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How To Make A Logo That Represents Your Company
April 03, 2007

by by Mahesh Mhatre

A Logo is the visual representation of your company. Your logo enhances the first impression of your business. There is a relationship between loyalty shared by your clients and the elegance of your logo. A lot of positive attributes of your business can be represented using your logo if its created with a little thought and creativity.

Steps to remember while creating a Logo

  • Do some research on various logos of other companies similar to yours.
  • Logo should be simple and clean.
  • It should represent the message you want to display
  • Dont use or copy someone elses Logo and tweak it to make yours. It should represent your unique entity.
  • Make your logo speak out the key benefits of your company
  • Do not use too flash looks unless you are related to the fashion world.
  • Hire a good designer dont try your luck with freelancers.
  • Use decent colors that represent your company.
  • A logo is once in a business time investment so dont be cheap on resources.
  • Make sure you copyright your logo once its completed.

There are many websites which offer logo creation for an extremely good price (Instalogo). You can create your own logo using logo creation softwares.

Hiring a designer. But don't hire someone just because of their bargain price. Find a designer who's familiar with your field . . . and with your competition. If the cost still seems exorbitant, Evenson says, "remember that a good logo should last at least 10 years. If you look at the redress of that cost over a 10-year period, it doesn't seem so bad."

Even if you have a good eye for color and a sense of what you want your logo to look like, you be necessitated still intercede a professional designer. Why? They know whether or not a logo design will transfer easily into print or onto a sign, while you might come up with a curvy design that can't be transferred or would cost too much money to be printed. Your logo is the siring of all your promotional materials, so this is one area where spending a little more now can really pay off later.

Shape of your logo

Logos come in all kinds of shapes. Circlular, Square, Triangular etc. While making a choice of the shape invision the best one that suits you.

Color Dictates A Logo
One thing you need to be meticulous of as you explore color options is cost. Your five-color logo may be gorgeous, but once it comes time to produce it on stationery, the price won't be so attractive. Nor will it work in mediums that only allow one or two colors. Try not to exceed three colors unless you decide it's absolutely necessary.Observe that some of those applications have limitations. Make sure you do a color study. Look at your logo in one, two and three-color versions.

The vibrance, elegance of the color chosen should be equally effective in all the the medias where it is published: signage, advertising, stationery, delivery vehicles and packaging, to name just a few. Make sure your logo potrays a perfect color combination to make a lasting impression on one's mind.

Spare some time for your Logo

However busy you are atleast spare 1-2 hours to go through all the designs created by the designer and make a suitable choice. Ask around for opinions. If you are selecting from a website like instalogo.com it will be far more easier.

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About the Author:

Mahesh Mhatre writes articles for Logo Design Firms like InstaLogo. Visit them to learn more at instalogo.com and smallbusiness.logoworks.com

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