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What a Successful Business Card Looks Like [Infographic]

Mike Tuttle — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:39:46 +0000

BusinessCardsOnline.Com has compiled some very useful information about cards into an infographic. There are several really good tips on design and function of cards.

For example, did you know that people will keep a color business card ten times longer than a standard card?

Do you know how to get three colors on your card, even if your budget only allows two colors?

Google Promotes Profiles by Giving Away Business Cards

Chris Crum — Fri, 01 May 2009 19:13:26 +0000

Google has been directing a lot of attention toward Google Profiles lately. They begin offering a vanity URL feature for them, and began displaying them in search results. Now they are actually offering business cards for them. The company is giving away 10,000 sets of 25 Google Profile business cards for free.

To get them, users can follow these steps:

- Confirm the information on the card

- Fill in their shipping and email information (this info is only used for confirming and sending cards)

- Cards should be delivered within 10 to 12 business days.

The offering comes in partnership with iPrint.com. iPrint is a personal online printing service that lets you customize printing materials and have them delivered to your doorstep.

The business cards probably aren’t the greatest thing for branding (except for Google of course), but it is actually to promote yourself as an individual if you are utilizing your profile to its potential.

The profile allows you to put any personal links up that you wish, so if you want to let people know how to find you anywhere online (such as on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Your Site, etc.) it can be quite useful for that.

They are free anyway, so it’s not like you’ll be wasting your money on this batch. The offer is apparently only available in the continental United States.

Blogs on Business Cards

David Berkowitz — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 17:40:16 +0000

A personal blogging milestone of sorts happened recently: my blog URL is now on my business card, the corporate-issued cardstock issued by my employer.

Someone I gave the card to recently commented that he was surprised to see my blog on my card (and happened to think more highly of my company because of it).

It’s an interesting question for a business to tackle. On one hand, it’s using some of its most important advertising space to promote a website it has nothing to do with in any official capacity. I’m using corporate space to promote my brand.

Yet it’s also an acknowledgment that I’m promoting my brand no matter what when I’m meeting people, and the stronger my brand is, the stronger my company’s brand is. It’s piggybacking on my brand too.

I’m not advocating companies do this for any employee blogging, Twittering, or having some social media presence. I’ve been blogging for two years this November, most of which time I’ve been at this company, so they have a pretty strong sense that I won’t reflect poorly poorly on their brand. It makes for an interesting case study for that gray line between one’s personal and business life.

For those of you blogging independently of your day job, is your blog on your card? Has it even come up?

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