I went the professional route with a local designer who I've seen super work from. She's giving me a great rate and I can't wait to post my new logo!

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Jonna
JP Virtual Solutions

Originally Posted by Jonna

I went the professional route with a local designer who I've seen super work from. She's giving me a great rate and I can't wait to post my new logo!

Oh that's good news Jonna! Looking forward to seeing your new logo :-)

Best,
Carlana

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Carlana Charles - Ciboney Virtual Solutions
Web: http://ciboneyvirtual.com Blog:http://ciboneyvirtual.com/blog

I got my logo done professionally...Christina Raimondo. She is on the net. She did my jewelry design logo as well as Gal FriDee...she did a wonderful job and wasn't real expensive.

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www.GalFriDee.com
...Your Virtual Right Hand

I actually hired someone to do my logo for me, and I was NOT happy with the process. They were far more interested in doing what they thought I should do rather than what I wanted. They did not listen to me at all and I essentially fired them. They did good work, but the process was seriously messed up! They kept telling me that my color choices were "tired" and that what I wanted was too cliche.

I've been working with graphics editing in PhotoShop for over 10 years, so I figured I could handle some simple logo design.... and I did it myself.

I've since been asked to create 5 logos, so I figure that I have an eye for it, even though I think what I do is very, very simple. I can't draw, but I have been learning the tools in Illustrator and I do well enough.

This is the one I developed for my own business:



Critiques are welcome!! Everyone close to me says they like it, but then I think, "Well you're biased... of course you like it."

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Marian Harmon, Certified Virtual Assistant
www.crossmydesk.com

You are in business and it's important you reflect as professional an outlook as possible. Pay for it to be done. The expense is a taxable item and you'll feel much better about it and less tempted to keep trying to change it.

I worked with this one for 14 years:


but over the past 18 months or so have been working with a new one too:



As I began updating my website and providing other services that had similar logos created.

I forgot to post it! Here's my business card that my friend Sherry (www.paws4thought.us) designed for me, she also did my logo.

Click Here To See it!

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Jonna
JP Virtual Solutions

Excellent Jonna!

I actually sketched my logo and asked a friend/graphic designer to render it for me digitally so that it was black on white background and white on black background. I did that so that when I want to have some tshirts printed with my logo on it, I can be selective with tshirt colors other than just white.

Can't wait to see your image!

Congrats!

Originally Posted by Jonna

I went the professional route with a local designer who I've seen super work from. She's giving me a great rate and I can't wait to post my new logo!

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Kathya Kalinine
http://www.emeraldvirtual.com

Jonna, your designer did a really nice job!

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Marian Harmon, Certified Virtual Assistant
www.crossmydesk.com

Jonna, nice job! It looks great! Kudos to you!

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Kathya Kalinine
http://www.emeraldvirtual.com

Originally Posted by virtualcreative

I have been thinking about using a photo for my logo, something that would represent a meaningful image to me. That way I don't have to pay a designer or try to figure out how to design it myself. I'm combing through istock photos. They have a ton of images.

I currently us a cross between Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Publisher 2007 (which can be used for ebc's; electronic business cards, as well as a logo).

I had a recent discussion with a colleague, he said the best type of logo and or business card in our industry, is one with your picture on it. I asked him to explain to me in detail the reasoning behind this (giving out the basics here).

Business cards that are considered a mini-ad layout aka the Olgivy five step layout: http://desktoppub.about.com/od/ads/ss/ogilvy.htm, are more apt to be remembered and recognized.

In our type of industry, I can see the importance of using a visual, such as a picture of the owner/VA.

My two cent's worth.