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Basics of Paper Point
When it comes to selecting business cards, the first thing that comes to mind is how to best portray your business and leave that lasting impression of your company. Making a memorable impact with your business card in the business world is equivalent of a strong handshake that seals the deal. Here are a few tips when it comes to deciding on a paper quality that will WOW your contacts.
What Is The Point?
In general, the weight or thickness of a card is classified by point measurements. To every inch there are ...
Where to Start with Graphic Design: 5 Tips for Beginners
Designing can be daunting. Though you may have an idea in mind, the process of getting from a blank page to a beautiful design can be more difficult than anticipated. Fortunately, there are a few basic tips that can help, even the design novice can create something incredible.
Less is More
Don’t be afraid of an empty space. In fact, “white space” is an important part of design. When a design has too much going on, it looks cluttered and confuses the eye—you want your design to flow nicely and not overwhelm the ...
How to Setup Artwork for Foil Stamped Business Cards
So you’ve decided on Foil Stamped Business Cards — great choice! To ensure your design comes out just the way you want it, we suggest keeping the following things in mind:
The Basics: Work in CMYK color mode and set the resolution to 300 DPI.
Dimensions & Bleed: Your starting document size for standard business cards should be 3.627” x 2.127”. The final size after cutting will be 3.5” x 2”. Document safe size is 3.377” x 1.877”. Make sure to keep all text within the safe area. For custom sized business ...
Business Cards for Babysitters and Nannies
Changing diapers and holding children’s hands as they cross the street may have a soft, gentle, warm, and fuzzy connotation, but that doesn’t mean that childcare is not a serious business. With both parents working in many American households, the demand for quality childcare extremely high. Whether you’re babysitting independently for multiple families, working in a large-scale childcare facility, or have another type of involvement in the field of childcare, there is no reason that networking can’t benefit ...
Make a Name for Your Biz at the Big Photo Show
If you’re headed to The Big Photo Show at the Los Angeles Convention Center on May 4 and 5, you’re in for a world of fun and unparalleled networking opportunities. This fun convention offers a great forum in which photo-enthusiasts can try and buy new products, talk to experts, and connect with other photography hobbyists or pros. You may be headed there for more than recreation, of course. If you’re a professional photographer looking to make connections, sales, and ultimately to make profits, that’s great; ...
Business Card Design Inspiration (Quiz)
A business card really has one basic purpose: to make your professional contact information as accessible to another party as possible. We acknowledge that this function must always be at the heart of the matter when it comes to effective business card design. But must it always be the beginning and END of the matter? We think not. You can make your business card do more for you if you employ a little business card inspiration in your design process.
Here is a little quiz we’ve created to get your mind moving ...
1,000 Free Frosted Plastic Business Cards and $100 Cash Giveaway for Best Business Card Design
If Santa wasn’t as generous to you as you’d hoped this year, here’s your chance to trade that coal in your stocking for a stack of awesome custom-printed plastic business cards and a some cash. Start the New Year off right by winning a unique prize with a total value of nearly $300.
TutorialFreakz.com, a site that offers free graphic design advice and tools to its readers, is teaming up with EliteFlyers.com, a leading printing company, to offer the chance to win 100 bucks plus 1,000 free frosted plastic ...
5 Business Card Design Ideas
A stand-out business card can capture people’s attention long enough to inspire them to actually call you. There are no stats available on responses to cool business cards vs. lame business cards, but as pros in the printing business, we constantly get feedback from clients who see a higher response rate when they put more thought and creativity into their business card design.
Here are a few easy-to-do design ideas to get you started on improving your card design.
1. Print the design on the front of your ...
Networking Opportunities in Your Hometown
Seeing as we’re in the business card business, we often have conversations with customers about how their companies are doing. We’re always happy to hear about ventures that are flourishing, but we always pay special attention when clients are having trouble as well. One common complaint goes something like this:
“We’ve got such a great service in place. I just wish we could reach more of the right people.”
Businesses often try to do this by directly sending out emails or social networking communications ...
How to Dress for Business Success
In a business world where we’re often hiding behind our computer monitors instead of holding face-to-face meetings, it’s sometimes easy to forget the impact our clothes have on making people want to work with us – or scaring potential clients away. In addition to a solid work history and a great business card and handshake, an aesthetically pleasing wardrobe is essential for anyone who wants to be taken seriously in the business world. Here are some tips to ensure you’ve got what it takes to make a good ...
Beyond the Internet: How to Broaden Your Business’ Reach in the Real World
There are a million ways to drive more people to your business’s website. But in our experience, some of the most important business connections stem from real-life, in-person interactions with other human beings… not cold, hard-wired machines. Here are some tips for actively improving your chances of making headway in business through your daily interactions.
1. Talk about work all the time
We know, this may sound horrible. There is nothing worse than people who drone on about boring projects they’re ...
Developing a Successful Business Card Speech
If you want people to actually act on your card, you’re going to have to talk to them while you give it out. Yes, this applies even if you have a gorgeous foil-stamped card or a thought-provoking see-thru plastic card.
We know. Giving a speech is typically a stressful event for everyone. Self-promotion is also often uncomfortable for many people. So business card speeches, which combine the two, can be even more of a challenge. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Use our handy tips to simplify the process of ...
