Business Card Tips: Part Four

Some final tips for your business card design and distribution. Print out the last four blogs to provide yourself with a handy checklist.

It may seem obvious but be sure your business card matches the rest of your corporate design and color palette. Branding is about consistency across the board to ensure clients and customers cannot escape your message.

Always proof read and spell check your business card before ordering. Its a good idea to copy ..read more

Business Cards Tips: Part Three

More tips and things to remember when it comes to business cards.

Never hand someone a business card when someone else is handing them a business card. Receiving a pile of business cards at one time is never good for the business. Wait until everyone else has left the scene before you hand over your business card.

Write local emergency phone numbers on the back of your business cards to give potential clients a second reason to hold ..read more

Business Card Tips: Part Two

More tips and reminders when it comes to business cards.

Buy a business card holder that has two pockets or sides. One side is for your business cards and one is for the business cards you receive from others.

Design your business card so it can be used as a promotional flier. Newspapers often run business size ad specials making this a super economical way to advertise your wares.

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Business Card Tips: Part One

As the first month of the new year closes it makes sense to not only order new business cards for the coming year while the sales are still on but also to remember the basics of business cards. This is a four part blog that provides some of the top things to remember when designing, buying and using your business card.

Business cards should share more than your contact information. Be sure to used ..read more

Child Mentor’s Business Card

Child mentors come in all shapes and sizes, paid and unpaid, professional and amateur and they spend their time making the lives of individual children their focus. Mentors spend quality time with kids teaching them about being a better person, finding ways to be involved in their community and learning how to have self confidence and self respect.

The child mentor’s business card should communicate enough information to set the minds of children’s teachers ..read more

Food Bank Worker’s Business Card

The food bank manager or director’s role is to both attract donations and funding sources as well as care for their clients and manage other volunteers and employees. The complex role of a food bank manager needs a professional yet communicative business card. The food bank manager’s business card should be polished, informative and friendly.

There are a few essentials to include on the food bank business card. Details of the program such as opening ..read more

Security Firm Business Card

The modern security firm is in high demand but always fighting the perception of thugs for hire. Setting a professional tone for any business is a matter of designing polished looking promotional materials and distributing them to the right people at the right time. The security firm’s business card should look modern, communicate the company message and make current and potential customers feel confident.

The security firm’s business card should include all the usual contact ..read more

Making Sense of the Chain: Franchise Business Cards

Franchises allow small towns and cities to enjoy the big city products but with local employment the goal. There are a number of different franchise opportunities for the local entrepreneur. Convenience stores, chain restaurants, chain superstores, office supply stores and electronic stores all offer franchises. The business card of the franchise store should include images and texts of the franchise coupled with the personality of a home town business.

The franchise business card must include ..read more

Mediator’s Business Card

Mediators are hired by public institutions and private individuals to negotiate settlements and resolve disputes instead of taking issues in front of a public courtroom. Mediators save people money and time using their education and experience to turn arguments into compromises. The professional mediator’s business card should strike a balance between professionalism and approachability.

A mediator’s business card should include both the usual contact information as well as details regarding education and experience. To avoid ..read more

What to do With Old Business Cards

After ordering your latest set of custom printed business cards you may be wondering what to do with the leftover old business cards. Here are a few possibilities for that out of date contact information.

Art projects. There are hundreds of different ways to use business cards in art projects from origami and decorations to sculptures and office art. Combine a number of people’s left over cards and take them to ..read more