Saturday, June 12, 2010

A Design Contender for Our New Logo

We're working with some talented designers to come up with a new logo for SMARTSTARTCoach.com. Here's what the talented crew a idesignyourlogo.com came up with.

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Here's the story they crafted around our project to communicate it on their blog:

Do you know what the only difference is between Evan Williams (co-founder of Twitter) and you? Ok, that’s really not a fair question to ask. There are a ton of differences. I guess that he probably looks different than you, talks different and unless you’re his roommate, he probably lives somewhere different than you.

Alright, let’s rephrase that question.

Do you know the only reason why Evan Williams has a billion dollar company and you don’t? He didn’t let anything get in his way of starting it.

There you have it. That’s one of the keys to success, and it was absolutely free. You can pay me in hugs in kisses later, after you’re extremely successful.

If you didn’t know already, Tony and I have another business called Idea Heroes. It’s an advertising and idea generation consultancy. But really, what we do is come up with ideas for other people/companies to run with. And, that’s the key. Running with it.

There is some ridiculous percentage of people that have great ideas and never do anything with them. And sometimes, that’s all it takes. Just do something with your great idea. Don’t sit on it any longer. You’ll never know if Google was going to buy your business for $3 billion dollars if you never take the first step. Jump. Dive. Hit go. Whatever you need to do, do it.

So, why do people sit on their ideas? I’m not an expert on this subject, but my best guess is fear. Fear of failure, fear of success, fear of the unknown, etc.

So, if you’re one of those people who is just sitting on that great idea. I have a recommendation for you. Linda Lopeke and SmartStartCoach.com.

SMARTSTART helps to show small business owners, online entrepreneurs and information marketers just like you how to take their business ideas from concept to delivery, market themselves online and create a sustainable success story.

The great part is, they’ve packaged it all up so that you don’t have to pony up $10,000 for a personal coach. Linda (the foremost expert) has put all of her knowledge into an educational package that you can tap into for a fraction of the cost.

No more fear. Just like those old “redneck” t-shirts of the 80’s used to say. “No Fear”. There are no longer going to be any excuses for why you don’t get off your butt and start that darn business. Besides, why be afraid of being successful? That’s the one thing that you should be looking forward to the most.

Obviously, it’s without saying, Tony and I are big fans of taking an idea and making it happen. Any way that I person can get from point A to point B, we endorse.

Here’s what you need to know. Linda Lopeke is your answer, her site is here. Now go.

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Then they had folks vote on the design which they've been sharing on Twitter:

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Rating: 10.0/10 (2 votes cast) -- The first two people to see it obviously liked it. Then I accidently clicked on the stars and gave it a 3 which naturally brought the rating down. Sorry guys, that's not how I felt about your design... I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time on the darn keyboard! You can add your vote here and I'm definitely interested in knowing what you think of the design concept.

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