A logo for your business is as important as your standard operating protocol, your store front, and even the people that you hire to interact with your potential customers. Why is a logo so important? The reason is simple: your logo is how people will identify your brand. When you drive down the road, browse the internet, or even watch television you are bombarded with logos and you generally don’t even have to read the text to find out who is associated with the logo, you just know because those logo’s quickly and easily identify the company that they belong to. You need to identify your brand too, and you can with free logo design.
Perhaps you have thought that you would do without a logo because you aren’t really the graphic design type or perhaps you just thought it was too costly to create a logo. This could not be further from the truth. Here is a list of my favorite free logo design websites:
VistaPrint
With the Vista Print logo solution you will quickly and easily be able to create your own logo to your exact specifications, where you choose the size, colors, and text choices that best suit your needs and the message that you are trying to convey to your target audience. It really is a simple resource for you to turn to with limited skills and budget. A two prong approach is all that this free logo design source will require and you can get started by visiting http://www.vistaprint.com/logo-design/add-text.aspx today!
You have to complete 6 steps to create your logo.
1st: Enter your company name or a text
2nd: Choose your industry and a style. You will see different logo concepts from which you can choose.
3rd: You have to choose your font. 20 different font types are available.
4th: Choose the text effect.
5th: The color of your logo.
6th: Completed Logo.
Advantage:
- It’s easy to use. Everybody can create their own logo.
- You can add the logo directly on all the products VistaPrint sales.
Disadvantage:
- You have to pay $29.74 to download the high-quality PDF and JPEG print-ready formats of your logo.
This is the result of my free logo design creation.
LogoMaker
With LogoMaker you can design your logo for free without downloading any software. This tool was created by one of the biggest logo design companies in the USA (Logoworks). That’s the reason why you can choose from a lot of different high quality icons in this design tool.
Advantages:
- A lot of different high quality icons you can choose from.
- The tool has more options to design your logo than VistaPrint. For example you can choose your own color for the icon and the company name.
- When you have purchased the logo you can put it on a lot of different promotional products they sell
Disadvantage:
- LogoMaker is a little bit more difficult than the tool from VistaPrint.
- You have to purchase your logo for $49. Only the web logo is free (You have to place a link back to their website)
This is the result of the LogoMaker design tool:
Conclusion
All the “free” logo design tools mention above are not really free. You can design a logo for free but when you want to get the logo you have to pay for it. The advantage is that you can create a logo which you will definitely like. For the small businesses and freelancer it’s a way to save money. I think for other businesses it’s better to order professional logo design created by designers who know their jobs. Than you will get 100% unique logos which free tools can never offer.
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