Very cool font in #1! We don't need the slogan. I like the silhouette idea you're exploring, but perhaps it would be worth showing a series of crows together in black with a single red one (as if they're flying over the words).
Hi, make sure to keep it legible. The font on #54 isn't clear. #53 is cool, but maybe looks a bit too much like a pokeball, haha. Try moving the various crows around, #52 is a bit too symmetrical and I still have a little more interest #1. You also don't need to use 5 crows, 3 would probably be enough.
#77 is the better option, but it's sill not working. What about adding different red values? Also, there might be an opportunity here to show the "leader of the pack" or "industry leading" themes. Maybe with the red crow in the front.
Overall, I dig your idea - but the poses of the crows aren't "graphic" enough, they're basically just blackened versions of actual crows. I'm looking for a bit of a cartoony or symbolic element with the crows. They don't all need to be centered and on top either.
You could have some black crows making a sideways "s" on the letters with the red one incorporated into the "w" somehow. Let's play around with the layout, because I want to keep the simplicity you've got going on.
#200 isn't bad. I prefer the simplicity of it to #52, so that's a good sign. Could you try doing something with footprints underneath the text? Perhaps a series of black footprints and 2 red ones leading them?
#258 is pretty cool. Maybe the footprints are a bit stiff, could you make it a bit more flowing? Perhaps varying degrees of gray for the footprints nearest the word "red" would help?
It also might be worth trying the font from #52, I think I'm a bit partial to that one.
#303 is stronger than #315. Do you think a simple crow silhouette (very simple - like a circle, eye and a beak) would help if it hung out on the end of the "w"?
#408 is my favorite, I think. Any thought on how to make the little red crow at the end a bit happier? Might be beneficial to be a brighter red as well.
To be honest, I don't think I'm going to pick your design but I like some aspects of it - mainly the font, but the footprints are cool too. Would you be interest in selling the design after the contest ends?