Speedlinking – Logos, Newsweek and Gekko
Funny How The Internet Works
A couple weeks ago I wrote a quick post (with crappy pictures because I was too lazy to wait until daylight to take good ones) about my sticky note to-do list system. A couple days later it got picked up on Life Hacker and I quadrupled my best traffic day ever with over 2000 unique visitors.
Yesterday, I had a 20 minute phone interview with a reporter from Newsweek !!!! They had seen the story on Life Hacker and wanted to include it in an article about electronic vs. traditional methods of managing to-do lists. No chance that could have happened before the advent of blogs.
Help Me Pick a Logo
Here’s the (long) short list for my logo design competition. Which one should I pick?
Visit Mr. Gekko
Pretty much everything I’ve learned online that made me money, came from some piece of advise from a chap who calls himself Jscott Gekko (yes as in Gordon Gekko).
Anyways, he’s started blogging, it likely won’t last, so I suggest you visit Gekko Speaks and learn something that can make you money too.
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Comments ( 9 )
Tyler added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 6:33 amJon,
I prefer logos 9 and 14, the white background lends itself better to various types of applications (Print, apparel, web, etc.) and the logos are brandable and not affiliated with any large companies that come to mind.
Branding is/will be a huge part of your business and your logo is an ambassador of your brand.
Best of luck as always!
Tyler
Kimber added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 7:29 am“Anyways, he’s started blogging, it likely won’t last, so I suggest you visit Gekko Speaks and learn something that can make you money too.”
Too funny yet too true!
It likely won’t last.Great job on getting some press.
Newsweek, wowsers, that’s exciting!
Did you get a plug in for HomeTurfMedia?
Jon Symons added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 7:48 amThanks Tyler.
@Kimber, It’s funny how many times you can mention a blog network in conversation about to-do lists…if you really work at it
Craig added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 8:22 amI personally like 4, 5, 8, and 9. I also agree that the white background is more conducive to various types of applications. My favorite out of those four is number 9.
Sachman Bhatti added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 11:42 amI like #10 and #14. #10 lends itself to short form for letterheads or placing that logo alongside other content real well. It’s lively yet professional. However, I’d go with #14 because this is a media company and #14 fits the aesthetics of a media company and gives the impression of professionalism whereas #10 suggests a Web 2.0 startup — not necessarily bad but #14 builds more subconscious strength with the spectator.
Brian at babybiotechs.com added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 12:02 pmYour welcome (I submitted the tip to lifehacker). Now I just need to move to another city and you can give me a job in your network as a payback since SD is already taken.
I’ve also been using your system since you posted it, so I guess I owe you a thank you too. I have done some slight modifications…I put lists of experiments to do for one project on one post-it and cross them out as they’re finished (my projects are more linear than yours); also I stapled all the pages together since I don’t have that much wall space near my desk.
Jon added these pithy words on Feb 28 07 at 5:32 pm@Brian…Yes, I definitely owe you a thanks. Last night my ego was dreaming a bit, and think of what a great picture they could get of me with stickies all over my forehead…I’m thinking for the next week’s cover…LOL.
@prlinkbiz…huh? Is it the semi-clad Canadian hockey player bod that makes you pose that question?
…interesting thread of comments you end up with when you mix three completely different topics in a post. Now all we need is Gekko to stir the pot and we’d have a party!
Nick added these pithy words on Mar 02 07 at 12:25 am#12 and #10 are my favs…. the orb design really gets me