Designing your company logo can have more impact on the success of your business than most of us can imagine. To some degree,  having a professional looking and appealing logo is more important to than the product r service itself! Same goes with packaging and/or websites. How you present your product or service can drastically effect the outcome of your venture. How many times have we seen someone’s logo and said to ourselves, “That is the tackiest logo ever”? Or conversely, how many times have we said the opposite? There is no end to the creativeness that can accompany this task.

So, where do you start?

Start by searching Google or Bing. Type in “logo template” or “logo design” and see what populates the results. Oftentimes, we can see something we love and derive just what we need to begin working on our prototype. Then you have to determine whether or not you will be capable of reproducing the desired look but with your own content. Many of us have used PhotoShop in the past for various projects and maybe could figure out how to create what we need, but keep in mind there is more to creating a logo than simply designing it and saving it. If it is in the wrong format or designed using existing images or image text, it may not be scalable. Let’s say you want to put your logo on the side of your vehicle or on a billboard. If you designed your logo to be the size of a business card logo, it will need to be scaled up. Therefore, the logo must have been created as a vector image saved as an EPS or similar format which allows the image to be resized without losing clarity and sharpness.

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All of us do it. Sit around and dream about what it would be like to do something we love and earn a living at it at the same time. Few of us are willing to make it a reality. The risks always seem insuperable and never worth the time and money that it would require. If living your dream means sacrificing your lifestyle, no one can make that decision for you but YOU! Family and friends can weigh in and give their opinions, but ultimately, you have to decide whether the payoff is greater than the risks involved. I’m certain few if any ideas became businesses without some or much effort. There is always going to be a certain amount of dedication and work that go with starting a new business.

Once you filter through the proposed risks and the actual risks involved in starting your business, you will need to decide if you have what it takes to start down the road. Will you consider the ups and downs when they come as bi-products of success and failure and still move forward? Or will you simply shake and concede at the very instant the downs come your way? All of these considerations must be considered in order to avoid certain failure in your endeavor.

You’ve got the ideas, the inspiration, and the motivation. Now, you need the resources and advice. Get them here.

Are you sitting at your desk right now waiting for a reason to get started on your new business idea? Waiting for someone to say, “Hey, here’s something to help you with your idea!”? Sometimes, all we need is a little nudge in the right direction. That holds true in all areas of our lives sometimes. With starting a business, simply having a great idea doesn’t always mean we will have a great start! Trying to decide on a name for the business and the structure of the ownership of the business, along with tons of other considerations is an overwhelming and often times defeating thought. You think to yourself, how have others gotten their momentum? In many cases, believe it or not, entrepreneurs begin their journey with mentors! It’s really no different than what you would do if you decided you were going to change the brakes on your car. Assuming you have little to no experience changing brakes, you would most likely do one of the following. Either you would buy or download an owners manual. or you would seek help from a professional or someone who has some experience in mechanics. How is starting your own business any different? Most of us know someone who has started a business before. Nowadays, it is extremely common. Mentors can be a source of knowledge and wisdom like no other resource.

When considering a step forward in starting a new business, don’t make the same mistake thousands of others have made before you. Take the time to educate yourself and find a mentor. DooBizz offers a mentor program to help you along the way so that you have someone in your corner when you need. Get started today by visiting DooBizz.com

Many of us have been around long enough to know what adversity is and what it can do to us if we face it with fear. When it comes to starting or growing a small business, adversity can certainly be a threat to the sustainability and life of your business or idea.

Overcoming adversity is part of everyone’s personal and business life. The stress of our jobs, various family issues, personal relationships, and of course, today’s economy, are all critical issues that makes it difficult in overcoming adversity that so many of us are fighting with to resolve our life’s battles.

Adversity does not have the ability to ruin your life if you do not allow it to do so. Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful. It is the giant that does its greatest damage on the battlefield of our mind (not our body). It humbles us, but it’s our loneliness in the face of those setbacks that is devastating. The most important ingredient of success is the ability to bounce back from adversity. One trait above all others reliably predicts whether a person will be successful in overcoming adversity and that is a positive attitude.

Resolve in advance that you will meet and overcome every difficulty, and then, no matter what happens, don’t give up until you do. If “why” you want something isn’t strong enough, you may find it difficult to overcome the roadblocks. To maintain a positive attitude when the going is rough is difficult if your reason to do so is not motivating. Only then do you have the ability to overcome and summon the strength to do so. Persistence can overcome just about anything, given enough time. When you are feeling like you may not be able to overcome a roadblock, take a moment to remember a time that you WERE able to overcome adversity. How did you feel when you were able to overcome the roadblock and celebrate the success?

Attitude and motivation still transcend knowledge, skill, and technology as the most important contributors to success. A daily dose of motivation helps us cope with the challenges we face every day, giving us strength and reinforcing our beliefs in our own abilities. It helps us maintain our attitudes. Use positive quotes and daily affirmations to help keep you focused. Brainstorm other solutions if the path you have chosen appears blocked. Forecast possible end results to each brainstormed path and then choose the one that seems most likely to bring you success. If at first you do not succeed, well then use the old adage, “try try again.”

Starting a business takes more than just a willingness to sacrifice your time and energy. Most of us are required to sacrifice just about everything we have and are to make a go at it. The last thing we want to do is overlook a vital part of the process. Creating and following a business plan is one of the most effective ways to ensure you’re not haplessly moving forward just to make deadlines or start-up goals. All too often, we remember something we should have done too late in the process and that’s when businesses can start unraveling and falling apart. Having a simple checklist will not only save your time and money, but may also save your business entirely.

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What a great feeling it is when you have that moment where you know what you want to do with your life. When you genuinely know the path you should take and vow to make it happen no matter what. Then, reality sets in and you realize you need more than just an idea and an aspiration. You need a plan! Starting a new business takes preparation and know-how. Rarely does a business take off and succeed on it’s own with little or no effort on the part of the owner. Research and competitive analysis are key elements in knowing your market and where to begin. Do you have any competition? If so, how much? How successful are they? How much of the market can you share before you are truly competing? How will you compete if the market is small? All of these questions need to be answered before you do anything else. Now, answering these questions isn’t going to happen overnight! If you rush it and don’t do your homework, it could come back to bite you in the end. How do you formulate a business plan or business model and make certain you ask all the right questions? Forgetting just one element in this process could mean the difference between success and failure! That’s where DooBizz comes in.

Years ago, a man by the name of Alan Hall, decided there must be a better way to answer these questions and more. To aid in the construction of more and more small businesses in Utah. So, he engineered DooBizz. DooBizz can not only help you see clearly all of the critical questions that need to be reviewed, but also builds your business plan for you based on your answers. Don’t sit at home with a pencil and paper marking up pages of information that ultimately will never make sense to you upon review. Organize your thoughts using the DooBizz system and let it work for you. As part of the Grow America family, DooBizz has a team of qualified consultants ready to help you succeed in your endeavor. Don’t just start a business, build a legacy! You can do it, and DooBizz can help!