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The Perfect Business Card
Alana Monet-Telfer

What Is the Perfect Business Card?
There are many different types of business cards
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In this presentation I shall demonstrate, and explain; the important aspects of a
business card
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The Do’s of a Business Card
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Business Card Recommendations
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Business card Useful Tips
General Information
A business card is meant to explain what business you have, you contact
information, your website, and what you business can offer the customer in terms of
their benefit
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The business card
you give also represents you as a whole person and company
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First, let’s start
with the dos, or what you should include and take note of, to create a professional
business card
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First impressions are always important with giving your
business card to someone
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The important aspects you should take notice of when creating
the professional business card are:
 Spacing: All information, pictures, business slogan, and contact details
should be spaced evenly so each piece of information on the card is easy to
read on its own
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If there no proper spacing, all the
information will be clumped together, which can be a stain to the human eye if
the person is trying to read it all at once
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This stops the card look cluttered and
unprofessional
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However, depending on the colour of your card and the background used, you
make sure the colour you use stands out from the background
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For example, a business
card that has white with black colour font writing will make you business
message stand out, easy to read, and look professional
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The information below shows what colours
would be suitable, or most business people use, to create professionalism in a
business card
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• Many see red as bearing a mark of confidence
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• If we’re falling back to the basics for a comfortable, dependable look, black
and white work just as well, suggests clarity of mission and purpose
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Gray has a timeless feel to it
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• Purple and gold are classics and have been associated with wisdom for
generations
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• Orange stands for vitality and endurance
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Matching contrasting colours font tones to the background is one the keys to
professionalism
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To many
colours, font sizes, pictures, or designs on the card will distract the person
from what they are meant to be focusing on
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You don't want to person thinking
how great an artist you are because of your greatly creative artistic card, if
you business is not related to art
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Beginners
would use a plain white background, while intermediates/advanced business
people would use a background with as little detail on it as possible
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The best fonts which are used on many business cards are Arial
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Also make sure that the Company Logo/Brand is
the business symbol of your company
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You
can use a professional photo of yourself (ideally in a business suit) however
these are only used in service type business
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You can add abit of design
on the card, however, make sure you message can still be easily read and
taken notice of
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 Email Address: When having an email address, its best to use gmail
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 Theme: Make sure the theme of you business is also shown though the
business card
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You may also add a picture of a birthday cake or clown to make the
card more child friendly like
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Note: The best professional business cards are the ones who say very little but
though its message or information convey a clear cut, strong, long standing,
trustworthy, and clean business
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 Printing: Some people are able to print their own business cards on their
own printer, however, this take times to learn and practice
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Examples such as Print
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com are very useful
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Information: No matter what type of business card your creating or giving
to people, the information, such as your name, profession, business
name(Title), mobile number, website link, telephone number, address, and
company slogan, is the most important aspects of information to engrave into
your business card
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 Distribution: Only give you business card over if the situation calls for it or if
you’re in a business networking event where this is required to become heard
in the business world of your chosen field
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There are also places on the Internet where you can advertise your
company for free
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If you use many colours for one business, people will become confused and
will not be sure if they are using the right company
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 Contrast and Balance: Make sure you business card contrasts and
balances evenly
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 Finish: Use finishes such as gloss, silk, to make the business card beautiful
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Other great finished and foil
stamping, raised lettering, and embossing
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Vistaprint
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Moo
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Overnight Prints
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123print
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Gotprint
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Jukebox
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These don'ts and warnings are:
 Font: Don't use different font styles or sizes on one business card, this will
look unprofessional and puts strain on the persons eyes as they try to read
the information
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If it does not you
card will be hard to read
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The best font to use is Arial on a business
card
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This makes the information you want to show to
the person unreadable and you will be instant recognised as not learning the
keys needed to create a professional business card
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This will cause the business card to be unreadable
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For example, don't use three different shades of
green on a dark green background or it will be straining, confusing, and
unreadable
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Make sure this is
removed when creating the business card
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 Design: Don't put over exaggerated or elaborate design on both sides of the
card
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 Margins: Don’t cut too close to the margins
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 Email Address: Don't use hotmail, yahoo, or any type of email address
which does not sound professional
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com as you professional
business email address or sky
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 Quantity: When you first order you printed business cards, order the least
amount
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 Measurements: If you not going to use a business card printing site; make
sure you measurements for the cards are correct before going to a print shop
to get them printed
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 Never Use ClipArt: Never Ever use ClipArt from Microsoft Word or any other
document to showcase your business
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 Don’t be cheap: Simplicity is different from being cheap
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Be prepared to
spend a little when creating business cards, however, never try to be cheap
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 Number Spacing: When putting you contact numbers on a business card,
don't club them all together
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 Bolding: Some of the information (Name, profession, and company name,
were put in bold to stand out abit from the background of the card
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In the
card, I used the capital of their first names to show how the person can
contact me
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 Picture Sizing: The picture of the symbol of the company was made abit
smaller
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com or Moo
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 Use a business card printing company
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 Some people can use Photoshop to create their business card, however, if
you are a beginner to creating business cards, do not use Photoshop
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Knowledge is the key to high quality services and achieveme
Business Card: Useful Tips
The useful tips I would give to a beginner of business and creating the professional
business card are:
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Its best to complete the business
card first, leave it alone for 24 hours before checking the card again to make sure
you didn't make any mistakes
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Seek for a mentor or professional business man/woman who has experience
in making the professional business card
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If you have one card case, but have two businesses with
both business cards you need to carry, calculate the maximum number of
card that can fit into the card case, half it, and put half of one business in it,
followed with the other half number of business card
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Always match the coating/finish to your purposes
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Important/Useful Tips
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This stops you from another person

seeing you second business card and it’s a lot easier for you to get you
card you want out easy
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(This is for people who cannot buy a second card case yet although they
should buy two as quickly as possible)
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Plan you’re Design: Get an A4 sheet of Paper and draw the layout of the
business card
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It’s also important to decide what
background you want to use, what colours, what fonts, sizes of the fonts,
etc
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Test Fonts: When testing fonts, font styles, and sizes, test them on
Microsoft word before putting the font directly on your card
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Start with the Basics: Use business card templates on office word as a
starter
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com or Moo
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This not only cuts into you expenses but also wastes precious time
and energy you could be focusing on something else more important
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Card Case: Always use a business card case to keep you professional
business cards in
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This also stops the card from being bent or damaged
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Keep the card case in your purse or somewhere where it’s easier to get to,
for example, your pocket or jacket pocket
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QR barcodes on business cards give it a professional look
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The quality of you card will depend on what type of industry you are
running
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answers
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answers
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com, 2013, Five Best Business Card Printing Sites,
http://lifehacker
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toptenreviews
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entrepreneur
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entrepreneur
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pepperdine
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pepperdine
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php/threecareer-making-business-card-dos-and-donts/, Friday 17th May 2013)
(http://versatelsolutions
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com/2013/03/06/my-top-business-card-dos-and-donts/,
Friday 17th May 2013)
(http://www
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com, 2006-2007, The Golden Rules of Business Card
Design, http://www
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com/Articles/The_Golden_Rules_of_Business_Card_Design
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printingforless
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printingforless
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html, Saturday
19th May 2013)
(http://www
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com, 2013, Recommendation for high end
Busses Card?, http://www
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com/forum/index
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0, Sunday 19th May 2013)
Business Card General Information
(http://answers
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com, 2013, what should I put on my general business
card?,
http://answers
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com/question/index?qid=20111026170842AAaIaJ2,
Sunday 19th May 2013)



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