Totem Tales Publishing

Totem. Not to be mistaken with Toe Tim, the imaginary character I made up. We’ll talk about Totem in a minute, but let’s start with Toe Tim.

Toe Tim was unfortunately born with reversed toe disease (also made up.) For those of you who don’t live inside my imagination, reversed toe disease is a rare condition (effecting only one person), where the order of the toes are reversed. Big toe is pinky toe, pinky toe is big toe and so on and so forth. It’s a really terrible thing.

You would imagine that Toe Tim has one heck of a time finding shoes that will work with his condition. Surprisingly, this isn’t an issue. You see, Toe Tim just wears his shoes on the wrong feet. Well, for him they’re the right feet.

Toe Tim is an inspiration to me and to everyone else who encounters him. You can thank me later for introducing you to him today.

His condition is actually a blessing. Despite the many nasty comments and snickers from cruel kids, Toe Tim has used his rare disease to teach kids that, no matter what makes you different, you’re always special.

His imaginary words have gotten me through many a difficult time. I love you Toe Tim.

Totem, as in Totem Tales Publishing, actually does something very similar. They create characters, stories and products that help children understand important topics.

Such as Eartha the Sea Turtle, teaching kids about the importance of keeping our ocean’s clean. And then there’s Steven the Vegan, who is a young boy explaining to his friends why he’s a Vegan.

Kids can be cruel. We all know that. Many times, kids are cruel because they’re naive. It’s not always their fault, they just don’t know any better. That’s what is so great about the products that Totem Tales Publishing has put together. They’re helping parents teach their kids to be more educated, and in a fun way. Bully to buddy. That’s my motto.

As parents, we get it. Trust me, we definitely get it. And, with some good direction from Mr. Dan Bodenstein, we get it even more. When we get it, the logo just comes together that much easier.

It’s been awhile, but we’re hoping you haven’t forgotten the drill. Vote on the logo below, leave us a comment (or two or three) and go check out Totem Tales online (and pick yourself up a copy of Eartha).

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The Day Has Come (Kind of)

Using the words that were made famous by the English band, Morcheeba, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”. Unfortunately, for us, Rome (or in our case, IDesignYourLogo.com 2.0) wasn’t built in two weeks. Apparently, awesomeness takes a bit more time than we thought. Who would have thunk it?

Rather than set you up for yet another sad day of “not ready yet” news, we’re just going to tell you that we’re working on it. We’ve got our best Tony on it.

But, in the meantime, there’s a couple of things you should know:

First, if anyone is in desperate need of a logo (soon), send me a note and we can work it out.

Second, you’re going to want to stick around for this week, because we have a couple of logos coming at you. That’s right, just like old times. We have one coming at you on Monday and another later in the week. After that, the sky is the limit.

Remember, just because we’re not blogging and designing logos, doesn’t mean that we don’t want to hang out with you. We’ve got a couple of places that we call home. Here on Facebook, and here on Twitter.

Thanks for your patience, we won’t disappoint you in the end. We pinky swear.

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The Dawn of a New Day

WOOT! It’s vacation time! Maybe not as much of a vacation as it is a hiatus. It’s not like we’re not going to be working.

The IDesignYourLogo.com team is taking a short break between now and the end of July. Maybe it’s to catch up on Jet skiing, maybe it’s to tan or pasty bodies, or maybe it’s to give us a chance to put together, what’s about to become IDesignYourLogo.com 2.0.

Actually, it’s a mixture of everything. We’re going to do some bike riding, catch a few rays, mow the lawn and work on an exciting new change that we’ve been concocting in our logo laboratory. (Yes, we have one.)

If you’re interested in a new logo, we ask for your patience. We’ve advised those who were going to buy a day to hold off a couple of weeks. Why? Well for one, it’s going to be cheaper than if they were to buy it at calendar value today. Not only that, but we’re also … wait, I can’t tell you that, that would spoil the big surprise.

In this down period, we’re still going to be talking smack on Twitter and Facebook, so please stay in touch. In fact, if you hang out with us, we might drop a couple of hints to the additions.

We’re also going to be working Connor Hood (C-honor, the Site Slinger) to the bone. So, if you had any projects planned with him, they’re going to have to wait. No, just kidding, I’m sure he can squeeze you in.

I’d just like to say thank you to everyone that has supported us up to this point. It sounds cheesy, but we wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you.

And, to all of you future IDesignYourLogo.com customers, you’re going to be in for a treat.

See you all soon.

XOXOXOXO

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H.E.L.P International

If I could only explain in more detail how fitting today’s logo is for the major change that is about to occur with IDesignYourLogo.com. Just trust me when I say that it’s perfect.

You don’t know this yet, but starting tomorrow, IDYL is going on a two week hiatus. We’ve advised those who were interested in purchasing a day, to hold off until the 1st of August. I’ll explain more in tomorrow’s post, so for today, let’s enjoy the new logo for H.E.L.P International.

Tony, Jason and I, all have a really strong belief in helping those that need help. Giving back where and when we can. Using the skills/knowledge/access that we have to help those in need. Because, it’s just the right thing to do.

A great example is the campaign that Jason Sadler has spearheaded (along with the help of many others), 1Millionshirts.org. He’s taken his business (of wearing t-shirts) and created an organization to collect 1 million t-shirts for those who need them. Could be used in disaster relief, or they could be given to a second-hand store that uses their funds to support others.

But, Jason couldn’t do this alone. He needed support. He needed support from people and organizations that could bring other skills to the table. One of those people, is our good friend Stephen Anfield. And another, is an organization called, H.E.L.P International, based out of Loveland, Colorado.

H.E.L.P. International (which stands for His Everlasting Love Prevails), is a non-profit organization that responds to major disasters as well as assists the development of depressed areas by providing medical supplies, equipment and humanitarian aid.

They also happen to be the organization that’s helping Jason and his team at 1Millionshirts.org sort the thousands of shirts that they’ve been receiving.

Of course, the least we can do, is bring the skill that we know to the table — which, I probably don’t need to tell you, is logo design. It’s an honor to be designing a logo for organization that does so much good for those in need.

If you can find the time today, be sure to visit the H.E.L.P. International website and show your support any way you can. Also, if you want to learn more about 1MillionShirts.org, here’s the link: http://1millionshirts.org

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Sondra Unlimited

You guys remember Sondra. We first introduced you to her in April, as the blog transcribing side-kick to Adventure Penguin. It’s all coming back to you now, isn’t it?

Remember the cute little waddling Penguin that travels the world, sharing its experiences with us along the way? Well, it turns out that the Penguins side-kick, Sondra, is going to be moonlighting with a company she calls, Sondra Unlimited.

We ask that you don’t tell the penguin though. She hasn’t broke the news to him yet, and if it comes from anyone but her, it will break his little penguin heart. You understand, right? Oh, and if it accidentally slips out, I’ll get my other penguin friends to come to your house and flipper slap you. Are we clear?

Oh, I’m just playing. I just play a bad-ass on the internet, I’m really just a big ‘ole softy. Love, not war, is my motto.

That’s the interesting thing about the internet and the advent of social media. You can really become anyone you want. I’d always advise you to stay true to yourself. But, there’s nothing wrong with creating a couple of characters for the hell of it.

Give it a shot. Create a Twitter account for an alter-ego and have fun with it. Hell, become a tweeting nose hair. Who cares. The point is, you can play any role you want, it’s just for fun.

But, when you’re ready to get down to business, social media is also a great way to drive results. Warning though, you can’t just set up a few accounts, put them on auto-pilot and expect results. It  just doesn’t work that way. There are ground rules and secrets to becoming successful.

Those things are taught by our penguin-loving friend, Sondra Cernigliaro and Sondra Unlimited.

She’s a social media architect, helping companies develop a social media strategy, so that they are able to listen, join and create conversations, which enhance their brands.

She does this by designing and integrating a collection of social media tools into a cohesive tool box for a business to easily manage. It’s just what the social media doctor ordered. (Which, by the way, is another alter-ego you could create online).

Without the traveling penguin knowing, we worked with Sondra (between flights) to create an identity for her business and soon to be, website. We chose to use a stylized infinity symbol to represent Sondras’ infinite wisdom and the unlimited potential when you hire her. We think it works well, but we’ll let you be the judge.

You’re going to want to pay attention today, because you’re going to get the opportunity to win a few things. Stay posted on our Facebook and Twitter pages to see what to do. It’s an exciting hump day and we encourage you to stick around with us.

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