Comments on: Your questions answered #4

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 15:05:30 +0000

You’re more than welcome, Kelton.

Perhaps this blog post will be of interest to you, following your question about inspiration:

All the best.

By: kelton harris

kelton harris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 01:32:55 +0000

hi david,
i am glad i found your website. i think its wonderful, not only that you show your final logo design, the thought process and steps before. which i think its every important. especially for me, a person who is trying to learn logo design by myself using the resources found on the net. My question, is what advice can you give some one like me, who is new to logo design to improve. I have made up dummy companies and i have tried to make logos for them. I am not very good as yet and sometimes it gets frustration. How do you get your ideas to flow or what do you do to stimulate ideas for your logo concepts?

Thanks and keep up the good work.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:49:51 +0000

Andrew,

You’re more than welcome. I’ve always maintained that if you take the time to comment or ask a question, it’s the least I can do to respond. Thanks for the encouragement, and yes, it’s pleasing to see so many people subscribing. Who’d have thought?!

By: Andrew Kelsall

Andrew Kelsall — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:06:21 +0000

@ David, just like George Hodgkins stated, thanks for your personal responses, it’s quite refreshing. Myself, and other commentors on other blogs are sometimes ignored by seemingly ‘high-profile’ bloggers if our comments aren’t written like essays, or contain information that is too simple for them.

Keep up the the good work, I see your subscriber count is going over 7000!

By: David Airey

David Airey — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:40:19 +0000

Kathy,

Very nice idea (sending that bouquet). My previous employer would probably prefer a large coffee and a slice of cake, so I’ll see what I can do. ;)

Lauren,

Hehe, no worries about the full-time comment. I’d prefer to work less hours than I used to, but I enjoy my job, so don’t mind putting in the extra time that often comes with self-employment.

Thanks for the link to Andy’s recent post. The comments were of interest, as I never know about the ability to register.

Michael,

Cheers for adding a question, which I’ll store for later.

Marc,

I’m glad you look forward to these posts. I’m always keen to know what content readers prefer to see.

Chaitanya,

My pleasure. Thanks again for taking an interest in me.

firebubble,

You mentioned using a Hotmail address on business cards, which I’d strongly advise against. It can cost very little to set-up your own domain extension for emails, especially if you’re spending money for business card printing. What’s your name, by the way? I couldn’t find it on your website, and it’s nice to address commenters personally.

By: firebubble - logo designer

firebubble - logo designer — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:37:25 +0000

I think that is a very good point to have made about the business card address. I created my first business card featuring my business address but I much prefer the simple layout of my latest card that does not have so much information on it, also I have added the web address so most people would go there if they really wanted to know the address. I guess if you have a shop or business that requires people to visit to make sales then adding the address would definitely be a good idea but if you provide a service where you can meet the client at their premises then the address is not so necessary although adding an address may help to build a little more trust between you and a client especially if you are only going to provide a hotmail e-mail address and a mobile number. Clients / customers want to know that they can find you if they need to.

By: Chaitanya VRK

Chaitanya VRK — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:28:44 +0000

Thanks for the mention david.

The ‘transition’ way is very informative, I hope it would be helpful when I come to that stage.

A good tip on business cards I must follow till I get my own house.

Chaitanya VRK’s last blog post…Freelancers, Happy Freelancing

By: Marc

Marc — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:32:45 +0000

I actually had the same discussion about business cards the other day. I ended up at the same conclusion - my physical address isn’t at all important, but the email and phone number need to be there.

Good read - I always look forward to these posts :)

By: Michael Garmahis

Michael Garmahis — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 23:14:43 +0000

BTW, what techniques in your opinion are most efficient for networking?

Michael Garmahis’s last blog post…Dynamic logo - new trend in logo design

By: LaurenMarie - Creative Curio

LaurenMarie - Creative Curio — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:04:54 +0000

Ooo, oops, yes, I meant being full time employed by someone else–I totally did not mean to imply that you don’t work full time now! Yikes!

I actually figured out what the CommentLuv problem is (it’s not totally the plugin, it’s partly feedburner, too). See the comments on this post from the plugin’s author. I’ll have to try registering for CommentLuv.com so it has access to my latest feed. Rather annoying as it has worked before!

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