Business Cards Land

We’re halfway there!  The weekend is in sight and I’m sure given the Winter doldrums that is an extremely welcome thought.  That said, we have something that might just prove to be the medicine to your mid-week blues.  At least that’s what I’m guessing the samples of medicine themed business card look like they can do.  I’m not entirely sure what is in them though.

That’s right, look at these insanely creative business cards belonging to someone known as the Brain Doctor.  They have all of the pertinent information printed right on them and in the back is the all-too-familiar blister pack of little white pills.  While again, I can not be positive what’s In the blister packs, it does look medicinal.  I’m hoping for a sugar pill.  The fact that he’s a graphic designer makes me think it IS sugar, not some crazy brain medicine that you probably have no business taking.  That leads me to another idea, how cool would it be if you designed your blister packed medicine themed business cards with Smarties inside?!  Creative and fun!

Nevertheless, it just goes to show how far you can push the envelope and that no matter what your idea is, it’s most likely obtainable.  This guy had the idea to make his look like medicine samples and he found a way to make it happen.  What can you do?  What can you invent?  What can you decide to make great?  The sky is the limit, now start shooting for it!  Show us some of your best business cards, we can’t wait to see!

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Writing a blog in this industry, we hear a lot of words like “measure up,” “stack up” and compare.  Everyone wants to know how their business card compares to those of other people in similar industries.  If they’re using the right kind of paper, if their ink is high enough quality, how they are cut, just about every aspect of the card can be dissected and analyzed.  They are all being stacked up against the competition.  The business card we just stumbled on most likely never has to worry about how they stack up against the competition, how they measure, and you know why?  Because they can actually measure how they measure up…literally. 

Why?  Simple, take a glance above and you’ll have that question answered instantly.  Looks like Robert Gehring literally used a ruler, well 3 inches of one, and printed his details directly below the measuring lines.  In a word:  GENIUS.  I don’t know how long he’ll be able to keep this up, where he gets his sections of rulers or even if they all use the same 1-3 inches of the wood, but no matter what, these are some of the most inventive, creative and different business cards we’ve ever seen.  I have to say, we love seeing that and we love highlighting just how much you can do with a little thought power and a little attitude.

The bottom line:  When someone’s willing to go the extra mile like this on their business cards, you KNOW, for fact, that they’ll go the extra mile for you in whatever it is you need, whatever it is they do.  Think about this as you design something as seemingly small and simple as a business card.  Show how far you’re willing to go and chances are good people will believe you.

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Raise your hand if you just started singing the lyrics to that Billy Joel song?  Yep, just about every single one of you, and if you’re at all like me you’re stuck on the part that beings with “Harry Truman, Doris Day…”  What can you do?  Nevertheless, today we DO have a hot business card to bring up and it actually could start a fire.  That’s right, a matchbook themed business card, and I have to say, it’s one of the most fun and unique business cards I’ve chronicled on this site!

Check it out above.  Look at the genius design.  Look at the attention to detail.  I know we JUST got done saying that simple is amazingly key, but sometimes, sometimes you hit the nail squarely on the head with a business card like this.  These are quite literally, matchbooks.  While inside there are not matches, but little cartoon versions of matches, the whole entire rest of the card is exactly a matchbook, down to the tiny staple in the bottom holding it all together.  On top of that, the entire card is themed to look like it just literally fell out of a 1950’s diner or bowling alley, and the results are pretty spectacular.

Bottom line, these might be some of my favorite cards that I’ve found while researching this site.  Everything comes together perfectly and I can guarantee that if someone handed you this card, you wouldn’t be tossing it away, giving it away or forgetting about it…this is a card you’d show everyone else, and show off For them.  Perfectly done and a perfect business card.

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Happy New Year, everyone!  Hope it’s off to a great start for you – as usual, Tyler and I will keep delivering some great business card ideas that are sure to help you in the coming year!

Got another idea for you – another way to use business cards.  I was invited to several charity events and even church Christmas events in the past month.  Several of those event tickets/invitations were actually printed on business card paper.   Here’s one of them – the gentleman runs a charitable foundation and had his contact info on the other side of the card:

Business Card Event Ticket

Don’t think this idea needs a lot of explanation – it’s just another illustration of the fact that a “business card” doesn’t have to be used in a traditional way.  The size, portability and affordability makes it ideal for many other uses.

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Welcome back to the world of the working, the living and the non-holiday celebrating…at least for a day or two until New Year’s Eve strikes!  I hope this finds each and every one of you filled up with food, love and a great deal of holiday cheer!  That said, back to business!

Today we stumbled on one of the coolest ideas ever put into practice and being a photographer, I can particularly appreciate not only that idea, but the method that was employed to actually make this work.  The photographer in question, Jelle Akkernan, actually snapped a photo of his information, everything he needed to convey his business, what they do, where they do it and how to contact him and then developed the film of that photo to use as little business cards.  One photo snapped, a bunch of film developed and viola, you’re left with tons of business cards ready to be handed out at your whim.  What’s even more impressive, is that because they are printed on film, they are completely water resistant and won’t bleed or smudge or anything else.  And they are cheap.  Can’t do much better than that, now can you?

Remember, it’s not always the most expensive business card, using the most expensive paper and the most elaborate design that takes the cake.  Sometimes a little creativity, a little do-it-yourself ingenuity and a little elbow grease and you’re left with a business card that everyone will want, everyone will think is amazingly creative, and everyone will talk about and pass around.  In the world of business cards, that’s what we call perfect.

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While you’re thinking about end-of-the-year business purchases, and whether or not to take advantage of sales on business cards (sign up for the email list at OvernightPrints.com to be notified of special sales), consider this idea.

Hello Name Badge Business Card

I’ve really gotten a lot of mileage out of this business card.  I use it as a “generic” card when I don’t want to hand out my formal business card, or in personal situations.

It’s also great as a stand-in for a nametag.  You can stick it inside one of those clear plastic name badge holders or business card holders that either pin to your clothing or hang from a lanyard – and it’s a LOT easier to read than a standard business card.  Some double-sided tape will stick it to your jacket for a few hours, too!

Another nice feature about this business card is that because it IS generic, people often ask what I do when I hand it out, or comment that it’s a good idea.  I customarily leave the back side blank so that I can write my phone number or contact info on it.

This business card background is available at OvernightPrints.com – it’s in the “Misc” category of their business card templates.

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It’s Friday!  Sorry for that enthusiasm, but with precious little shopping days left until Christmas finally arrives, you’re gonna probably need just about every waking weekend hour you can snag.  Saying that, today we’re gonna let you know why you’re putting so much time, effort and thought into your business cards…the reasons why people actually keep them, and why you should make sure what they’re keeping, is WORTH keeping.

I know it’s easy to think that you don’t really need to think a great deal about what goes into your business cards, that a simple rectangle will do, filled with only the pertinent information.  That’s where you’re wrong.  People Do care, and here, thanks to a great article we found, are 8 reasons why people actually hang onto your business cards.

1. As a link to a potential customer or client.
2. As a link to a resource or a supplier.
3. As a link to a colleague.
4. For social, non-business reasons.
5. For referring business – it may be passed on to someone else.
6. To update information they already have.
7. Just in case.
8. Something likable, unusual or useful about the person or their card.

See, those little pieces of advertising have a lot more traction than most of you would have ever believed.  Hand it out to one person and it can make its way around to a lot more, for a lot more reasons.  Check out number 8…sometimes all it takes is something unusual about your card and it can be a reason for a stranger to latch on to your business card for good.

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It’s Monday, again, but this week Monday actually feels a bit like a Wednesday for many of you out there, as Thanksgiving is Thursday and if you’re lucky you get Black Friday off too!  So, saying that, here’s hoping that you’re one of those few that do get the days off!  Now, on to business…cards. 

The card we stumbled on this fine Monday follows a bit of a different path from many of the cards we feature on this blog.  Instead of going high-tech, very modern and smooth, or ultra-designed, they opted to go much more natural, dare we say Au Natural.  No, they aren’t nude business cards, but they do feature a very pleasing, very natural design of water droplets on an awesome color palette.  All of this is set off and finished by a very simple square designed logo stating the companies name.

In the fast paced world of business, sometimes the best way to really make a strong impression is to get as far away from that as humanly possible.  By stepping away from the dark colors, gothic fonts, straight lines and structure, you’re stepping away from the hustle and bustle of the business world and if we’re honest, who doesn’t need that each and every day at some point?  So, to add to your business card arsenal, why not try your hand at some other natural designed, or at least natural inspired business cards?  Water, oceans, trees, whatever you can find to relate back to you, to your business, and away from corporate.

Try it, design a few business cards today, you’ll be impressed and surprised to see how people’s attitudes change just by handing one to them.  What do you have to lose?!

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Tomorrow, as I’m sure you are very aware of, is Halloween!  That means we’re going to have a whole lot of ghosts, goblins, witches and even some bad angels with a black halo wandering around our streets asking us for candy.  Here’s something cool I just found, however…right now OvernightPrints.com is actually giving away some free Halloween Safety cards to help spread the safety message and make sure everyone, everywhere has a fun-filled and emergency-room free Halloween this weekend!

Nevertheless, if you head over here and add them to your cart, they will indeed show up as absolutely free.  You can’t find many free things in this day and age, so why not go over and grab a set.  If you’re in the market for your own business cards, why not use some of the amazing tips and unique samples we’ve found on this blog and design some of your very own.  My recommendation, go for the rounded corners, they really do make a world of difference!

Nevertheless, from all of us here at BusinessCardsLand.com we hope you have a very happy and very safe Halloween!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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We’ve all seen them, heck we’ve featured a TON of them on this site…those nifty cards with the cutouts somewhere on them.  Whether it’s a cutout of a star, initials, or just interesting cutouts on one or two corners.  There’s some good news and some bad news when it comes to these cutouts.  First, the good news:  They DO help your card, they DO make it look extremely interesting and more creative.  Now, the bad news:  They are a lot more expensive.  Laser or die cutting can cost a great deal more money than traditional business cards and as such, make it not really worth it for the vast majority of us.  Until this tip, that is.

Here’s a money saving business card tip for you…you can do the cutouts yourself!  See the business card above? You can have those cut-out letters they have for a lot cheaper than having them professionally die-cut for you.  Yes, it will take a lot more time, yes, it will get extremely annoying, but yes, it will save you a great deal of money.  Say you ordered your next batch of 500 business cards from OvernightPrints.com.  This alone will save you a HUGE amount of money over those expensive printing houses while keeping the quality just as top-notch.  If you wanted to achieve the very same results as the card above, why not include those letters “y” and “k” in black on the original card and then when they arrive, take an Xacto-Knife and with a few small cuts you can have them cutout too!  Save you a bundle and still have awesome effects!

So, why not experiment with some designs that allow you to do the tedious cut0ut job at home?  I know it will be a pain the the rear, I know it will take a great deal longer, but the bottom line is, it will save you a ton of money while keeping the quality extremely high!

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