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Logo Design Contest Highlights – May 2010

Monday 28 June 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton

Welcome to another installment of our Winning Logo Design Collection. Our skilled designers have done it again! The creativity remains exceptional this month too as the bar keeps rising high with each passing month. We would like to extend our heartiest gratitude to the talented design community of MycroBurst.com for providing us once again with eye-catching logo designs.

While the post banner showcases a handful of winning logo designs for the month of May 2010. Given below are the winning logos of some the companies with their industry details:

Client: Clean Air
Type of Business: Eco Friendly Landscaping

Client: Paparazzo
Type of Business: Pizza Restaurant

Client: Mr Squeegee
Type of Business: Window Cleaning Services

Client: Easy Susu
Industry: Finance

Client: Razorback Offroad
Type of Business: Sports and Off-Roading Club

Client: Tapestry Biosystems
Type of Business: Information and Research

Client: Panojo
Type of Business: Brain Games Website

Client: Worm inTent
Type of Business: Small Business

Client: Window Film Solutions
Type of Business: Graphic Services

Client: MyHealthon
Type of Business: Social Networking site for Health related Products/Services

To view the entire collection, visit our Winning Logo Design Album.

Tags: creative logo collection, logo, Winning logo Designs

5 Social Bookmarking Sites for Small Businesses – Share & Grow! [Part 2]

Wednesday 23 June 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton

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In our previous post, we went over 5 popular social media websites that small businesses can use in order to promote growth and facilitate sales. In this post we will target another niche of social media – social bookmarking websites and go over some of the popular ones that small businesses can use in their respective industries.

Social Bookmarking is an extremely popular concept within the internet community. It involves searching, sharing and managing bookmarks of websites. Below we will discuss a few of the most popular and useful social bookmarking websites that small businesses should seriously consider and implement within their infrastructure.

1. StumbleUpon – StumbleUpon the Content You Want to See

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StumbleUpon allows users to rate websites, online photos and videos. It creates virtual communities of users with similar interests and can be easily be added to your browser’s toolbar.
StumbleUpon displays web pages based on the user’s ratings. Users rate web pages with a thumbs up or thumbs down. This rating updates the website’s profile and generates peer social networks, which in turn distributes the site’s content globally. Thus enabling users to “stumble upon” websites that are explicitly recommended by their peers and friends hence the name StumbleUpon.

2. Digg – Digg Your Way to Visibility and Growth

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Digg is a social news website and a great way for internet users to keep up to date on the latest, most popular news and current events. Digg revolves around story submission and a voting system. It allows readers to vote on stories as up or down and uses relevant terms such as “digging” and “burying” to define their selection. The story with the most diggs makes the front page. With an estimated 45,000,000 unique monthly visitors, Digg is regarded as one of the most effective social bookmarking websites around.

3. Delicious – Tag Good Content

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Delicious is another worthy and one of the most popular contender among social bookmarking websites. It is just as famous for its features as it is for its unique name. It is used for storing and sharing bookmarks similar to StumbleUpon however there are some differences as to how it indexes and displays bookmarked websites. Delicious allows users to tag bookmarks using index terms. This enables other users to tag their bookmarks under the same index name thereby creating a collection of bookmarks all referring to similar interests.

4. Reddit – Read It? Then Post it!

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Another viable option of social bookmarking for small businesses is Reddit, a social news website similar to Digg. Reddit offers internet users an interesting and useful alternative. In addition to submitting links to the actual content, Reddit allows users to make self posts and submit the original content within it. Viewers are allowed to rate the links with the most successful link making its way to the front page.

5. Yahoo! Buzz – What’s All the Buzz About?

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Created by Yahoo, Yahoo! Buzz is a social bookmarking article website that borrows most of its features from Digg. The site has an estimated unique visitor ratio of 14,000,000. Viewers use a user interface to publish their own stories and then link it to their desired website for the full story. Small businesses in particular use this strategy to drive traffic to their websites.

It is no secret that social bookmarking websites can help companies gain instant access to multiple markets, regions and communities. If used smartly, small businesses can effectively start increasing their overall market share in the relevant industries by using these powerful internet tools.

Interested in marketing your products and services in your region? Stay tuned for part 3 of this post!

1. Twitter – Innovative and Efficient:

Tags: Small Businesses, social bookmarking for small Businesses, Social bookmarking websites

5 Social Media Sites for Small Businesses – Get Smart! [Part 1]

Wednesday 16 June 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton

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The hype for Social Media working wonders for small businesses is increasing at a phenomenal rate. However, with all the new social media sites popping up, it can become overwhelmingly difficult to stay in the loop, especially for someone who is just starting out in this field.

Developing and maintaining business structures requires a significant amount of time and effort and at times, it can become very difficult to find the motivation for using social media sites. This post will focus on a few important ones. The most important indicator of business growth is increased sales along with improved cost and time efficiency. The following five social media sites will help you optimize and expand your business practices to achieve better results.

1. Facebook – The King of Kings:

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With over 400 million users, Facebook is the most popular of social media sites out there and for good reasons too. Consider it a virtual office for small businesses. Set it up as you would set up an actual one. Plan and implement new strategies to increase your sales. Start a campaign to build customer loyalty or send personalized announcements to each of your business shareholders. You will be amazed with the ease of use and the effectiveness of your efforts.

2. Twitter – Innovative and Efficient:

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Moving down the list of the popular social media sites, the second most followed and loved one is Twitter which works on the premise of a 140 character message called a tweet. Think of it as a chat, a brief discussion or an announcement about your small business that you can share with your friends, customers and colleagues throughout the day. It can be anything from a simple Hello to a special “valid for the next hour” discount deal.

3. LinkedIn – Join the Club:

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When you start a small business, some common strategies would be to join the local and professional associations and know the local people and suppliers. LinkedIn can do just that for you. It is an enormous exhibition hall with all the associations and the contacts you would need for your small business.

4. Xing – Your Own Virtual Desk:

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The desk at your office probably has a couple of indexes with numbers of suppliers, a binder containing resumes and business cards or a daily planner. Xing can do all that and much more. You can get your online business card in the rolodex of over eight million businesses worldwide.

5. Youtube/Flickr – Upload Videos and Pictures:

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Would you like to put up a screen playing the company profile, an advertisement or a satisfied customer’s review? YouTube will give you all the space to take your videos online. Similarly, Flickr is an online photo album where you can upload all your stills for everyone to see. Facebook also offers the option of uploading videos and creating photo albums, however YouTube and Flickr serve as excellent alternatives.

This is just the tip of the ice berg. There is more to social media for small businesses especially when you start interlinking content from two or more sites; however everyone gets the hang of it gradually. Next week we will bring you more social media sites that can help small businesses thrive!

1. Twitter – Innovative and Efficient:

Tags: Small Business, social media for small businesses, Social Media Sites

Meet The Creatives – Honoring the Design Talent!

Monday 7 June 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton

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MycroBurst.com prides itself on having some of the best designers under its fleet. In order to show our appreciation and gratitude for the exceptional work they bring forth to our clients, we are introducing a monthly Designer Interview feature on our blog. Every month we will conduct and post an interview of a top designer for our viewers. This interview is the first in the series of many.

Designer of the Month – Introducing FinalDesign!

Designer Name: FinalDesign

Real Name: Sujith Verghis

Projects Won: 28

Sujith Verghis, more commonly known as Final Design, is one of the many talented designers who compete at MycroBurst.com. With 28 projects wins under his belt, Sujith ranks as the website’s most consistent performer. We sat down with him to ask him about a few questions regarding his thought process, his passion for designing logos and what it takes to be a good designer.

Q1: How did you get into Designing Logos?

I have always had a passion for designing. Many times I have been so fascinated by exceptional designs that it made me wonder just how do they do it? How can they even think like that? Wow! I have wished many times if I could ever design like that. It was just recently that I started concentrating on logo designs and started participating in projects.

Q2: How did you come across MycroBurst.com?

I heard through a friend of mine that there are lots of online sites with designing projects happening on the net and maybe I should give it a shot. So I browsed through Google and came across MycroBurst.com. I participated because of my wife’s persistence.

Q3: Describe your work process? How do you go about creating such beautiful logos?

It was a little tough during the initial stages since I still did not have an idea of how everything worked. Then I started doing a lot of research on the most successful logos and read articles about top designers and what they had to say about designing logos. All of this input gave me a completely different perspective in both observing and delivering ideas.

Q4: You have won 28 design projects now. What is the secret behind your success?

I believe that God has blessed me with a little amount of creativity and talent. It’s because of the belief of a lot of people in my creativity, especially my wife, who always believed in me no matter what, that I am able to really put my heart and soul in creating these designs. I believe one has to be persistent and value feelings, emotions and work with all their heart to achieve success.

Q5: How do you deal with the competing with other fellow Designers? Surely it must be intimidating at times?

Yes it does get intimidating at times. You can’t help it really and have to just deal with it. But I do admire and appreciate designers whom I feel are genuine.

Q6: How do you go about choosing the projects? Is there any particular criteria that you follow?

I do not follow any criteria as such. It just depends on my mood mostly. Sometimes I get ideas instantly when I look at the project brief and there are times when I am totally blank when I read one. So if the former happens, I go about choosing and designing for a project.

Q7: Name three things/attributes that every designer should have or try to incorporate.

Passion, Persistence and Perform.

Q8: Name three things that designers should always be vary of or should not do.

Client’s Brief, Rules and Respect

Q9: What do you love most about being a designer?

I love the sense of independence it gives me more than anything. It’s also a great way to try out all the ideas and thoughts that run through my mind.

Q10: Lastly describe your overall experience about being a designer at MycroBurst.com?

I love it. If the designer’s can maintain a good balance between the MycroBurst.com team, the clients and fellow designers, then MycroBurst.com is the perfect platform for any good designer to participate, perfect their skills and win in the process. Most importantly, I would also like to take this opportunity to thank each and everyone at MycroBurst.com for giving such a great platform for designers like myself to display their abilities. Thank you.

Tags: creative designer, design talent, designer interviews

Logo Design Contest Highlights – April 2010

Tuesday 1 June 2010< | Keith J. Hamilton

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Mycroburst.com prides itself on having the most skilled and exceptional designers under its fleet. They continue to amaze us with the depth of their creativity and their attention to detail and finesse. Continuously raising the bar higher with each passing month, they didn’t disappoint this time around either. This month’s banner showcases a handful of winning logo designs for the month of April 2010. The entire collection can be viewed by visiting our Winning Logo Design Album.

We would like to express our heartiest gratitude to our talented community of designers at Mycroburst.com for helping us provide clients with eye-catching logo designs. Below are the names of some of the companies we provided logos for along with their chosen winning logo.

Client: Affairs Book

Type of Business: Dating Web Site

Client: Beans and Berries

Type of Business: Coffee/Smoothie Shop

Client: Creative Net Solutions

Type of Business: Web Design

Client: Digital System Concepts

Industry: Satellite TV

Client: HBI Commodities

Type of Business: Headhunting Energy and Commodities Sector

Client: Dundi Podiatry Clinic

Type of Business: Podiatry Clinic

Client: Lance

Type of Business: Fitness Consultant

Client: Mister Cabin

Type of Business: Holiday Property Rentals

Client: Spud Webb

Type of Business: Basket ball star, Motivational Speaker

Client: Video Planning

Type of Business: Advertizing Company

At Mycroburst.com, we value quality over quantity and strive hard to ensure that our clients walk away with their chosen logo more than satisfied. Check back next month for another creative collection of designs from Mycroburst.com.

Tags: creative logo collection, logo designs, Winning logos