Business Cards

Well, someone did it to me again. They gave me a perforated, print it yourself, designed on Microsoft word, ink jetted business card. Oh man I really can't stand that. I'm sorry, but this is one of my pet peeves. For a business owner to care that little about that initial impression, I find that sad.

If you are going out and asking people to buy from you, shouldn't it be OK to hand them a nice business card? Seriously even if your business card cost an expensive $.20 cents each, or $200.00 per 1000, isn't it worth it if you are asking someone to spend 3 or 4 thousand with you. There are all kinds of places out there that will let you can get really nice card for about $125.00 per 1000.

I keep collecting these home ink jetted cards as a matter of curiosity. To date, I have 2 of this type from attorneys, 1 from a travel agent and 1 from a professional organizer. All professionals who normally charge handsomely for their services.

As I was writing this, I went digging through my business card stash and found a couple that really stood out.


The scanner didn't do them justice. The first one pictured is a card that I received from a plastics company, and YES the card is on translucent plastic. Clean, simple yet creative. It just makes sense right?

The second one is a deputy sheriff's card. It embossed, gold and black foil stamped. I kind of had mixed emotions on this when I found out that the card cost $.50 cents each. But then I guess I would be hypocritical if I said that tax payer dollars shouldn't be spending that much on business cards for officers. My point is, they are 2 out of the ordinary cards that made me pay a little bit closer attention.

Out of all the business cards I had in my file, these were the only 2 that seemed to be a little more "special." In the interest in making my point, I set out on the Internet to see what kind of business card designs were out there. The creative I found, made my 2 examples look like photo copies on card stock. I ran across a site called Creative Bits that had all kinds of great concepts and design work in the form of business cards. The images below are just a few examples that are shown on the site.


Excellent use of a debossing die.


This happens to be one of the coolest cards I have seen. Someone emailed this to me several months ago. I would imagine that this is a pretty expensive card to make and the laser cutting or die stamping shop would require quite the run to tool up for it. I don't know too many locksmiths that would spring for this, but someone obviously did.


How about a scratch off business card. Very nice.


This one is pretty funny. I am not sure if this was a real card or if this was just a mock-up. Clever nonetheless.


This is probably the THE coolest business card I have seen. Slightly beating out the locksmith card. The concept is amazing. You have to stretch the card, as if you were working out, to see the full information.


Another great concept. Print your information on the little envelopes and put some grass seed in it. How appropriate for a lawn care company. (I put this one up there for you Allyn.)

Make sure you stop by Creative Bits and check out the other creative ways to get your information across in a business card format.

Because I love my readers so much, here's I am going to do to. If you have a great concept on a business card or your card is a bit out of the ordinary, send it to me and I will post what I receive on Fridays. Send your cards to TheBigBaldBlog AT impactmt dot com. What should we call that feature? "Show me your cards?"

Thanks again for stopping by and have a great weekend everyone!