Arnold Business Advisors, LLCLogo Design Contest

#1 and #2 - Do not like Arnold being the focal point of the logo. #3 Seems a little too plain and original.

#4 - Arnold and graphic are more balanced; thus"OK" with Arnold being larger than Business Advisors LLC. Had originally envisioned Arnold Business Advisors LLC being same size and overall focal point, but you all are the experts. Also, not sure what the graphic is conveying to my audience and if we don't get it than most likely other won't. Please review profile and focus on the "trusted advisor" aspects.

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1st place - 50 points
2nd place - 20 points
3rd place - 10 points
4-6th place - 5 points
7-10 place - 3 points
10th on - 1 point

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Opened up the number of styles as we thought we might be being too restrictive.

A few thoughts that the new entries are generating. 1) We think we are looking for a graphic that better conveys our desire to "aid businesses to achieve their dreams" and conveys our "servant heart". 2) While mentioned prior that we had envisioned Arnold Business Advisors LLC all being of similar size and font, we now believe there is merit in Arnold being larger, but not the focal point. Reason being, is that we may chose to have other businesses than just the Advisor business while attempting to maintain a brand image. 3) For this reason, ABA does not work in the graphics. Thanks to all for your efforts and we look forward to the next round of proposals.

Improving; however, still not clicking with the graphic.

#43 gets the vote for the new #1. We like the arrow concept as it conveys improvement. One our original logos was a graph and arrow showing improvements to convey performance improvement. Only issue with this approach is that we are not "only" in business to grow, improve profitability, etc, but to aid people in achieving their "dreams" and utilizing the business to aid in this dream achievement.
#44 is 2nd as we look at it being mountains and "the sky is the limit" and while "A" is in the graphic, it's not all about the "A". In fact, a lot of the graphic are attempting to capture "A" in some fashion or another, and we aren't sure that what we truly want. We are looking for a creative graphic which conveys our service to others in achieving business "results" which ultimately ends up aiding people in achieving their personal "dreams".
Graphic needs to be catchy at a glance; however, not flashy. Not sure that it would look like what we are looking for; however, a graphic which as a graph, improving trend arrow, and heart in some fashion may be interesting to see.

Contest extended 7 days due to us still not hitting a home run with the graphic. #65 & #64 have been moved to #1 & #2 as they are conveying most like what were envisioning. That being said, with the extension of 7 days, remove all limits our brief may place on the contest, focus on our three desires to convey with the logo, and let's see some completely difference approaches. Once there is more variety, we'll provide feedback which should pull us back into the right direction and ultimately achieve success at the end of the week. We will continue to monitor and provide feedback daily and thanks again for all your efforts to date and over the next week.