Logo's and their importance!

Seth's blog has an article about Logo's that I felt was very worth the read!

People get so caught up in the logo process at times, and they forget at first that logo isn't going to do much for them! I'm not saying you shouldn't do a good job in making one! Of course that is important, but don't waste a lot of money and NOT follow up with your customer service etc to make it WORTH something!

The logo will be worth something once you branded the company well enough! They used the example of a well-known company that has a picture of an apple with a bite taken out of it! You can imagine how well that logo would be recognized (and worth the price they paid for it) if their computers were not worth turning ON in the first place!

We had a local chamber here that was rather large! They made the decision one year to change their image around, and go for a new look. NOW that isn't a bad idea all the time! The problem with the organization was it didn't need a new LOOK it needed to restructure certain areas of their organization to attract some untapped markets! They were more geared towards BIG BUSINESS, and they were missing the boat on the small businesses in the area. Their goal was to attract them with their new look. They paid $6000 I think it was for this NEW look, but it didn't attract what they were aiming for! Why? Their logo had nothing to do with WHAT they could do for the small businesses in that area! Their attitude and services that they could provide for those small businesses just wasn't there! I'm sure at first they got their memberships, but the true test is renewal which they failed at. Each year they are constantly on the run to make the up difference, and couldn’t figure out WHY retention is so hard! Was their $6000 investment worth it? The logo may have been if they took the time to work on things.

Logo’s don’t bring in loyal customers – service and good product does!

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This Bone shaped namebadge nametag is engraved with your information, and has a pin backing. We also individually package each one - See pictures! The bone shaped badge or tag is approx. 1.25 (h) x 3.50 (l)

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Please see the pictures for the visuals of the back of the badge, additional ways of placing your TEXT on this special shape!

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Placing your own images on Squidoo

There is an option to upload on squidoo, but you have more control over your images when you use a little html.



Above the code for today!

Anyway, the first thing you need is a place to host your pictures for you to use on squidoo! I personally have been using www.photobucket.com for years! Once you place your images on your photobucket account (or whom every you use to host your images) we can go on to the next step!



these are your options with photobucket, and for this example we are going to use the top choice or URL link! Replace the website information that is given in the code I showed on top with this code that you grabbed from your photobucket account. Right now you are READY! You have now written for your html coded picture ready to use on squidoo!



The code above allows you to hyperlink your picture directly to the site it refers to!



If you click on the above picture it will take you directly to my squidoo page for the hat shaped name badges! The above code will allow you to do the same things with your items! As you may have figured out already, the top set of quotes is for the website you want them to go to, and the second set of quotes is the photobucket URL link for your picture! Pretty cool huh?

I'm going to show another picture with directions this time. Just I just grabbed a screen shot with directions! This is how you wrap text around your picture in squidoo!



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Squidoo and the email link!

If you wish to include a link so your vistors in squidoo can email you that is very simple! YES we are talking basic HTML again! The last example was pretty simple, and this one will be also!



Again try to use some anchor text instead of EMAIL ME!
Take out your notepad program again, and don't use the word processor! In the first section between the quotes ("") you have some text that states mailto: leave that part alone, and delete the rest of it! Place your own email address in that blank!



Again between the >< place the text you wish to see highlighted in your module over at squidoo!

My Email Contact is what it will look like! AND YOUR DONE!

Basic html on squidoo is a really neat idea to personalize your modules, and make them something people will want to return to!

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Squidoo and the hyperlink!

I have been extremely busy lately, but I finally had the time to do two Squidoo lens for the store online! Within 5 minutes of posting the first one I had 7 visits and a rating of 5.

Now it would seem to me that the more relevant tags you use (and if you think about its really KEYWORDS) the more success you might have for traffic! Its really strange to start so low, and watch the numbers grow day by day! Don't forget to use the keyword tools I placed on the sidebar to make sure you use something that the search engines like!
What is NICE about squidoo is that you are able to use html. Now don't get excited because basic html really isn't all that hard to learn! When you find little pieces of code save them in the notepad program and not your word processor.

You can use HTML in the modules that they supply. From what I have figured out - all of them! The first module has the html editor in there, and that did confused me because the rest of them didn't! For visual purposes make sure you click 'wrap text' for that module that offers the html editor. I added the code directly into the other modules. Here are some basic html codes for you.

We are going to start by making a hyperlink. That means you click on some words and it ZOOMS you to that website! Below is the code:



When making a hyperlink to a website don't forget to use that ANCHOR text! Don't use 'click here' for my site! Remember your tagline for your website, blog, store etc and use that! For this example I will use the title of my lens. Above is a snippet of code to paste into your note pad program! Then I will explain it!

Now you see the website in the first part between the quotes (“ “)? That is your first section! The easiest way at first is to actually GO to the website you want to hyperlink, and look to the address bar! Highlight that address (the whole thing) with your mouse and copy it. You can do that a couple of ways.

1. Right click and hit copy
2. Look to the very TOP of the screen and click Edit and click the copy command
3. Click your control button or CTRL button and then hit the C button.

Next go into that code above and delete the domain dot com part (the whole thing), and just leave the quotes. With then paste your website address in there!

1. Right click and hit paste
2. Edit again and then click paste
3. Control (CTRL) and V

Now wasn’t that easy? YEP and you are halfway there!
The second part isn’t that hard either! In between the >< where is says my website – delete that and USE your anchor text! Below is a hyperlink right to the page I mentioned before! I will get you another basic lesson tomorrow!

Below is an example that I used with the squidoo link to my page that I am talking about the badge in the description below!

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