Seeking business card advice

[alchemistParticipant 484]

I’m making some business cards for myself, having just fallen on hard times. What advice would you give for making a good business card? Like, what kind of info to include, what kind of layouts are best in your opinion, what have you found successful? etc.

FYI I’m an electronic engineer and handyman, thinking of making two cards, I’m good with photoshop and graphic design programs so I can make them myself; one for handyman/jack-of-all-trades and the other for electronic engineering. What kind of business card would make YOU want to hire me? 🙂

[ILiveAgainParticipant]

Watch American Psycho. That sould tell you everything about business cards ?

[KeymasterKeymaster]

Business cards will never “MAKE” anyone hire you. But it does make a difference how you present the card when you give it to someone. Always offer it to them with TWO hands. Like you’re giving them a present. It’s a subconscious thing that communicates your card is “special” and you take pride in it.

Since you’re a handy man, why not make a card out of stainless steel? They cost a little more, but they are very cool. Instead of printing ON them, the letters are punched into them like a hole.

This one actually looks like a toolset and even functions as a mini ruler, blade/cutter/scraper – and a bottle opener! Pretty cool.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[alchemistParticipant 484]

Of course, you are right, I know it’ll never make anyone hire me, but some business cards just work better than others, they’re just more appealing, you know? Thanks for the tips anyway, psychology is powerful.

American psycho was on my mind aswell :P… you know, I could do them in metal, I can etch metal quite easily however, I can’t afford to do that at the moment 🙁 I’d love to do a really snazzy card, if I had the money to do something that special I’d make an electronic business card- i.e. a circuit board the size of a business card with some functional electronics and an extra-flat coin cell to power it all 🙂

 

Any more tips chaps? What qualities do you like in a business card?

[BestoftherestParticipant 285]

The best cards I’ve come across were made of clear soft plastic with a nice mat finish. I will never forgot the man who gave me that card.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
Abraham Lincoln

[SteveParticipant 462]

Watch a Chinese businessman give a business card.

Two hands, eye contact, humble, sincerity.

Thats not to say he isn’t going to rob you blind later on, but it’s a subconscious thing and gets you remembered.

They hold on to it too for a second or so while you take it.

Contrast that to some bolshy Australians I had to work with. They flick their business cards across the meeting table like a card dealer. No eye contact, no f~~~s given, no respect earned.

[Anonymous 42]

Bestoftherest wrote:

The best cards I’ve come across were made of clear soft plastic with a nice mat finish. I will never forgot the man who gave me that card.

If you’re making your own cards on a printer (nothing wrong that) but to make it look really professional use doc-u-seal heat bonded plastic slips, you’ll get a stiff and durable card with crystal clear photo like quality. I have one and its indispensable, I also make stencils by sealing the computer printed pattern then cutting it with an exact-o-knife. You can easily cut them out with scissors, but I use a paper cutter.

Include an email, physical address, website, and phone # with easy to read large as possible print. Older folks won’t need glasses to read your John Hanc~~~. I like New Times Roman for a font, and I like dark or black backgrounds with light colored print. Make it manly, and you can’t loose.

I made my own cards too using the methods described above. Hands down much better than coffee stained grease smudged dirty cheap paper cards, I also save plastic bushiness cards, I don’t really know why, but I like them…

And the doc-u-seal cards look and feel like a plastic card. (both sides are laminated)

[ILiveAgainParticipant]

For your pleasure gentleman

[alchemistParticipant 484]

First you get the money, then you get the power, THEN you get the heat bonded plastic business cards.

I’ll need some more dosh before I can shell out for plastic cards! I’m planning to etch the master in metal, make a little printing press. Heck I could take the etch out with me and leave my details stamped anywhere: phone books, people’s doors, their foreheads 😛 I jest. For now it’ll have to be off white paper. 😉

Thanks for the tips chaps! I’ll look out for a doc-u-seal or another laminator and keep the info clear and bold. 🙂

 

My only question then is;

What is the manliest font?

 

 

[Anonymous 42]

The news paper’s print.

Problem solvers: We bag em, you tag em.

Self explanatory….

    

 

 

[alchemistParticipant 484]

Thanks for the suggestions, and the “fonts of the pink valley” to avoid 😉

I love that stencil font- I was considering something similar. I’ll use a combination of the two. Personally my favourite fonts are Courier and other monospace fonts which are reminiscent of old computer command line interfaces 🙂

[RusskyParticipant 13503]

Make sure you put the designation on it
John Doe, MGTOW

proud carrier of the 'why?' chromosome

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