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Kick Ass Business Cards
“Business people” may have had a stuffy reputation in years past. In today’s economy, though, in which entrepreneurship is thriving while the status quo corporate world wanes, “business” doesn’t look the way it used to. CEOs wear Chuck Taylors to work, employees are taking yoga classes on their lunch breaks at their quirky boss’s request, and office buildings are being designed as green spaces that compost apple cores and run partially on solar power. These kick ass new businesses are anything but ordinary. ...
It’s Better – and Cheaper – to Print with Professionals
When you’re trying to decide whether it’s more cost-effective to make dinner at home or to take the family to a restaurant, the choice is obvious. Going out to eat spares you the time it takes to prep and clean up after your meal – but you pay out the wazoo for the service and the supper.
With most things – building a closet, moving furniture, etc. – it’s cheaper to do it yourself. But that’s not the case with printing your own collateral. Even if you have top-notch home or office printing equipment, you ...
Business Cards: Square Corners Vs. Rounded Corners
Is it hip to be square? Or is it better to be well-rounded? Okay, we know that was cheesy, but this – or something like this – is a question you may consider when you’re designing your next new business card. Among the many business card options available these days are rounded corners, as an alternative, of course, to the traditional square-cornered business cards. To some, it may seem like an insignificant detail. But if you’re an over-analyzer like us, the choice might be a tough one to make. What does it ...
Linen Business Cards Bring a Touch of Sophistication – Cheap!
Linen is one of the signature fabrics of Elite Flyer’s hometown – Miami Beach, Florida. We may now operate on a global scale, but we still cling to our South Florida roots, and our choice to offer linen business cards may have something to do with that.
South Beach is known for its sleek style and impeccable taste when it comes to fashion, and linen, with its naturally luxurious appearance – fits right into this hip beachy groove. Somewhat casual, totally stylish, eye-catching, and tasteful, linen is one of ...
Silver or Gold Foil Stamped Business Cards
In some ways, humans are not much more evolved than flies. For one, both people and bugs are attracted to shiny objects. Take Elite Flyers' foil stamping process for example. It doesn't matter if you're a Harvard-educated lawyer or a teenage girl who loves scribbling "I heart One Direction" on your spiral-bound notebooks; shiny foil-stamped business cards are bound to capture and hold your attention more effectively than plain paper business cards any day of the week.
Foil stamping is pretty much exactly what ...
Silk Laminated Business Cards – the Tuxedo of the Business Card World
When you want to make a great impression at a party, one surefire way is to drape yourself in luxurious fabrics like velvet, linen, cashmere, or best of all, silk. Silk is known for its delicate and smooth texture, its sophisticated, half matte, half shiny appearance, its cool, natural feel against the skin, and its luxurious appeal. This simple fabric does so much to add elegance and style to your body. Imagine if you could bring that same effortless style and class to other aspects of your life… like, for ...
Do Better Than Average With High End Business Cards
When is the last time you marched up to a potential customer and said, "Hello, I'm average!"
You may not know it, but that is exactly what you're doing every time you hand a client a business card that looks just like every other card they've ever received in their lives. Plain name cards may serve the bare minimum purpose of relating your name, your title, and your contact information, but everyone knows that doing the bare minimum also guarantees that you will receive the bare minimum return. You owe it to ...
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 ...
Quiz: Which Textured Business Card is Right for You?
There are so many business card options out there today, it’s hard to figure out which premium features are the best match to suit your personal style. Since we at Elite Flyers are the experts, we decided to come up with a fun quiz to make the selection process as easy as A-B-C!
You’re on your way out the door on a Monday morning. What are you wearing?A. A three-piece suit.B. Whatever you want. It’s impossible to say from one week to the next.C. Scrubs.D. A casual shirt and jeans – you work in a ...
3-D Business Cards Are All the Rage
In recent years, 3-D movies have proven themselves to be far from a resurrected fad. It’s now clear that the technology has earned lasting love and has even become the preferred way to watch movies, not just for kids but for adults, too. The latest superhero movies and end-of-the-world films are obvious forums for displaying the technology, but now even arthouse and indie films are putting the technique to work. Audiences are intrigued by 3-D, and some companies have figured out ways to bring 3-D optics to ...
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 ...
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 ...
