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Personal but professional tips when printing your own business cards

By: gary maxwell
Date Added : August 9, 2011 Views : 24
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One thing I know intimately well about business cards is that they should be always made and designed with a “deliberateness” if you will. You should not treat your custom business cards like something that you are just “buying”. You will be choosing something very personal here, but also something very professional. That is why it is important that all your different choices about the design and content for your business cards must be decided upon with particular care.

So do not just choose a business card template that you casually see in software or in printing companies. Make sure that you actually create an original design of your own. Let me help you do this if you are actually not sure where to start. Here are the essential tips that you should know when you are printing your own personal business card.

1. Be sure with the professional image that you want to project – Before you actually start designing your personal business card, take stock and be sure about the professional image that you want to project. All the different aspects of your business card should always come together as one coherent theme or professional image.

That is why early on you have to have a “focus” of sorts so that each corresponds to your chosen theme. Make sure that you specify that theme for yourself (in writing if possible) so that you can have a guide for your design and printing decisions for your business card.

2. Decide on a simple but creative layout – Now, first, when it comes to the layout, you do not have to overcomplicate things. You just need a simple business card template with a layout that is just a little bit creative. From a standard horizontal type business card layout for example, you might want a horizontal type configuration just so that you can be new. Or maybe you can experiment with slightly larger business cards. Just choose something straightforward but a little but uncommon and you’ll have a good base for your personal business cards.

3. Use the appropriate colors that convey the right feeling – The color theme of your business cards will require some specific decision making. Colors convey feeling and you will have to choose the right ones that will convey the appropriate feeling that people need to feel from your professional image.

So for example, if you are a salesperson, you might want to go for more energetic type warmer colors. These imbue that feeling of dynamism and movement that people need to be more excited to buy. If you are a professional, you might want that cool corporate look with blues and greens that make things look official. Just be sure to manage these colors correctly for your own custom business cards and you should be able to get the right kind of prints that you need.

4. Use slightly different font styles for your text – Lazy designers will always use built in font styles for their business cards. That is why for your own personal business cards, you might want to go beyond and use more creative and customized font styles for your text. By downloading newly created ones online, you can add that distinct look to your business card text that will make your personal prints more memorable.

5. Get quality paper – Finally, try to get quality paper. Better quality paper in personal business card translates to better quality looking designs. This is because the different paper materials of course will translate colors and textures very differently. The better the quality the better the impact of the design. So get the best quality paper that you can afford.

Great! Hopefully all these tips can help you print your own custom business cards correctly and appropriately. The better your business card printing practices, the better results you should expect from your custom business cards.


Gary Maxwell is an artist focused on catalog printing. Born and raised in Colorado, He is currently a freelance for online designing promoting business cards.

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