business cards are still one of the most effective tools for passing your details to customers and associates and can influence the way the person remembers you and your company.

Always have a handful of business cards ready to hand out, even when your not at work (you never know where you might meet an important business contact).  Never hand out worn business cards, use a case to make sure they are always in excellent condition.

Make sure you order cards on good quality paper without the extra advertising that you get on free business cards.

If someone hands you a business card treat it with respect so that you are not disrespecting its owner.  Put it within a business card case or notebook.

Looking for inspiration for unusual business card design. Take a look at this set on Flickr which has hundreds of unusual and clever designs.

However be very aware of who you are going to be handing the card to, your target audience. As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, often the key is simplicity and readability. After all the aim of your business card is that someone should be able to use it to contact you.

What makes a good design for a business card?

As a designer, I often see business cards being sent to our presses for print that really make me want to pick them up and read them. Others, I just wonder what they were thinking when they designed them…

Quite often the worst ones will have so much text and information on them that you wonder why they weren’t A4 in size? This coupled with their name in 18 point Arial, and the bit they completely forgot to put on after 60 hours in front of ‘publisher’ or ‘word’ in 2 point type. (more…)

A good business card is an effective business card.  But what constitutes effective?

Ultimately a business card is handed out in the hope that the recipient contacts you.  Before anything else, your card must clearly show your contact details.  If it doesn’t allow a person to use it to contact you, it has failed.  Your contact details should be obvious, not hidden by images, poorly chosen font size or colour, or any other gimmicks.  It doesn’t matter about how cool someone thinks your card is if they cannot use it to contact you.

A clean and uncluttered design immediately gives that professional look.  Don’t stray too far from the standard size.  A business card that does not fit into a wallet or holder isn’t likely to be kept close-at-hand.

Everydayprint are able to offer high quality business cards printed on 350 gsm silk or matt. The business cards are printed 4 colour (full colour) and ready for dispatch within 48 hour.

250 full colour business cards single sided are £9.95 plus P + P

250 full colour business cards double sided are £11.95 plus P + P

Please note these are high quality cards - not a cheap imitation - these prices are for web ordering only