Message from Steve Douglas - Creative Director of The Logo Factory.

As a business owner, my story is probably very similar to yours - I always wanted to run my own 'gig'. I started The Logo Factory® as a 'one-man shop', fueled only by "a wing and a prayer" on my kitchen table. I dealt with the trials and tribulations of any new business endeavor. And I worked lots of long hours (as did the original TLF crew). It's why I still feel a special affinity for the small and mid-sized business owner. In many ways I'm just like most of our clients. And while we've grown over the years, and our client base has expanded, that basic understanding of our clients, and resultant core mission, has always remained the same - making you look good at reasonable rates.

As hard as it is to believe, at one point we were one of the only (if not the only) studio that had hung up a 'logo design' shingle on the internet. No longer. Over the years, the market has exploded, with new graphic design companies launching yet another web site every week. Some, unfortunately, even less professional than the last.

And each with more improbable sales pitches than the last. Truth be told, we could offer the same 'shake-and-bake' solutions that many other design companies do. We could promise you the moon in order to get you to sign-up for a new logo design project. But then we'd have to change how we go about working with our clients - the very thing that makes us different. We'd have to sub out your project to untested freelancers whose experience and skill set would be appropriate to the amount of money they're being paid. Certainly not the logo design experts that people have come to expect from our 'shop'. Alternatively, we could offer so-called 'template solutions' - selling a library of clip art icons and logo tremplates over and over again - but that's a severely flawed way to build a brand for any product or service. But then, we'd be just like everyone else - promising more and more, just to get your business, while ignoring the most vital part of this equation - the integrity of the logo itself. We'd rather be up front with our clients and accordingly, we're going to be straight with you.

We won't promise you impossible 'buy now' pitches. Our rates are comparable. Our turnarounds are realistic and our various logo design packages make sense. We'll offer a limited guarantee on our services (unlike the other guys who promise a 100% guarantee that actually isn't). We won't lure you in with the myth of unlimited revisions, but we'll only charge you for work that's done on your project. We offer only original logos, not off-the-shelf logo templates. If sleight-of-hand sales pitches are what impress you, then the 'other guys' are probably your best choice. In all honesty, you'll probably end up with a perfectly serviceable, if not award-winning (and in some cases, not terribly original), solution. If, on the other hand, you're after solid, original logo design from some of the industry's most experienced professionals, then The Logo Factory® might be the ticket. We'll let our logo gallery and our design portfolio speak for themselves - that's our bottom line. To us, that's what counts. And at The Logo Factory® we'll always be straight with you regarding our services, our logo design pricing, and more importantly, your new logo itself. About that, we're always on the same page - you want a logo that you're proud to show to the world as representing your company. We want to design a logo that we're proud of.

Over the years, we've come to understand that many of our clients are new to the logo design process. This may be your first business attempt. Or, you may have used other services in the part without achieving the results you're after. That's why we're here. And if you don't task TLF when it comes to buying your new logo, that's okay too - we glad to offer a myriad of design action lists, logo design tips, podcasts and other self-help material in our logo design articles library, that should help you if you decide to work with someone else. Want to go it alone? You can always download free web icons and free company logos from our Morgue Files.

If, on the other hand, you choose to utilize The Logo Factory® as your personal studio and part of your small business marketing arsenal, let me be the first to thank you. And welcome you to our family of clients.

Sincerely yours

Steve Douglas
President & Creative Director
The Logo Factory Inc.

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