Comments on: Help pick the winning logo for Ivy Worldwide http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/06/14/help-pick-the-winning-logo-for-ivy-worldwide/ Gadget reviews and news by Julie Strietelmeier and friends since 1997 Sun, 27 May 2012 00:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Julie http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/06/14/help-pick-the-winning-logo-for-ivy-worldwide/comment-page-1/#comment-37540 Julie Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:28:23 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=16508#comment-37540 @cyberg00se I don't have any real ties with this company other than as Buzz Corps, they have included me on a couple of nice contests (from which my readers have benefited). They asked me if I would post about their contest and I did. Nuff said. Some how I think that you might have submitted an entry to that contest and didn't win as you sound like a sore loser... BTW: the winning entry isn't the one I liked best. I voted for the 2nd place winner. :) @cyberg00se I don’t have any real ties with this company other than as Buzz Corps, they have included me on a couple of nice contests (from which my readers have benefited). They asked me if I would post about their contest and I did. Nuff said. Some how I think that you might have submitted an entry to that contest and didn’t win as you sound like a sore loser… BTW: the winning entry isn’t the one I liked best. I voted for the 2nd place winner. :)

]]> By: cyberg00se http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/06/14/help-pick-the-winning-logo-for-ivy-worldwide/comment-page-1/#comment-37515 cyberg00se Wed, 17 Jun 2009 02:25:32 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=16508#comment-37515 Please stop endorsing these no spec contests. They're a cheap way for a company to get some nice work without having to pay for it. Artists have no chance to really guess what the client wants. Do companies hire employees, or do they have people walk in from the street to compete for prizes as to who does the best work? It's the same thing. I know you're a fan of using them yourself, but you'd get results from hiring someone based on their portfolio. Go to some forums where lots of designers hang out, and see how well they respond to "let's have a contest to see who can draw me the best logo!" Yeah, you'll be flamed out of there. If you want this partner company to have a nice logo, you'd do better than to recommend to them to hire someone, rather than lure your readers into a contest they have little chance of winning because they aren't mind readers. Is your loyalty more to your readers, or more to this company? Please stop endorsing these no spec contests. They’re a cheap way for a company to get some nice work without having to pay for it. Artists have no chance to really guess what the client wants. Do companies hire employees, or do they have people walk in from the street to compete for prizes as to who does the best work? It’s the same thing.

I know you’re a fan of using them yourself, but you’d get results from hiring someone based on their portfolio. Go to some forums where lots of designers hang out, and see how well they respond to “let’s have a contest to see who can draw me the best logo!” Yeah, you’ll be flamed out of there.

If you want this partner company to have a nice logo, you’d do better than to recommend to them to hire someone, rather than lure your readers into a contest they have little chance of winning because they aren’t mind readers. Is your loyalty more to your readers, or more to this company?

]]> By: | Arun | Raj | http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/06/14/help-pick-the-winning-logo-for-ivy-worldwide/comment-page-1/#comment-37446 | Arun | Raj | Tue, 16 Jun 2009 14:29:52 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=16508#comment-37446 Can you please show remaining 13 of them. Can you please show remaining 13 of them.

]]> By: Lloyd http://the-gadgeteer.com/2009/06/14/help-pick-the-winning-logo-for-ivy-worldwide/comment-page-1/#comment-37409 Lloyd Tue, 16 Jun 2009 06:44:22 +0000 http://the-gadgeteer.com/?p=16508#comment-37409 I just visited the ivy worldwide website and saw the top 3 finishers. Really nice showing from the designers who entered the contest. I'm kicking myself because I missed the survey to help pick the winners from the fave 16. I would've liked to have seen what the other 13 hopefuls looked like. Maybe you could ask the folks at Ivy to include a gallery of the also-rans? Pretty please =). I just visited the ivy worldwide website and saw the top 3 finishers. Really nice showing from the designers who entered the contest. I’m kicking myself because I missed the survey to help pick the winners from the fave 16. I would’ve liked to have seen what the other 13 hopefuls looked like. Maybe you could ask the folks at Ivy to include a gallery of the also-rans? Pretty please =).

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