dedicated to inform you about the logo design contests.
However, we do realize that we can not cover the entire globe. As a designer you might want to take part in contests taking place in your region. So we decided that we should write a blog post with a list of some good online design contest websites where you can find information about logo design contests from all over the world.
DesignContest.Net
DesignContest is a place for contest organizers and designers to help each other out. You can find contests for logo design, web design and many other graphic design jobs.
99designs
99designs offers a platform for designers and organizations to organize and take part in design contests. It also accepts web design and other graphic design related contests. The best part about 99Designs is that it has a feature called "Guaranteed Prize" which ensures that winners will get paid the prize money promised.
Hatchwise
Another place for graphic and logo design artists to find design contests to take part in. Hatchwise is quite similar to 99designs in features. The minimum prize or price offered per project is $100 USD.
If you know anyother such websites please let us know by leaving a comment.
However, we do realize that we can not cover the entire globe. As a designer you might want to take part in contests taking place in your region. So we decided that we should write a blog post with a list of some good online design contest websites where you can find information about logo design contests from all over the world.
DesignContest.Net
DesignContest is a place for contest organizers and designers to help each other out. You can find contests for logo design, web design and many other graphic design jobs.
99designs
99designs offers a platform for designers and organizations to organize and take part in design contests. It also accepts web design and other graphic design related contests. The best part about 99Designs is that it has a feature called "Guaranteed Prize" which ensures that winners will get paid the prize money promised.
Hatchwise
Another place for graphic and logo design artists to find design contests to take part in. Hatchwise is quite similar to 99designs in features. The minimum prize or price offered per project is $100 USD.
If you know anyother such websites please let us know by leaving a comment.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Logo Design Contest in Kingston, NY
City of Kingston, NY is looking for a logo design for their Healthy Kingston for Kids project. The project focuses on child health issues particularly obesity epedemic in children. The project is specifically looking for designs submitted by local design artists.
The requirements for the logo design are that it should be simple and distinctively unique. It should express what the project is all about and what it is trying to achieve. It should be easily identifiable, remain clear at reduced size, can be used in color or black and white without losing clarity, and include a paragraph about how an area youth helped with the design idea.
The submission deadline is April 1, 2010. Entries should be submitted via email to aaz25@cornell.edu in jpeg format. For more details visit this webpage or call 340-3990.
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The requirements for the logo design are that it should be simple and distinctively unique. It should express what the project is all about and what it is trying to achieve. It should be easily identifiable, remain clear at reduced size, can be used in color or black and white without losing clarity, and include a paragraph about how an area youth helped with the design idea.
The submission deadline is April 1, 2010. Entries should be submitted via email to aaz25@cornell.edu in jpeg format. For more details visit this webpage or call 340-3990.
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Saturday, March 20, 2010
Logo Design Competition in Owego NY
The Owego Strawberry Festival is looking for a logo design. The comittee responsible for managing the community event has announced a logo design competition with a prize money of $150.
Owego is a village in Tioga County, NY. The population was 3,911 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is derived from the Iroquois word Ahwaga, meaning 'where the valley widens.
Owego is a village in Tioga County, NY. The population was 3,911 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Binghamton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The name is derived from the Iroquois word Ahwaga, meaning 'where the valley widens.
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Pro Portsmouth announced Children's Day Logo Competition
Pro Portsmouth, a Portsmouth, NH. is a non-profit organization dedicated to celebrating and sustaining the vitality of Portsmouth's arts, culture and history through events and community collaboration. Since last few years Pro Portsmouth is organizing a logo design competition for their Children's Day events. This year's announcement is located here and for more details and samples you can visit this page.
Pro Portsmouth is also looking for sponsors and volunteers. So if you can help please do so, Pro Portsmouth's community driven events are a good opportunity for businesses to get good image and exposure.
Pro Portsmouth is also looking for sponsors and volunteers. So if you can help please do so, Pro Portsmouth's community driven events are a good opportunity for businesses to get good image and exposure.
Logo Design Competitions - Subscribe to recieve updates
Logo Design Competitions is your source to stay informed about logo design competitions from all over the world. Such competitions are particularly helpful to graphic design students and new start ups so that they can show these logo designs on their portfolio. Many of these competitions also offer cash prizes, certificates, letter of recommendations or testimonials which you can later add on your portfolio or testimonials section on your website.
Submitting your work to such competitions also helps you grow your social network. Many nonprofit organizations announce such competitions and even though a designer does not get paid much but these organizations are well connected to the people you want to work with and a recommendation from them may help you in a long run.
Apart from that mentioning on your website that you provide services to nonprofit causes also creates a positive image of you or your business in the eyes of a potential client. So please subscribe this blog to stay informed about upcoming competitions.
Submitting your work to such competitions also helps you grow your social network. Many nonprofit organizations announce such competitions and even though a designer does not get paid much but these organizations are well connected to the people you want to work with and a recommendation from them may help you in a long run.
Apart from that mentioning on your website that you provide services to nonprofit causes also creates a positive image of you or your business in the eyes of a potential client. So please subscribe this blog to stay informed about upcoming competitions.
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