The Evolution of my business card

Posted By: Bob Buskirk on December 23rd, 2006
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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!

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6 Responses to “The Evolution of my business card”

Jonathan said on December 23rd, 2006 at 10:00 pm

The new business cards really look professional, I can’t wait to get a stack and proudly hand them out at CES. =D

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Sean said on December 24th, 2006 at 12:42 am

Those are awesome cards.

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Thomas said on December 24th, 2006 at 11:18 am

Idd, the cards on the right look awesome.

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Colin said on December 24th, 2006 at 4:26 pm

Rock. I had to make a business card design for a class this semester. I had made something very neat and simplistic, while maintaining the brushed metal motif of my site, but the prof hated it and kept prodding me in directions I didn’t want to do. When we presented them, I outright told the class that I’d never actually use this design.

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Jonathan Lyon said on September 27th, 2007 at 5:09 am

Hi

Sorry if this offends you but I personally dislike the card design. To meet it looks amateurish, busy, dated and unfocused. It’s not clean, it says nothing of your brand, it’s very literal. The centralised text on the back is very 80’s.

Just my 2 cents worth. Like I say, I don’t mean to cause offence, just my opinion.

Good luck.

Jonathan

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Bathroom Wall Floor Tiles said on February 4th, 2010 at 2:29 pm

Very creative business cards!
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