As if there weren’t enough online business card creators, here is another one from BusinessCardLand.com. Personally I like the layout of this one, it has a very “Web 2.0” feel to it. I don’t know if it is Javascript or AJAX, but it is very intuitive and easy to use. On second look, the business … Read more
Dave Taylor at the Intuitive Life Blog has some great “Best Practices” for business card design. Many of them have already been discussed here. One however is the email address issue. Many people that I’ve designed business cards for have used free email accounts like Yahoo!, Hotmail or even Gmail accounts. These … Read more
Many people claim that their “Introduction Cards” are more effective than regular business cards. This logic is seriously flawed. Business cards usually do two things. 1. Represent you. 2. Represent your business, or the business you work for. Introduction cards do one thing. 1. Represent you. So with that in mind, how could introduction … Read more
Text and fonts choices is an area where everyone agrees on one thing, they’re right. I’m right, you’re right, they’re right, you get the point. When choosing fonts and text sizes, only you know what is right for you. If someone tells you, “That font doesn’t work in that size”, tell them to take a … Read more
According to Wikipedia’s entry on Business Cards, business cards started many hundreds of years ago. However, according to history, they weren’t actually business cards, they were calling, or visiting cards. We first have record of these visiting cards appearing in Chine in the 15th century. They were used by the servants of the wealthy to … Read more