McReynolds AutomotiveLogo Design Contest

Hello! Here are some hints for getting the most out of your contest as it progresses:

~~ Rank designs daily -- this will encourage participation.
~~ Rank a variety of designs to get a variety of entries.
~~ Ranking gets your contest noticed! Unless your contest is Private, 1st place entries are posted to the portfolio page: https://logotournament.com/portfolio
~~ Leave private feedback by clicking on a design. Feedback will be made public upon contest completion
~~ The more feedback you provide, the better results you will see.
~~ Designers are not offended by "Not Interested".
~~ Over-use of "Not Interested" discourages participation.
~~ Designers earn points for designs ranked 1st - 10th. We like to earn points.
~~ After your contest closes it will enter Judging phase. You can re-rank designs in Judging.
~~ While in Judging, the designer ranked in first place can submit revisions

More detailed information on how to get the most out of your contest can be found here:
https://logotournament.com/forum/general_discussion/914

You can also look in: https://logotournament.com/forum/contest_holder_discussion

I would like all of the designers to know that I have read all of the material provided here and will be generous with the rankings and feedback. I intend to start sending all of my logo business here in the future so hope to have a great relationship with you all.

This contest is not typical in that the client has the attached logo and is looking for a conversion /possible upgrade keeping the same look and feel. Since everyone has the same starting point there should be no issues with copying other's work and we would like the designers to feel free to use anything they produce for this contest in their own portfolio if they choose.

Make sure you get the details in the brief and let's have a great contest, thanks!

Thanks for all of the entries so far, this is great! I left feedback for everyone and have ranked all of the logos so far. Some really nice stuff there.

Concerning the fonts, I suggested the 'Moltor' used in the original, but after seeing some different examples I definitely don't want to limit anyone, go crazy with the fonts! While the client liked the original font I am sure you guys have much better eyes and access so I want you to do your thing.

I am meeting with the client tomorrow to review the entries so far (he doesn't get to the computer much) and I will likely have more feedback on the designs after the meeting.

BONUS: To make things interesting, I would like to offer to the winner of this contest a FREE custom WordPress website with FREE hosting for a year. After the 1st year you get the 'family' rate of $5/month hosting. To be clear, you pay $11.99 at GoDaddy or wherever for your own domain and I will set you up on my servers with the latest premium StudioPress Genesis framework theme, pick any of the Genesis child themes and I will custom skin it to whatever look you come up with as a designer. You own the site, you get full backend admin access. Custom homepage, portfolio, integrated blog, SEO, the works. You can find more details about my sites here, I charge $799 for these things: http://www.searchandrescuemarketing.com/custom-wordpress-websites-themes/ (portfolio needs updating but check out my new real estate themes on real estate websites page)

Why would I do all of this? My client for this logo happens to be my nephew and I want him to have the best logo possible.

If the winner already has a website he is happy with I will do a free SEO consult if they want that instead.

EXTRA SEO BONUS: Anyone who ranks top 10 gets a free link from my blog to their website if they have one. I just started building up my site but trust me when I say I have the juice.

Thanks everybody and let's see some more entries!

New rankings and feedback are done. Sorry I was a little late as I went out of town to meet with the client yesterday and he was very pleased with the contest so far and says thanks to all who have entered. Keep up the great work!

1 day left and we have some great entries, thanks to all who have participated.

One thing that has come up is that the client wants to be sure the 'automotive' text size is fairly large so it is easily seen on his sign from the street. Thanks!

^^ See my comment above and also wanted to mention that I should have said in my original 'Bonus Free Website' post above that I am talking about a business or personal site for the winner and I don't host pron/pills/gambling or blackhat stuff on my servers. It hasn't come up but just wanted to be sure everyone is on the same page. Thanks!

Many thanks to all contestants, my client is very happy with the results. Sorry but there will be a 2 day delay in final judging, my client has a booth at a local fair Saturday and decided to have the crowd participate in judging the final entries. We will select the final winner late Saturday night after the votes are tallied.

All designers who participated have been ranked in the top 10 for points purposes and are qualified for the consolation bonus prize of a link to their own website if they have one. PM me and let me know if there is specific anchor text that you want used for SEO purposes.

Thanks again to all for a great contest!