1 - Use Full Color Printing
In the old days full color printing (4 color
printing) was extremely expensive. You could pay
over $200 /1000 for high quality full color cards.
Prices have dropped and you can now get beautiful
full color cards printed for about the same price as
a plain two color card.
2 - Use a Tagline
A “tagline” is a one sentence benefit statement.
Think of your Business card as a “Mini Billboard”.
Pretend that you are writing a classified ad for a
newspaper. You only have a small amount of space to
describe your product or service in an intriguing
way … what would you write to describe it? For
example: A Remodeler could say “Helping Build dreams
one home at a time”
3 - Put a picture on it!
I highly recommend that you put a picture on your
business card. Studies have shown that people are
more likely to hold on to a Business card with a
photo on it. It could be your picture, a picture of
your product, or a combination of both. Picture
cards get attention!
4 - Don't use Business Card
“Templates”
There are websites you can go to online where you
can choose from pre-made business card designs
called templates. The problem with this is that the
more people who use these templates the more you
card starts to look like everybody else’s. You want
to have a business card that stands out from
everybody else’s, not one that gets lost in the
crowd.
5 - Let a Professional
Design It
Unless you are a professional graphic designer
designing your own card is like performing root
canal on yourself. Its going to take a lot of time
and you may not be happy with the results. Leave the
designing to the professionals and use you time
doing what you do best … selling your product or
service!
If you would like
your marketing consultant to do a redesign on your
business card,
contact them today!
