Nickleri – The more often you change your site design, the more confusing you make your site for visitors. Spend time choosing a layout, colour scheme and logo and stick with them, at least for the short term. At the moment, you are not doing yourself any favours!

Even having your own favicon.ico in your main web folder is important, as that’s what’ll come up in bookmarks.

Yogesh – Thanks, I’m glad you agree!

Nicole – Yeah, I thought it was quite an apt image!

Mr Woc – Yes, it is important to listen to people within your community. Perhaps the most important thing though, is to be truthful to yourself – you’ll find it much easier to maintain a consistent image.

Vincent – You give a good example of why it is important to always consider yourself as a brand; we are always selling and promoting ourselves and it is important to ensure our brand is consistent.

Cody – Why not ask your members what they think of your current layout, design and logo? It’s a good idea to find a design and logo then stick with them for a while in order to strengthen your brand. However, at the same time your community will have its own brand in terms of its personality – brands aren’t just visual.

Amazing…

Anywho, I try to think of myself as a brand at my workplace. It’s a 2500 person place so your name gets out and about. It’s always important that what gets out is what you want to advertise about yourself.

Vincent