Kilkenny Now Mag August 2012

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Why Use A Professional Logo Designer? Every person on Earth with Internet access can download a free graphics program and logo templates to create a logo. While it costs nothing but time in the short term, the lack of uniqueness and logo design experience can cost a fortune in the long term. 

A logo should be unique. Every business seeking success wants a memorable image and if its logo does not stand out in a crowd, that is impossible. With the sheer number of people on the internet, it is a given that any free (or even really inexpensive) logo is already being used by several other businesses that do not know better. In addition to its uniqueness, choosing the right logo requires experience in logo design. Logo design is a combination of art, technical skill, and market experience. The last is the most difficult to come by. A company in a certain industry could benefit from a minimalist design with clearly legible lettering, or even no lettering at all. A logo for a different industry may be better off with a more complicated, impressionistic design. Being able to tap into the marketing experience of a professional company to make these logo design decisions is extremely helpful. Designers will go a step beyond designing just a logo for your business. You can get a complete identity for your business — a logo that matches your website, which in turn matches your business card. While you can purchase a logo and put it on a business card or a website, you’ll likely find that they don’t quite seem to go together. Even little things, like not having access to the font that was used in your logo, can make it difficult to present your business with a cohesive image. A unique logo is more valuable in the long run: as your customers associate that logo with your business, and your business alone, you’ll see both increased interest and increased loyalty. You’ll get a return on the investment you made in your company’s brand.

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