The Evolution of my business card

Business cards are very important, not just for the information that is on them, but the quality as well. If you give a company a flimsy poorly designed business card they might make the judgment that your company is not that good or that you are not professional.

Above you can see 3 different business cards. The all black and white one was my first ever business card. I made it myself and I think it turned out well for what is was used for. The one above it was a disaster. I took the design to Fedex Kinko’s where I got the first ones made. They first printed them on what was a little bit heavier than paper, but no where near close to business card stock. Next half of them were not even cut right. A lot of them were uneven. I was surprised by the horrible quality so I took them back and told them the problems. They said they would remake them for free so I agreed. When I got the second batch THEY WERE THE SAME! Still misprinted, and on the crappy stock. I was able to get my money back, but I was screwed because CES was a week away and those were the only cards I had to go with!

The last 2 cards on the left are the new cards, which I am very impressed with. Instead of designing them myself my friend Alan designed them for me. And instead of taking them to a local place to get them printed I went to VistaPrint and they really did a great job. I did pay a little more for these, but it was well worth it. The cards are 2-sided, with my information on 1 side and the other side has a list of the sites in my network. The front also has the glossy finish which I really like. I will feel more comfortable giving these out at CES than the flimsy ones from last year!