Advice on giving logo design revision instructions.

Once you have selected the design to go forward with, we need you to either accept it as- is or give us instructions on what you want changed. If you want to make changes to the design you have selected, please follow the advice below to make the process as smooth and fast as possible.

a). Put each new instruction on a separate line and number it i.e.

1. instruction 1
2. instruction 2

b). Be concise. The shorter the instructions, the clearer it will be to the design team.

c). Show examples of what you mean. Google has a great image directory here: http://www.google.com/imghp Don’t be afraid to point to things from here if it helps to illustrate your desired change.

d). Use our portfolio. http://www.etwebhosting.com/logos/examples/index.html We have many iimages in the portfolio of various styles and layouts. This is what likely attracted you to us in the first place. Use this. Feel free to mention designs that you like, talk about styles and refer to the images. This gives the design team a much clearer understanding of your needs.

e). Be patient. You will have this design for the whole of your business life. To make sure it is absolutely correct may take several changes. If the designer missed an instruction from a previous round of changes, point that out the next time. We try to be as perfect as we can but we are only human after all.

f). If you feel the design is going in the wrong direction, then say so early on. It is very frustrating for the design team, and you, to switch track after several revision rounds. The earlier on you tell us what you envision, the quicker we can get the perfect design back to you.

g). Consider creating a sketch of what you mean in MS paint or some other drawing program. Or draw something on paper and scan it. Then email it to us. Or fax us a sketch. Don’t worry if the drawing is really bad, we can usually interpret most things.

h). Reply to the email that we sent your design choices to you in. (Do not create a brand new email.) We use a ticketing system and to keep all your data and instructions together in one ticket it is important that you do not send a brand new email every time you respond to use.

Remember: please REPLY to the email we sent to you and do not send a brand new one every time.

i. Stationery design or brochure design only: If you are using Windows XP and the image does not appear sharp, the problem may be that you have a setting “auto resize to screen”. If you hover your cursor over the image, you will see an icon appear at the bottom of the screen (I can only describe it as a hamburger with four arrows – you will see what I mean). Click on this icon and your image will enlarge so that you can check the details clearly.

j). There is nothing that can not be fixed. Tell us the problem and we will fix it.