[Design] Making a Business Card: Vital contents

Remember that a business card is the most valuable marketing tool for any professional. A well-designed business card lends legitimacy to your business, and can make you stand out from the crowd of competitors. Check this post with its vital contents and how to make an impressive work!

1) Include your name: okay, sounds obvious, but the important thing here is that you use a proper font size and type that are easily readable.

2) Include your company’s name: to include your company’s name, even if it’s yours, will make your business card more professional.

3) Include your own logo: even if you aren’t involved in design, it’s a good idea to have your own logo, it gives your own identity to the business card, and it’ll help clients to recognize your company easily.

4) Phone number: this is important so that clients can contact you when they need your service or when they have questions about it.

5) E-mail address: have a professional e-mail address and use it in your business. You can also have two e-mail addresses. One for your business and the other one for your personal e-mails.

6) Website address: it can be either a profile page (like about.me), a blog (like wordpress.com), or whathever page where you can show your works.

7) Address: don’t forget to include this in your business card for some people would like to personally meet you to discuss a project.

8) Job title: under your name, write your title. Clients need to know if you are the president of the company or whatever you call yourself. This way, they will know if you are the right person to contact.

9) Say something about your business: include brief information about your business. This will let the customers know what certain services you offer. Company name is not enough to tell others what you do.

10) Put some artistic touch: use images, graphics and other designs in your card. Make it look appealing and pleasing to the eyes so that your client would love to keep your card instead of placing it in the trash bin. Make your card unique and memorable.

Here you can find nice business cards for you to have an idea of what and how to do:

Sources:

Naldz Graphics

Creative Bloq