I’m putting together a YouTube marketing plan, wherein I’ll produce videos around well-searched keywords. I want to put some effort into the design and production of these videos, rather than just upload Plain Jane single take stuff.

So that got me thinking about adding a closing logo to my videos…you know the kind…UBU Productions’ Sit Ubu Sit, Good Dog! Or Newhart’s kitten meowing with Bob Newhart’s voice. These end of show logo screens are called vanity cards or production logos and serve as a jazzy end credit for the production company and associates.

I haven’t seen anyone else add one to an online video, so I thought it would be neat to include one in my videos.

I’m still in the design stage of my vanity card development, but in case you’d like to see exactly what I’m talking about, here’s a montage of these cool closing logos from past TV shows…

If you’d like to take a look at even more of these vanity cards, here’s a few links to collections of them found on YouTube…

Production Logos Search Results

Production Logos Playlist

Other Production Companies Playlist

To read more about these production logos, head on over to MSNBC and see if you can remember the logos mentioned in the article. Here’s another one, although there’s a bit of overlap.

And here’s the excellent Warrior Forum thread that got me thinking of doing YouTube videos:

Biggest Mistakes I See in Videos on YouTube