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Re: Business card best practices

Thorsten Claus — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:29:39 -0000

Funny how I landed on this page after I read an article from "Jerry Maikel" on http://www.goarticles.com/c... just to find out that it was simply ripped from here... ts...

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erotik — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:03:40 -0000

I've heard it said that content is king, and this should hold true for business cards as well. I think the people you give your card to should be a factor in determining the content of your card. My cards have my name, contact info, website and logo http://www.tube34.net on one side and a tag cloud I created on the other side. I usually give my cards to people who don't know what a tag cloud is and so that generates conversation. People who don't know what a tag cloud is might not be clued in to everything that is happening on the Internet. These are the people I'm looking for.

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David S — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 11:24:36 -0000

When it comes to breaking the rules, printing your own cards provides a lot of freedom. Certainly the less you spend on paper, the more obvious your parsimony will be, but the ability to customize cards for different purposes, occasions and audiences is very amenable to design ingenuity.

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On-anong — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:46:19 -0000

#10. Cards in China are very often bilingual with one side in Chinese and one side in English. If you plan to do business in China, it's best to have such kind of card.

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Verona — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:47:13 -0000

Thank you for your helpful reminders. I found a design that's been very effective for me. It's everything we look for; it's alluring, it's seductive, it's persuasive. Check it out at www.mlmflyer.com. I hope your results are as good as mine

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3xUSMC — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:30:59 -0000

To expand on ur Biz Cards Best Practices #9, I redesigned my cards to replace all black (trendy) with very light gray specifically so recipients can write notes. I also keep 2 cards in my wallet for emergencies!

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Mark Cummuta — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:30:59 -0000

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nugenart — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:07:07 -0000

Here's some advice on business cards.

Cards you plan to hand out:

If you're in a creative position, flaunt it. Stay away from ordinary. Use a bit of drama. If you're just looking for attention, and want people to talk about you, design your card to look as crappy as you can. Seriously! A wise man in the art of marketing once said "talk about me good... talk about me bad... just talk about me!". A crappy card will always out perform a clean design. (though no one may take you seriously, you'll be the talk fo the town!)

Cards you've collected:

Sell them! There's people on ebay selling miscellaneous business cards right now at the tune of $25 or more per 300 different cards. That's more than it cost to print these days. These are leads, people, and businesses need all the leads they can get. Cheers!

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Alan Saltz — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:27:18 -0000

Great post!

I love #1 on your list...

"A good business card STARTS A CONVERSATION!"

So true, and yet it's so rare that you find one that actually does. Most, in fact, leave very little impression at all.

If you want your business card to be more memorable here's something else you should definitely read. It's a great resource...

http://www.BusinessCardProf...

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re:Business Card Best Practice — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:49:32 -0000

Well written article. Business cards are the best print marketing products. It is also important to choose the proper paper. Some business cards feel too light and they do not convey the proper message.

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Blair — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 17:06:33 -0000

Definitely make sure your business card is original and personal to you. So many companies still want to consider themselves "professional" and stick to traditional simple business cards. I get all mine at www.vistaprint.com. They have hundreds of unique colorful designs to chose from. You can even upload your own design if you have one. They are really good quality, and not expensive either!

Blair

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PaperDirect — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:30:20 -0000

"Make sure the basics are on there. You know, your name, title, company, address, phone and fax numbers, email, URL of both your company’s Web site and your blog. A logo."

You would be surprised how many people don't do this properly. I've seen quite a few.

Making sure your card is visually impacting and not having the valuable info on the card is not good practice. Working the design around the information is the best way to assure you're not just passing around, "cool cards."

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Business Insites — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:53:33 -0000

Some great ideas - One thing often neglected is the reverse of the business card - a great space for a special offer - link to useful marketing information or just a scribbled personal message at times.

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Color Business Cards | PrintPl — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 02:08:36 -0000

It seems like the interesting business cards cost a lot of money to print. Magnets, plastic, and rice paper are all very interesting, but not conducive to the tight budget for many small companies like the one I own. I have been searching for ways to make my business cards for my freelance company be conversation starters but also have a low cost. I have a few ideas but am not sure which one to go with.

My 1st idea is to design a vertical layout. This might work best for my logo, which is a ballpoint pen standing on its tip. My only dilemma is how to fit my rather lengthy company name. I could possibly place the company name vertically but this might create too much emphasis on the vertical layout.

My 2nd idea involves using the second side for a special offer. I know that some printing companies will print full color on the second side for hardly any extra cost. The free offer would help to drive traffic to my web site and build my client base. Plus, I could also list benefits of my company on the second side as well.

The 3rd idea is to create an unusual design. I have seen very few interesting business cards. Most simply include the necessary information and a logo, so if I can design mine completely different from the other cards, my business card just might stand out. I am thinking about trying either a utilitarian design or a historical document style.

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workforce8 — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:51:48 -0000

This article is so true. For people that are confused about where to go, you should check out the site I used. It's a company called mind2print.com and they actually did a really good job on my design and print. They were pretty cheap too. I used to have cards from a free print company but I'm actually proud to hand these out now. You get what you pay for, and the quality shows that. Hope it helps!

the address is:
http://www.mind2print.com

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Chinese Business Cards — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:55:57 -0000

Excellent information.
For our trip to Shanghai, we used a company called Luna Concepts to translate and typeset our team's Simplified Chinese cards. Results were EXCELLENT!

Here is their web site:
http://www.lunaconcepts.com...

They also do Japanese and Korean business cards too, but we didn't use their service for these languages.

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sports — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 07:09:59 -0000

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Business Card Translation — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:15:54 -0000

I love what you said about Matt Mullenweg’s business card. That is great and I know that I would remember a card like that!

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Dominic Son — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:55:43 -0000

Totally agree with #1. Moo Cards were geniuses in making their cards a different size, to stick out like a sore thumb and then now have standard sizes.

In awe...

Dominic
LettucePrint.com

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Niel McAvery — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 06:19:50 -0000

ABD Inc. (Asian business Development) in San Francisco did an excellent job on my Simplified Chinese cards for a trip to China. They do Chinese, Japanese, and Korean business card translation and typesetting.

They are design oriented and have a designer match your layout. Others I went to in the past didn't take as much care in the layout and just gave me crudely placed characters without much aesthetic sensitivity.

They can either provide you with the digital art for you to take to your own local printer or print the cards for you. I chose to get the files emailed to me since I lived in a different city and took them to my local print shop.

I was introduced to ABD from a friend and he tells me they've been doing this since the early 1970's.

Anyway here's the link. http://www.cards2asia.com

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Business Card Translation — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:12:50 -0000

In china, many people have dual sided business cards, one side in Chinese and one side in English.

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aa!2on — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:09:03 -0000

My current cards have my title listed as: Professional Person.
People always notice and remember it... also I noticed that darrenbarefoot.com just made some new business cards and didn't include a phone number on them...he says he did it intentionally so he could write the phone number on the card. He feels (and I agree) it "makes them feel special and can't hurt"

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dr dental — Fri, 30 May 2008 16:11:32 -0000

I have bought my share of business cards but if you are any medical profession visit americanbusinesscard.com for by far the most elegant classiest business cards.

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ABD — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:06:59 -0000

FYI:

http://www.cards2asia.com is a good source for English to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean business card translation, typesetting, digital artwork, and 2-sided bilingual business card printing.

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m.clark — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:24:43 -0000

I agree that a line or a few words about your job, what you DO, is important. Why not make your business cards high-tech and include a tag cloud?
www.ooprint.com
Check out their "blogger cards" . . . great designs and I think the tag cloud is just a great idea to get more information about yourself and your job on your business card.