Certainly, the topic today is not new, but surely very controversial one. Being in this corporate world I would like to discuss the importance of logo design contests in a corporate world. The logo design awareness is on a rise and business owners are now very convinced about having a strong corporate identity. But this also brings in number of choices to get a logo design, leaving us confused in the end.

Crossing the basic debate about advantages and disadvantages of Spec work, I would like to highlight a new aspect. Recession has given birth to abundant small businesses, making them approach different logo design contest sites to get a new corporate identity within a limited budget.

Here I would like to ask a question to all the great names of logo design community and expect an honest answer… Is it wrong to get a logo from a contest site, in these low economy times?

Unquestionably, the success and failure of a business immensely relies on its corporate logos and a professional company logos should be our top priority. However, looking at the present economy crisis, when so many people are being laid off, not left with much choice except to start a small business to earn their bread and butter.

Big names of design community evidently oppose design crowd sourcing and ridiculously curse the spec work. Brand stack, Crowd Spring, Inc Spring, 99Designs, MycroBurst and many other such resources are crudely being blamed for supporting this trend of design contest sites. They believe that designers are paid too low on such sites and mostly their hard work is wasted.  I think before tagging the logo design contest sites as immoral and useless, they should consider the present economy breakdown. Every business owner cannot pay big prices of top designers and in such circumstances they are not left with much choice then these contest sites.

After sharing my verdict, I would like to know from you all if the present financial break down is a justifying reason to approach logo design contests and are they really beneficial?

Regardless to which industry you belong, having a professional logo is a must. Many people consider a logo to be a creative symbol and assume that critical professions like medicine and construction can survive well without a logo. To build a long term impression on our customers, it is important to have proper marketing strategy and here comes the necessity of having a professional logo. 

Corporate Logos go a long way with you to deliver the message of your organization. No matter what field or industry that your company is part of, the style of the logo is dependent on the service it is providing. Long gone are the days when people thought that Medical Logos don’t need to be artistic and only hues of blue, white and red can be only used for these logos. Don’t forget that these logos should be designed the same way as all other logos–with a good idea. 
However, here are some simple steps to help you come up with creative Medical Logos:

Now, to help you spark with a unique logo design, below are some creative medical logo designs.

• Use icons which signify stability and strength.
• Don’t follow the traditional concepts of construction logo designs.
• You can use lively colors and add creative aspect to the logo design.
• Don’t make the logo too busy with construction logo tools.
• The fonts should be clean and readable.
• It should have excellent resizing qualities.

• Be expressive.
• Be memorable.
• Be unique from competitors.
• Effective in every color (black and white too).
• Be scalable (readable in various sizes and media).
• Communicate product or service’s message and personality.
• Simple for the audience.
• Creates credibility.

Reasons to have a professional logo:

• Portrays your business in a positive and appealing manner
• Defines your business culture and nature to the outside world
• Makes your company stand exclusively among your competitors
• Presents your services/product in a unique way
• Conveys the right message about your business to potential clients
• Business logos are more capable to capture proficient customers

                  The MTV-owned cable channel, Nickelodeon has come a long way to be on the list of world famous brands, with big fan following from territories including Europe, the Middle-East, Russia and Asia. The channel aims to entertain children of ages 6 to 20 and is an important part of the golden memories of our childhood and teenage. Since its launch December 1, 1977 the Nickelodeon team thinks it’s high time that 30-year-old identity should be changed.

1) The memorable old “Nickelodeon Logo":

2) The New “Nickelodeon” Logo:

3) Why “Nick” wanted a new Corporate Identity?

Armin (from under consideration) inquired the reason of this change from Russell Hicks (executive vice president and creative director of Nickelodeon), who explained that internet has made kids very fast. They enjoy innovative and trendy stuff. Therefore, the 30-year-old identity had to change.

Nickelodeon today is a media enterprise that consists of multiple channels that air in 175 countries, a motion picture production company, an ever-growing online presence, and outlets of numerous consumer products. Therefore, the team working on the redesign was briefed how the new logo should compliment different upcoming projects (channels and divisions.)

4) Will you miss the old logo:( ?

Growing awareness for logos is getting logo designing companies busy with more projects and luring to win more customers. This call for tough competition has made logo design companies come up with cheap offers for logo designing.

Now, here defending the customers, I would probably say that they are not designers and don’t have an exact idea of corporate logos value. As you know, my blog aims to educate and share the realities of corporate world. Therefore, this time I decided to tell you why we should avoid chasing cheap logo design packages. 

Here are some valid and sensible points to stop you from getting proud of getting a logo designed from the Internet for $25.

It really itches me when the sweat and hard work of a logo designer is under estimated. I would like you review these stages of the logo design process and decide if it deserves its price. This is how the process goes:

Then arrives the happy ending of this process…if you have got your corporate logo designed from a professional company it will surely give you a reason to celebrate.