A lot of business professionals, obsessed with branding and marketing to the fullest, forget the less is more rule when it comes to business cards. You may have a wildly colorful eye catching billboard for your company on the highway that brings in traffic but that riot of color does not belong on your business card.
Two colors is the best option when it comes to your business cards. Two contrasting colors that is. That’s ..read more
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A little online research will show you that the rounded edge business card is making itself known in the world of custom printing. Look at the business cards you received during your most recent networking event. How many have rounded edges? Why would you choose rounded edges over traditional corners for your business cards?
Rounded corner business cards convey a much softer modern tone to your business card. They appear youthful and creative where sharp ..read more
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I’ve mentioned several times on this blog the importance of choosing a heavy well cut card stock for your business card. Recently, several business card websites began offering even heavier card stock to their clients. The fact that heavy card stock makes a difference is catching on. The weight of your business card tells as much of a story as the information printed on the front.
Extremely light weight thin business cards do not make ..read more
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Those who make their living from making folks laugh need to be taken seriously when it comes to booking, negotiations, publicity and marketing. Comedians are like any other working professional and need a business card. The comedian’s business card should avoid cheap gimmicks and let vendors and clients know that you may make folks laugh for a living but your business is no laughing matter.
Be sure to incorporate any established branding on the comedian’s ..read more
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Cupcakes have become very popular desserts and wedding day alternatives. The professional cupcake business is in high demand. Creating desserts that gain a reputation is about a good product and good advertising. The business card remains the best form of advertising for any company. The cup cake company business card is visually stimulating, informative and fun.
It is essential that the cupcake business card make you hungry, trigger some response to the sight of a ..read more
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Having great business cards is wonderful. Receiving a lot of business cards is fantastic. Every business card someone has given you is a potential sale. People don’t just hand their business cards out to anyone so getting one is a definite win. Amassing business cards is the goal of any good networker. There are a few tried and tested ways to receive business cards.
The easiest way to get a business card is to give ..read more
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Taking the time to create professional looking well printed business cards for your company is only one part of the process. Those business cards must be kept in good condition until they are handed over to clients and potential customers. If you order several thousand business cards at one time they must be preserved between the ordering box and the client’s wallet. Business card holders are the difference between a good and bad impression when it comes to ..read more
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The home sales party is a tradition in American homes and a staple of the stay at home parent economy for over fifty years. Home party professionals sell everything from kitchen-ware and storage containers to makeup, clothes and jewelry. Competing with big box stores and capitalizing on the small town charm of a freelance professional, home party hosts need business cards that are confident, complete and charismatic.
Product placement is key to the success of ..read more
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Choosing a business card for freelancers and the self employed can be quite a tough process. You aren’t only representing your brand you are representing yourself. In the search for my new business card I have browsed thousands of possibilities. Some template stir my interest but I have yet to find the one that speaks to me. Writing and researching business cards for a living probably means my search is taking longer but that sense of finding just ..read more
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For many people, including small town residents and entrepreneurs, a single business card isn’t enough. When you are involved in multiple projects you need to have contact information for different stores, websites, e-mail addresses etc. Some folks want to put all this information onto a single business card for their convenience forgetting the mixed branding message it sends to potential clients.
If you run a local business, sit on the school board, coach the volley ..read more
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