I’ve been thinking a bit about positioning for a project that I’ve been working on. Doing some research I came across a couple of videos featuring Jack Trout, one of the co-authors of Positioning: The Battle for Your Mind. In…
Kevin Plank, like so many successful entrepreneurs, saw a problem and began tinkering with ideas that would solve it. He hated how the cotton t-shirts he wore under his pads as a football player at the University of Maryland would…
Last week’s post about how science proves a logo design can make a difference for your business got us thinking… What do scientists know about which logo design styles are best? Turns out there is a study that looked at…
“Do I really need a logo for my small business? I’m just getting started.” That’s a question we get a lot. And while getting a logo design may not be the first thing you do when starting up, you should…
Do you need a logo design for your small business? There are plenty of options for getting one, including our easy-to-use, do-it-yourself design tool. But our tool isn’t right for everyone. Your business may be better off with a logo…
Phil Knight discovered he was an entrepreneur while sitting in a small business class at Stanford School of Business. “That class was an ‘aha!’ moment,” he said. “[the professor] defined the type of person who was an entrepreneur—and I realized…
[Updated April 23, 2019] One of the problems with running a small business is that it is too easy to make design mistakes that make you look small. You may not have a marketing staff or design team or even…
We’ve written before about how to add your logo to the signature in both Gmail and Apple Mail. Today we tackle adding your logo to the biggest email program of all—Microsoft Outlook. It’s easy to do and helps keep your…
[Updated February 19, 2019] Over the past few years, we’ve given a lot of advice about creating a logo design. We’ve provided insight on design best practices, as well as design mistakes to avoid. Here are a few more tips to…
A few weeks ago, in his Monday Morning Memo, Roy Williams asked the question: How much do your name, logo, and color scheme really matter? His answer: A little. Mr. Williams points out that a company can succeed more than 50…