When talking about blog and website designs, the most integral part of it (aside from the template) is the logo. Let me ask you a question. How many websites/blogs get into your mind just by seeing their customized logo? How many online brands do linger on your mind by just getting a glimpse of their logo? The truth is that logos, at some point could either ‘make or break’ your brand.
A lot of people surprisingly, undervalue the impact of it. Some do even prefer not to include a logo to their websites! Let alone the content speak for itself eh? Anyways, if you have a website or blog and don’t have a custom logo then you may want to consider getting one now. If you have one yet a part of your mind is boggling you that it kinda sucks, then you may want to read this post more as this is exactly for you. Ok, you’re logo might suck probably because:
- It’s a plain text – Oh yea! Not surprising. Even if you probably use the best looking jargonized font in the world (like Arial?), still its not going to work out, believe me. Some people however do a mix of both text and image and compile them together into a .png or something file. But again if yours’ is plain text, then please change it.
- You got it from Google Image Search – There is probably nothing worse than a logo that has been downloaded from Google Image Search, saved into the harddrive and uploaded to the ftp. Holy moly! Not even a kid playing miniclip games would get attracted to that.
- You got it for FREE – Ok this one may cause argument and stuffs, but lets face it. Unless you’re as famous as Mr.Chow you wouldn’t get a quality logo that is free of charge. Most good to great designers giving free logos usually got to famous people and thats because they have reason to. If you’re thinking your logo is ugly and remembered that it came free then drop that one please…
- It’s Your Face – What the hecking d-bag! I know a lot probably is going to disagree with me anew but unless you are Barack Obama or LeBron James then you should never ever put your face as your logo. I don’t care if you’re as good looking as myself an artist or as ugly as heck but please. What’s my proper reasoning? People don’t care with the owner or the one managing it, they care about the brand, the blog itself. It’s better to recognize an object than a face.
- Its in .bmp, .jpg format – Bitmap files are so big and bulky and all of you know it. But why .jpg or.jpeg? Jpg format is usually a quality lower than a .gif or a .png and on some browsers it shows up crappy. Come on, converting that to a more suitable format is not a hard thing to do!
- Totally Unrelated – A logo usually portrays what the blog or website is all about. Here in this blog, by just looking at the logo you’d easily get that the blog is a ‘make money online’ blog owned by Melvin right? 😉 Just make sure it connects to your content properly. If youre blogging about basketball then don’t make Eric Cartman as your logo.
- It’s Animated – Im a big hater of animated logos and stuffs. Is there any popular website/blog using an animated logo? If none is the answer then I already justified why.
Again, logo is just a part of a site. Most would again run into me saying it’s not the most important. Who says its the most important anyway? Logos are part of designs and design is a part of building an attractive blog/website/online brand. Is there anything that you would like to add?
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Melvin Reply:
August 22nd, 2009 at 3:14 am
hey thanks. I was about to ignore this one when I realized the error was in the title. 😉
“Your Logo might suck” I used to have a logo with my face… but I use my own name for my blog. As I changed my theme, I had to remove it, and now, I’m about to design a new logo for my blog soon.
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Guilty as charged! For some reasons I still use a standard version of the premium Thesis theme with simple text as a logo.
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Logo is very important. I tried to make a logo myself. Do not know if it looks good but I think it needs more improvement.
Anyways Logo represents your brand and you surely would like a nice name/brand of yours on Internet.
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Make Money Online Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 3:09 am
Logos are extremely think to think of and make!
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According to me Text logos are cool for blogs.
Even a small symbol would do but when you try more than that it doesn’t look pro.
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Make Money Online Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 3:10 am
It really depends on the theme of the blog in my opinion. I currently have text for my logo, but I’m going to change it very soon.
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I am guilty of most of the things you mentioned here. True enough, logos are an important part of a blog site especially if you want to create a brand in the blogosphere.
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This is something that I still do not have on my blog coz first, I don’t really know how to make one, and second, I don’t have the time to make one.
Elmot = guilty!
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Melvin Reply:
August 24th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
i believe first, you can pay someone to do it for you. Second, im sure you have friends who are photoshop geeks.. 🙂
I know that the logo of my blog suck because I just made it from using Paint. I have no choice since new version of Photoshop doesn’t work with my old OS. My old Photoshop isn’t working anymore.
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Melvin Reply:
August 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
uhm you can use coreldraw instead then.
Logos are very important and they are the first thing people notice about the site and it gives the first impression of a site. Also its important for branding and getting your site out there.
Make Money Online Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 3:10 am
Definitely, branding is extremely important.
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Hi Melvin,
I agree completely. I have noticed that blogs that I have been too lazy to make a decent logo for have suffered.
It’s better to spend longer on a site and get it looking nice, starting with the logo… Quality over quantity.
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Essentially what you need to be aware of is to think like your visiter, instead of yourself & rest of details as mentioned by Melvin should be good combination of thinking right for blogging & acting right for blogging. A very contributing post indeed!
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I agree for the most part about everything you’ve said. I use my face as part of the branding and I’m not as good looking as you are but it has definitely helped. Although I do have to say that I use my face because my shirt advertises the blog and there is a logo that goes with it. I love the post though, good job!
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Will work on my new logo ASAP.
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I’m sure my everything blog has a stinky ‘logo’. Come to think of it, it’s not really a logo. Oh, well, I am known for my backgrounds on many sites so, I’ll live with it for now.
I had to giggle because once you said your Logo is About Making Money, I had to check again because just seeing your logo I thought it was a car blog. Oops.
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How amazing, Heather Armstrong of dooce.com doesn’t have a logo and yet she is number 26 on Forbe’s most influential women in media – http://tinyurl.com/nt7bcn. On top of that, her masthead is…OMG…a JPG!!!! Maybe with your “expert” advice she could move up a notch on Forbe’s list.
I hate my logo and my logo still sucks even though I have a custom logo, others seem to like it which I guess is what really counts.
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Make Money Online Reply:
September 12th, 2009 at 3:12 am
Often times your logo doesn’t necessarily has to be something you like, but rather what’s appropriate for the content.
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true…great logo is very important…it keeps your blog distinct
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true…logo makes your blog distinct
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I supposed that you will certainly receive many free traffics from others promoting your atcile in the process.