I am a talented logo maker.
But you must first answer the following questions.
What does your business do?
What does your company / organisation do?
What is your company’s history?
What are the goals? Why?
What is the overall goal of the new logo design project?
What are you trying to communicate and why?
Are you trying to sell more products or get awareness of your product / service?
How do you differ from your competitors?
Do you want to completely reinvent yourself or are you simply updating your promotional material?
Who is the target market?
What are your target market’s demographics & psychographics? ie. the age, gender, income, tastes, views, attitudes, employment, geography, lifestyle of those you want to reach.
What copy (text) and pictures are needed?
What text needs to be included in the design?
What pictures / icons / illustrations etc need to be used?
What are the specifications?
What size is the design going to be?
Where is it going to be printed / used? The web, business cards, stationery, on your car?
What other information should the designer know in regards to specifications?