For this step we just want you to get a logo for your website. It can be something as simple asopening Photoshop and making your own, or using "FIVERR" like we recommend below. Watch the video about Fiverr above. When we create niche sites, we usually get a logo at the start, which helps to get us excited for the project and makes the site look legitimate to visitors. Get SOMETHING up for a logo for this step,but don’t worry about designing your site yet. Once you’ve completed this, move on to step #6.

Getting a logo is one of those things that we think is absolutely worth it, even though for most people it means a bitmore money out of pocket. While it’s not necessary to have a logo to get traffic to your site, it’s one of those things thatsignals to users that you’re going to give them a good user experience.We don’t want your website to look corporate. But we do want it to look like you’re putting some real effort into it.Here’s some guidance for a good logo.

Pick a logo that gives the right feel for what you want your site to beWe already said to not make your site too corporate. But depending on your topic, you might want anything fromfunny to very serious, folksy to trendy. What’s the feel that you’re after on your site. What sort of image or icon do youthink would give that feel? What colors evoke the right emotions? That’ll give you a great place to start. Also look online, use Google and type your niche and put logo behind that. You will see some ideas. Never copy a logo because they may have a copyright.

Have your logo made by someone through a CONTEST!We recommend 48Hours Logo as a fun option for your logo if you aren’t a designer and don’t have a good friend who’s a designer and owes you a favor. At 48Hours Logo, you just follow their simple steps to set up a logo design competition. Various graphic designers will come up with a logo for you and you get to pick your favorite. You can let your friends vote on their favorite if you’re having trouble choosing. Then, you pay the fee and the winner of the design contest gets paid.

When you get to 48 Hours Logo, just select “Logo Design Only” and follow the prompts on the screen to walk throughtheir process.

Once you get your logo contest set up, you’ll have a logo in 48 hours!

Give the designer as much guidance as you canIf you have an idea in mind, make sure you be as specific in your request as possible. If you want your domain namein the logo, tell them that. If there’s a certain icon or image and color scheme that you want, let them know. The moreinformation you give them about what you want, the more good options you’ll get.

The designers don’t get to see what the other designers are creating. They only get to see how many submissionsthere are. If you mark some submissions “not interested” then the total submissions number will be lower and moredesigners will give it a shot. When designers see that there are a lot of submissions already, they pass your contestby because they think their chances of winning are low.

Getting a Logo For Your Site