Archive for January, 2008

I recently created a logo design that included Chinese characters for a new client in Orlando, Florida, whose core business is services to restaurants, especially Chinese restaurants. The client furnished a handwritten version of the characters for their logo which I then recreated in Xara Xtreme.

Their printed marketing materials will be in English. The top view shown above is the handwritten scanned version they provided, and below that is my finished version that was integrated into their logo for the benefit of clients who read Chinese. The phrase has meaning for the majority of their customers without being dominant, while the look is decorative rather than literal for the other restaurants.

Duplicating an existing design or sketch into a finished logo is just one of the services that I provide for custom small business artwork for print or online. This client confirmed the rendering was perfect and easy to read, so with some imagination and Xara Xtreme vector graphics software, graphic designers can achieve professional results.

Number 6 in my series of 6 free PDF SEO reports with advice for do-it-yourself website promotion for small business owners was released today. It is entitled How and Why of Google Sitemaps, and this free download has no strings attached. You do not have to register or reveal your email address to get your copy of the PDF report.

This report is 652kb with 13 fully illustrated pages and packaged in a zipped folder. You may download it now. Just “Right-click and Save Target As” for the How and Why of Google Sitemaps report.

If you missed any of the six volumes in the series visit the free search engine optimization PDF reports to download all of them beginning with Google Page One in Just 9 Months. This completes my commitment to release all 6 as time permits before the end of 2007.

UPDATE: The first report referenced a single page one search phrase. As of the last two months of 2007 the following may be added: list of best commercial website designers, commercial business website design, small business custom web design, business advice blog, customized blogger templates design, custom web videos, commercial web page design, small business website video, business advice usa, small business custom blog design, commercial web design, and business card artist.

These generic phrases and Google page one results confirm the value of the advice in the free pdf seo report series. Readers are welcome to comment and share their results, also.