Speech bubbles are strong for this logo...we need to have a clean representation of "People" as well..the slogan is People in Profits Talk.............there will be lots of people.
This is a fantastic direction, now we are seeing the meaning of the Logo in the images, #8 is nice in that it represents profits and people in one image. #4 & #5 does the same only very nice that it incorporates the i as one of the People...I like where #7 is going, perhaps move the people in circle to float above the i and incorporate the i itself into the PIPS portion....excellent work thus far..but to soon to rank.
I have reviewed some other contests to see if there were similar ideas to reference....the Active Social Tournament is very close to ours in that they are a social network on DNN, it is likely that we will use their modules on the People in Profits Talk DNN portal in fact. The Logos convey the social and people aspect but lack the profits component..however there is fine work there https://logotournament.com/contests/Active%20Social
I am very impressed with these, the ranking do not necessarily reflect my tastes but others have weighed in and reflect this is representative of "group think" in the rankings. SpeedLogo comes on strong, currently ranked #3 the number #1 rank is a crowd favorite but the communication bubble needs to be added and the $ more defined.
Wow, really impressive stuff...very hard to drag some of these off the board and others were a simple matter of replacing the new versions. The word mark with icons is definitely the crowd pleaser and opinions are still varied amongst the group. JetPix has come packing and is a personal favorite while graphixsphere is winning the hearts and minds with his enhancements. The Top 10 or 12 are all serious contenders now.
FLASH UPDATE: The Primary Currency that these people will be discussing is the EURO....the USD, JPY etc. are not important to be represented, this will be visible in Europe primarily.
Its coming down to the use of the EUro Symbol in the Icon ans the $ symbol in the place of the s in PiPs...makinsure that the logo includes the words People in Profits Talk
Question: Is putting a Euro, and a dollar sign for the "s" required?
Are folks talking about the Euro or the dollar? And if they are _both_ in there, why not throw in the yen?
I've submitted a design with neither. I think your target audience will know what they are talking about, and I'm guessing they've seen a bizillion logos with the "s" made into a dollar sign. :-)