I see where you are going with this. However, my potential clients are very business and bottom-line oriented. These are a bit too informal for that group. I need something more serious and less playful.
I've looked at your portfolio, and it is apparent you have done the kind of work I am looking for in the past.
The following should have appeared in our brief but did not:
We use a metaphor of a client's company as a spear. Its sales team…the inflection point with the customer…is at the spearhead. Proactive, well-trained sales people are the very tip....the sharpest point.
At this point, there are six candidates that I consider to be equal contenders in this contest. If you receive this message, you are one of them. Congratulations.
The current ranking is roughly in the order that they were submitted. Don't attach a lot of significance to the ranking at this stage.
The current rankings are about the body of your work rather than a single design. For those of you who submitted multiple entries, there may be aspects of one that we may wish to see incorporated with another of your designs. So, don't withdraw lower ranked submissions at this point.
For some reason, most submissions chose to concentrate on a couple of specific color combinations, although I did not prescribe that. Are there other color combinations you would suggest?
One of the things that I will be considering in this final round is how the logo will look on certain backgrounds. (White and Black, obviously) What backgrounds would you recommend for your submissions?
I will be back shortly with specific notes for each of you.
I appreciate each of your efforts, and thank you again for your participation.
Entry 79: I would like to see these with an italic type face. Possibly all lower case. Also the line "Sell at the Tip of the Spear" align Flush Right.
Do you have additional color combinations you would like to suggest for your basic designs?
I would like to see how your design looks on a black background. If you have a suggestion for another effective background color for your design, I would like to see it as well.