In truth, when it comes to logo design, you really do get what you pay for. Your logo is pretty likely to be the first sight your customer has of your business, service or product, and so creating the right first impression is crucial. And as the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression!

Before we start putting pen to paper (or mouse to Mac) we would want to ask you all sorts of questions about exactly what you want your new logo to do for you, and what you want it to say about you.

Then, we would want to learn about your target marketplace; those people who are going to see your logo, and what sort of baggage they might bring with them. Perhaps they have preconceptions about your type of business that you need to dispel, or even reinforce? Maybe they’re likely to have an idea in mind about what they are looking for, and your logo is an opportunity to confirm to them that they’ve found it?

We’re only just getting started! How long do you need your logo to last? Where, and in what context, do you envisage using it? Are there any other logos or previously designed items that it needs to complement? And what are your competitors doing? Do you want to distance yourself from them, or place your business alongside them?

Once we’ve answered these – and probably a number of other – questions, we’re ready to get designing.

It could be that you don’t actually need a new logo at all – just an update of your existing one. If this is the case, we’ll be honest with you and tell you so – and work with you to find the best way to evolve your current logo and give it a new lease of life.

Assuming, however, that you do need something new, the BTL Creative approach is to have at least a couple of different people working on it, to help ensure a real mix of ideas. Once we’ve digested and discussed the brief, we’re ready to bring together our knowledge and experience of typography, iconography and colour to work up a wide variety of possible executions.

The next stage is for the creative team to reconvene and see what’s on the table. After much debate, we’ll narrow it down to a shortlist of the strongest, and then the individual designer(s) will polish these up.

Only now are we ready to show you our ideas. It’s very rare that our clients don’t find that at least one of these initial concepts hits the mark, even if it may need a little tweaking before it’s ready to go. More often, our clients are torn between different options – which we take as a compliment about the breadth of our creativity! We’ll work together with you to get it ‘just so.’

And once the design is signed off, we’ll work up all the variations (mono, RGB, CMYK, reversed out, social media icons etc.) and supply them to you in whatever format you need.