TAXEFXLogo Design Contest

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

~~ You, the Client, are very important! Your active participation is the single greatest factor influencing this contest. Active participation by you, the Client, helps you get the logo design you want! 
~~ What's active participation? It's updating the brief with more information for Designers to work with as the contest progresses, providing feedback to Designers on their entries when they're submitted, and ranking designs at least once a day. 
~~ When you provide feedback to Designers, you increase the chances of getting the logo you want. More feedback = better results!
~~ Leave private feedback by clicking on a design. Feedback will be made public upon contest completion.
~~ Rank designs at least once each day -- this will encourage Designers to submit more entries! 
~~ Ranking prevents your contest from going idle! Active contests attract more Designers. 
~~ Ranking gets your contest noticed. Unless your contest is Private, 1st place entries are posted to the portfolio page: https://logotournament.com/portfolio
~~ Please note: if you're asking for a design that will require several hours to create, to attract Designers willing to invest that amount of time the prize should be at least $400-$500. All "Character" style logos fall into this category.
~~ Designers are not offended by "Not Interested." We'd like to know what you don't want so we can give you the design you do want. 
~~ The first phase of the contest is the "Open" phase, and everyone can submit during that time. 
~~ After your contest's initial "Open" phase closes, it will enter the "Top 5" phase; only the top 5 ranked Designers will be able to submit revisions at that time. 
~~ The "Top 5" Designers are the first 5 Designers in a contest, not the first 5 designs.
~~ When "Top 5" ends, the "Judging" phase begins. The Designer of the 1st place design will be the only Designer who can submit revisions at that time. 

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





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Designers,

Thank you for taking the time to participate. I really appreciate your efforts.

The point behind the statement "living in the red or black is as follows:

a. When one lives in the red, the assumption is that their expenses exceed their income and there is a need to either borrow money (making the problem worse) or cut back on expenses (lifestyle change)

b. When one lives in the black, the assumption is that their income exceeds their expenses. As such, there is a sense of freedom to make more choices.

c. Even when one has income that exceeds expenses, the imposition of tax can also cause one to have more expenses than income.

This logo is for an actual software program, therefore, there is need to have an icon that will show up on the computer desktop when the program is open. Because of that need, the logo will require a symbol and not just text.

In light of everything, using red and black will work better in communicating the message I am trying to get across. I like the idea of fading from red to black on the symbol and from black to red in the text because it gives the impression of a gradual change rather than an abrupt change.

Again, thank you for your participation.

Respectfully,

Norris