The fun thing about designing a daycare business card is that you can use bright colors, creativity and exude fun. The purpose behind the card is to promote a happy and safe place to leave your child. A good balance of friendly fonts and happy images mixed with professional certifications and good contact information is the best way to think about designing the card.

Colors can be primary and suggest a child’s hand in the palette or simply bright and cheery. Red, orange, yellow, sky blue, grass green and purple all work well. Avoid a plain black and white card as it may send the wrong connotations. An overly serious day care business card may suggest a boring un-stimulating atmosphere to potential clients.

Choose images that compliment the background color as well as the theme of the individual daycare. If craft time is a favorite, handprints make for a cute reminder of scheduled activities. Most daycares are not exciting to look at from the outside so an indoor shot that shows activity areas and large toys may be nice. Avoid portraits of the staff; it shifts the focus from the client to the staff which sends the wrong message.

A little sparkle or a lot of sparkle can be very cute on a daycare business card. Stars, flowers or handprints in gold, silver or other metallics add that extra layer to a card. A single metallic silver balloon is nice as is a shining yellow sun. Let your imagination run a little wild with the accent area of the design.

Fonts should be inviting and friendly, bold and clear. Comic sans is the best font for daycare business cards. It’s slightly childlike but friendly and fun. If there is a lot of information to put on the card, consider two fonts to differentiate between levels of importance. The reverse is always available for extra information such as opening times and daycare policy.

The golden rule when designing a business card for a daycare center is when you look at it, would it make you want to send your own children there? If the answer is yes, then you are on the verge of enlarging your client base while you promote fun, competence and of course, children.

Not everyone needs a business card but anyone looking for a job or looking to obtain more and more clients should employ the use of business cards. Even if you are a recent college graduate that has yet to find a job, have a business card created for you. Why? Even though you don’t have a company name or job title to place on the card it is still something that you can bring with you on a job interview besides your cover letter and resume.

Having a business card even though you are without a job shows employers that you are dedicated and geared towards obtaining a job anyway possible. It might seem awkward at first to hand out a business card even though you don’t own a company or don’t work for a company but stick with the marketing idea. It is a great way to market yourself in the workforce.

No one will look at you in a weird way but will look at you and say “this person is really putting him or herself out there by making their own business card.”

So you don’t have a job or job title to place on the card; what should go on there?

Put your name, phone number, email address, and your personal website (if you have one with your resume posted) on the card. By producing a personal business card for your job search, you are telling employers that you will go above and beyond the required resume to obtain a job.