The price of a Logo

fireboat · #1 (**permalink**) 05-26-2007, 12:51 AM

I've been reading the past posts in this forum for a few days now... learning lots of things about what makes a logo effective and ineffective... reading critiques and reviews of the logos you've all posted... excellent stuff.

I'm an eBook author and I made a Website for my eBook. And I created a logo that is... absolutely terrible. I mean, when I first made it, I thought I did a pretty good job. But when I compare my logo to the logos of my competitors, mine seems like it was created by someone with no computer-artistic talent.

(You can see my logo at: Guide to Getting the Teaching Job of Your Dreams - Homepage ). It's basically various fonts that spell out the title of a book on a yellow background.

I tried to update it... make it better.... REALLY I did... but the truth is.... I stink at making logos.

So I did some searches on "professional logos". And I can find some great professionals that will create logos for me, but the problem is they cost a FORTUNE. I can't spend 300 bucks on a logo when I only sell an ebook or two a week-- It's not that I'm being cheap, but I'd never make up the cost. I'm just a little guy who makes less than 20 bucks a week selling eBooks.

So I guess my question is this: Where can I find someone who makes nice logos at a a (relatively) inexpensive price? I suppose I would pay 40 bucks or so.... but there's no way I could spend hundreds.

I'd prefer something light and somewhat cartoonish... but still professional-looking. I don't like eBooks that have pictures of hard-copy books on their site-- I think that's misleading. Something that sort of blends with the site's layout and color scheme would be ideal.

Anyway... any ideas where I can turn to find a good logo designers that don't cost a fortune?

Thanks in advance for any and all replies.

- Fireboat

Vitaly · #2 (**permalink**) 06-04-2007, 08:43 AM

I think you can find designer who just starts his career and he/she will design you a good but inexpensive logo.

**ctabuk** · #3 (**permalink**) 06-04-2007, 09:38 AM

E- mail local Schools - Offer a $40.00 prize for the best design. Give the winning student a 'credit'

doughdo · #4 (**permalink**) 08-15-2007, 03:08 PM

yes, i agree. an online contest would probably work out great. good luck!

kgun · #5 (**permalink**) 08-26-2007, 11:28 AM

I think the best logos are made in Adobe Photoshop by an artist. There are though a lot of premaid logos online, that you can modify with your own text on it and some are free:

Examples

KW search:

"free logo" OR "free logo design"

or variations thereof.

And when you design your company logo, it is important to think of your websites favicon.