Disruptive Business Models and Negative Incentives

Outsourcing has become a growing trend in a variety of industries. As firms become more specialized in the products and services they offer, the need to outsource certain tasks has become apparent. A small business will probably find it more cost effective to hire a tax accountant than do it themselves. They also will probably want to hire an artist to create their logo design and brand identity. This has all become intuitive to companies that need to focus more and more on their core business. But what happens when the service company out-sources its own contracts?

This model of 'double outsourcing' is relatively new in the business world. It leaves the service company with virtually no overhead, only control over marketing, advertising and administration. In the logo design realm, this means that designers from all over the world will be contracted to work on any given project at any given time, working through a centralized network to submit their work. This free-market mechanism allows designers to bid freely on jobs, set their own hours and work as they please.

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You've been in business for more than a couple of years. You've enjoyed moderate success through positive word of mouth and by delivering top-level quality of service, but your industry is becoming more and more competitive and the need for a more professional look is becoming imperative. Sound familiar? The truth is that in today's market even the best companies need to sell its image and brand in order to succeed. This is achieved primarily via the company logo as it is associated with all of the company media: letterhead, envelopes, websites, business cards, brochures and advertising campaigns.

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On the left, the current Spartans' logo. On the right, the proposed new one.
 

Changing a logo is not a simple task, and it’s rarely even useful.

There are monetary concerns, for one thing. Changing a logo means that you have to replace the old logo by the new one on all products related to your company. This is a small concern for internet firms whose logo only appears online, but for a team like the Michigan State University’s Spartans, it means replacing all the uniforms, souvenirs etc.

However, even more importantly, when you alter your logo, it’s the whole image of your company that you change.

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Pixmac stock photos is the “Pink Picture Market”. One of the fastest growing royalty free stock photography and image agencies in the world began their microstock industry revolution in September 2008.

In less than 2 years, Pixmac has assembled a vast image collection of more than 10 million pictures, representing Fotolia, Dreamstime, Celebrity Images, and the Pixmac collection all from one site. The largest collection of legally licensed stock photos anywhere!

Pixmac invented the "One Stop Shopping" experience for image buyers. This is the ability to find and purchase the perfect image instantly in a matter of seconds without the need to register first.



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These days, global warming and ecology overall are quite the hot topics and there is no need to say that concern for the environment is a great plus for any company. So how can you show the world your desire to protect the planet?  Getting an appropriate logo is one of the ways.
It is far from true that a logo related to nature is not modern. A professional designer can make a “green” logo cool and edgy. The diversity of nature related logos is stunning as well. Below are a few neat examples of plant themed logos:
Trees are obviously a great theme, after all, what says “green” like a tree? As you will see, there is a great many ways to design a tree themed logo. This particular creator went for a realistic approach: the beautiful tree on this logo looks almost as if it was a photo.

So, designers came up with a bad logo. And when I say bad, trust me, I mean it. I have seen 5 years old kids draw things more beautiful than this “work of art”.

And the Olympic Committee somehow approved of that logo design.

And now, people don’t like it. For some mysterious reason.

And all the officials have to say is, “This is surprising”. Way to go, geniuses. I personally find nothing “surprising” in that reaction. This logo is bad. Did I mention that already? Yes I did. But allow me to mention it again, for when something is so mind-bogglingly horrible, saying it is bad just once is certainly not enough.

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Here at LogoBee, we continue to offer our skills and talent by providing the public with royalty free material. We proudly present a new custom set of brushes, which can be used assembled as a complete ornament or taken apart, and used separately in your design project. This file is provided completely in vector in Adobe Illustrator CS3 version. Please click here to download an Illustrator CS3 file complete with a brushes set.

The LogoBee design team knows that free stuff is hard to find and quality free stuff even harder! After 10 years in the business, we wish to fix that problem by sharing our logo design savvy by offering these high-quality free logos for you to download.

Each logo design was created by our talented designers using Adobe Illustrator. They are provided free of charge for you to download in scalable vector format (Adobe Illustrator CS3). Click the picture of a logo to download it. Each logo includes a brief description of what we think it would be better used for, but the possibilities are endless!

You are welcome to use these logos for your business or for personal use, but we have to ask you not to distribute them without permission.

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LogoBee is constantly working on improving and increasing the amount of services provided to its clients. Just recently LogoBee made a deal with a high end professional printing company PrintingForLess.com to provide its customers with a good and affordable printing service. Right now clients ordering "Golden" and "Bundle" packages automatically receive complementary 500 business cards free of charge, and an opportunity to receive high quality printing at a discounted price.

LogoBee`s second logo design tutorial is released 
Immediately following the release of their first logo design tutorial, LogoBee wastes no time before releasing a new one! This new tutorial describes the creation of the shiny sphere. This is an interesting project, encompassing the use of some new techniques such as the gradient mesh tool and transparency. The techniques described apply to Illustrator CS3 and CS4. Once again, we hope that many users will enjoy the tutorial and find it very useful and interesting. Click here to go to the tutorial

LogoBee releases first logo design tutorial

LogoBee proudly announces the release of our first logo design tutorial. We have received numerous inquiries about one popular logo designfrom our portfolio. As a result, a new logo design tutorial has been released to accommodate those requests. Inside, you will find detailed instructions on how to build this image, along with high-res screenshots of the actual workspace in Adobe Illustrator. These techniques apply to Illustrator CS3 and CS4. We hope that this will provide a useful resource for experienced designers and graphic design enthusiasts alike. LogoBee hopes to add many more in the future. Click here to go to the tutorial page

LogoBee logo design tutorial is now open to public

LogoBee is a veteran logo design company and has been creating distinctive designs for clients since 2000. The past 10 years have allowed LogoBee designers to optimize their design skills in the field of vector imagery. The company has received worldwide recognition for its achievements, and now feels that this is the time to share its knowledge and expertise in the field of vector logo design technology. LogoBee really hopes that the new section of the website will be helpful to many expert designers and users looking to improve their skills. This section is primarily dedicated to  Adobe Illustrator design techniques. It will feature detailed step by step directions. Each step is covered  with screen shot of the working area. LogoBee plans to update this section on a regular basis and wishes to populate it with many innovative and imaginative solutions. Click here to go to "Logo Design Tutorial"

Another freebie from LogoBee logo design

LogoBee continues to contribute  to the creative community and the online design world. Once again, we are proud to release another collection of vector-based graphics.Click here to download the Illustrator file. This is a small collection of shiny colorful squares that are completely royalty free and can be used in a wide variety of applications. We hope that by providing free artwork and graphic designs to the world, we can help to make it more colorful, and a much more fun place to live.

 Many important factors go into the creation of corporate identity. What colors are right for us, Fonts? There are many other questions that arise when one is working with logo designs. One question that tends to be overlooked is whether or not your design will be relevant in 5 or even 10 years. More importantly, once a company has established itself with a specific look, feel and brand, it becomes more and more difficult as time goes by to change it. Some companies have enjoyed success without ever having to change their brand image. Kentucky Fried Chicken has used Colonel Sanders in their logo ever since the company was founded. Aside from some updates on their marketing front; Nike would be another good example of a timeless brand-image. Pepsi took a risk in the mid 90s by completely changing their image and logo but did so with alarming success. However, it could have resulted in commercial suicide. If you'll remember, in the 1980's Coca-Cola changed their brand image to Coke. Pepsi then took over top seat in the market shortly thereafter. Some questions to ask yourself if you are thinking about redesigning your logo:

Starting An E-Commerce Business: Baby Steps Starting your own e-commerce business can be quite the adventure. There is nothing wrong with falling head over heels in love with your ideas and plans and becoming overly excited. But always remember, feet first. Creating a business from scratch is like a child learning to walk. You need to grab on to something solid, feel around, get a sense of balance, and take baby steps. Risky Business Before running full speed ahead with your brilliant business brainchild, proper planning is required. Being an entrepreneur is risky business, however you can improve your chances of success with preparation and development.
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