Archive for May, 2007
9th May 2007
Sponsored Post:
I’ve been pondering a new logo for my primary company lately. Something to put on my stationary. Something to give my company a recognizeable identity. Yes it truly is a coincidence that the chance to review LogoTree came along right now. LogoTree is a very nice looking logo design company that offers a range of logo design packages for clients.
LogoTree’s packages are not for the business looking to slap up a logo at the lowest possible cost. Their logo portfolio is extensive and exudes professionalism. You can see for yourself in both their industry specific and animated logos. Another aspect of their service that is comforting is that they lay out their process up front. I’ve paid for logos in the past via freelancing services, and have generally been under-impressed with both process and delivery. LogoTree’s samples beat anything I’ve ever purchased.
So what to buy? Well, I’m looking for a package that has a nice logo and something that can make my stationary appear as professional as I think I am. So… I am considering the enterprise package that gives me several choices for logo, stationary, quick turnaround (4 days), and builds in revisions. A little pricey for sure, but I truly believe now that you just can’t cut corners with corporate identity. A fact that became abundantly clear after sending out my last client proposal on very basic stationary with no real branding (a contract I won only because I was a known entity to the client).
9th May 2007
I’ve only recently started adding sponsored postings to BrainSeeds. I’ve had offers in the past and always said no. Why? Well, I don’t really believe in writing sponsored posts for products/services/websites I will not use. The few I have added lately are services that I have tried or anticipate using in the future. You can be sure that if the post is positive, then that is how I feel about it. I have no issue writing a negative post about a service that dissappoints, but more likely I won’t even take on the review in the first place. You can also be sure that I only write my posts after a pretty thorough review the site in question. Oh, and for you SEO inclined readers, I won’t put a nofollow on links in my reviews for these same reasons — these reviews are for sites I personally trust.
9th May 2007
Sponsered Post:
Yes, another stat service. I am trialing the GoStats web stats for a while to see how it stacks up against other web stats services. Even though GoStats has been around since 1999 (according to their content), I’ve actually not heard of them before yesterday. Anyway, I signed up last night in under 5 minutes even taking the time to read more details than I usually do during signups. In another 5 minutes I signed up this website and had tracking code in place.
I can say that through these first steps of signup and getting code in place, the only thing that bothered me was having to enter a captcha code to get the code to put on my site. I can understand the security around signups to keep out spammers. However, once I have an account, it would seem that the need for captcha’s should go away (especially for someone like me who seems to always get the code wrong the first time).
You can find the link to view BrainSeeds’ stats on the bottom of the right menu bar. This is more of a personal blog so traffic is limited and very sporadic to say the least. Don’t expect to see huge amounts of traffic if you click the link, but you will get a good sense for what GoStats has to offer. If after my trial I find it worthwhile, I will likely add this to a few of my sites that are more active.
