What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

What does your business card say about you?

Business cards, everyone has them. We pass them out at meetings, conferences and to friends, hell we even drop them into those buckets advertising “win a free lunch for you and 20 friends,” where you get the obligatory sales pitch from a company like Ameriprise. Who ever said that there was such a thing as a free lunch?

Back to my point – how often do you really look at a person’s business card and see how impacts you? Chances are if you are in the business of hiring service providers, vendors or even passing a person along, their card has stood out to you somehow.

I saw this guy’s video the other day and couldn’t help laugh at it and could instantly see that it would grow virally. He obviously takes him self very seriously and is passionate about his business cards.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk]

Although the premise of the video may be cheesey, it is in some essence important to look into. If your cards aren’t powerful, no one is going to take you seriously. Just take a look at this guy and tell me you’d take him serious.

Looking at my past jobs, I have had some pretty schnazzy cards, from the raised bird head and gold trim of my cards with the Ravens to the plain but effective cards at the Ducks, maybe working for a sports team helped make the cards stand out some. My current cards give my title, email and also a free offer for business cards on the reverse.

All have thier point that have made them effectie and have been useful to me. Have yours?

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4 Responses to What does your business card say about you?
  1. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  2. rosswords
    April 29, 2009 | 7:21 pm

    This guy’s business card (25 years in the making) is creative and slick. I’ll give him that. But won’t it just get lost in the paper pile on someone’s desk?

    I want a business card that’s the same size as everyone else’s, so that my customers can find it easily. I don’t want somebody to wonder, “Where the heck did that neat business card go?”

    I think simplicity and cleaninless should be top priorities for a business cards. After that, if there is room to be clever or witty or whatever, that’s fine. But bottom line is that I want message on my busness card to be easy to read and understand.

    I’ve seen business cards where the print is so small I can barely read it. I’ve seen cards where the print is illegible because it blends into the background.

    Clean. Simple. Elegant.

    That’s all a business card should be.

    Oh, and regular business card size, too.

  3. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

  4. jeffespo
    April 29, 2009 | 7:33 pm

    Great points @rosswords. I agree with you 100% and used to look at the cards I have in my BC folder, I get a chuckle at the over-the top ones. Those are usually the first to get lost and the chic new small cards are a waste, I got one from a photographer and lost it by the time I was done with his sales pitch for photographing my wedding.

    Perhaps the best business card I ever received was from a talent booking director at Disney. Simple, clean and Mickey and their logo didn’t go over the top, something you surely wouldn’t expect from the Magic Kingdom.

    If you need a magnifying glass to read your card, you did something wrong.

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