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We recently upgraded our logo to represent our new direction towards being a product-focused company. The logo is courtesy of Brandstack, who we happen to co-office with – so it worked out great!  The process was super easy.  Wes and Robert showed me a couple of logos from one of their designers who does great “web 2.0″ brands, and I was hooked.  So I got in touch with “voxsix” on Brandstack and asked him to do several renditions of our existing logo, as we progress into being a product company.  About three days later, he came up with about eight different designs, and we went around and got votes on what the best one was.  The best part of the whole thing was that I only paid $350 for the logo, instead of the usual 10x that at a fancy “design shoppe”.

old-new-pear-logos

Why the pear?

Almost everyone I meet asks me “why a pear?” and what the original logo really means. The pear represents the organic, fresh and crisp nature of what we do. There’s no “auto-pilot” here, and everything we do requires interpretation and analysis to develop real insights. That’s why in the original logo, half of the pear is gray, blurry and out of focus – that’s everyone else; whereas the other side (us), is in-color, clear and crisp.

The new logo expands on the same concept, but with a few subtle changes.  First, instead of the straight line down the middle, we now have a sort of this ying-yang effect of bringing balance and equilibrium to your marketing activities.  I also like to think of it like Pear Analytics is seeping over the “dark side”, so as the color side infiltrates, there is more clarity now in the entire marketing equation.  The logo is now in full vector format, since the last version had an image as part of it, so it was difficult to blow it up to anything bigger than a business card.

So that’s our story – what do you think?  If you need a logo upgrade, head over to Brandstack and check out their inventory.  Even if you don’t find something exact, just contact the designer directly and they will usually modify it to exactly your needs.

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4 Responses

  1. Brian D. Hawkins
    August 16th, 2009 at 4:46 pm

    $350 is a lot of money but, wow, what a difference. Just picturing that on a business card next to the old logo makes it worth the expense. That type of branding can make a lot difference on how seriously your business is taken.

  2. Robert McGuire
    September 28th, 2009 at 1:21 am

    @Brian D. Hawkins – $350 is not a lot of money when your logo is the face of your company and brand. Most agencies and firms charge starting out a minimum of about $5000 to design your logo. After that ball gets rolling who’s to say you’re going to get what you like or actually want.

    Brandstack ( http://www.Brandstack.com ) model is shop before you buy and on the site you get quality rather than having to wait for a contest to be over, or crappy quality, or even stock logos. Sign up, browse around, its free to check it out.

  3. Inform the public
    November 9th, 2009 at 2:08 pm

    Brandstack sells logos as a commodity – which is something you sell at the going rate for the day, like oil or gas. Who’s to say that logo X is worth more than logo Z? An uninformed client wouldn’t be able to tell why one designer is selling their logo at $5,000 and the other at $250. They would just see the value of the logo in the savings, and therefore buy the cheaper one. To them, a logo is a logo, just like copper is copper, no matter who sells it. How do you prove to them the value of paying more for something that they can get for a cheaper price? Brandstack will commoditize logo design to the point where they are all priced in the general range, and it will only come down to a client picking what colors they like.

  4. Ryan Kelly
    November 10th, 2009 at 6:55 pm

    I think Brandstack is globalizing more than commoditizing. First, there are lots of talented designers all over the world who are willing to design a corporate identity package for much less than an expensive ad agency or graphic design firm. Second, you are able to talk with the designers, make modifications, and get expert opinion from the Brandstack designers, so it’s not like buying gas or oil. As I mentioned in the post, we got about 8 options to choose from….isn’t that exactly what I would get down the street for $5k or $10k? As a start-up, I’m looking for cost-effective solutions, not expensive marketing and branding BS.

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