This guest post is by Liane of the Blog Design Team.
After almost three years of blogging, and about the same time spent discovering my addiction to graphic design, I've come to realize that both of my passion go hand in hand. Blogging and design is a match made in heaven. And my favorite project to work on? Logos, of course.
Sure, I've made designs for both online and offline business, but when a blogger knocks at my mail box, I give them special priority. That's because, in truth, designing a blog logo is one of the trickiest things to do. Of course there would always be clients who're easy to deal with and just give me free reign in creating the design (not recommended!), but more often than not, bloggers are particularly nitpicky (as you should be) at every step in the process. And I don't blame them. I’ve been there, done that—I actually used my previous blog as a guinea pig for countless logo experiments.
In this post, I want to cover all the bases with regards to designing a blog logo—from its importance to a blog, to the process of creating your own. Even if you're already happy with the logo you have right now, who knows? Within the next few months or years, you might revamp your blog or create a new blog altogether—and then, this guide ought to be useful.
What's the big deal with a blog logo?
I know a lot of non-believers out there. These bloggers do away with logos and rely on other branding techniques such as their name as a brand (e.g. the blogs of Seth Godin and Matt Cutts). These cases are exceptions to the rule. If you are Matt Cutts or Seth Godin, would you even need a logo to begin with? In reality, the blogosphere is split on this issue. While some bloggers consider their own logo a requirement for branding, for others, it doesn't really add any value.
At the end of the day, I think it's a matter of personal choice whether or not you think a logo is something you want on...
