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What does your Business Card look like? Please, stop talking about where to get cards printed. Stop talking about what your card looks like. I want to SEE what your card looks like. For some reason, this link has taken off down a road in a direction all it's own. I'm asking that you post a photo of your Card. If nothing else, take a photo of your card and post it. I'm going to guess that you have a Camera laying around the house someplace and if not, perhpas your Cell Phone has a Camera on it. (Yea, I'm being sarcastic.) I know this topic was covered at least once before but I can't for the life of me find the topic. I'm currently getting ready to order some business cards. I'm interested in what others have come up with. Not only the layout but the font and size. What they have found that work as well as what doesn't. Look forward to seeing what your card looks like. Please, not looking for info on WHERE to get cards printed but rather like to see your own card. Apr 13 10 08:09 pm Link Moo.com are good and now in the US. Apr 13 10 08:50 pm Link I love gotprint.com. just ordered 250 cards, double sided color for $14: http://www.jayleavitt.com/links/card.jpg snapshot's not fantastic, but they look super awesome IRL. Apr 13 10 09:01 pm Link Stick to fairly simple fonts, and usually no smaller than 8pt. Apr 13 10 09:03 pm Link moo cards I use the mini ones and great a great reaction. Spend the time to get 100 images and make them unique. Apr 13 10 09:03 pm Link KKP Retouching wrote: it depends on the typeface...... Apr 13 10 09:14 pm Link Jay Leavitt wrote: Thanks Jay, Apr 14 10 01:10 am Link Wildkat Photography wrote: 20 bucks for 100 cards... lot of money for mini cards, think they would cost less being half the size lol Apr 14 10 01:19 am Link Wildkat Photography wrote: Mind showing all of us your cards to see what you call or consider to be unique? Apr 14 10 01:24 am Link This, from aPhotoeditor, is great for inspiring promo cards: http://www.aphotoeditor.com/2008/01/09/ … omo-cards/ Apr 14 10 01:44 am Link Mine are plain white cards with just my email address in black ink in the center of the card. Apr 14 10 01:59 am Link Fuzzy Focus dos Manos wrote: And you get a favoriable response from persons, GEOs seeking Portraits, shooting Model Portfolios and the like????? Apr 14 10 02:13 am Link I have different ones to match different work themes and different sizes up to 8 x 12 cms ... I print them myself on photographic paper. Apr 14 10 02:22 am Link Here's mine:  Font Arial, Size Name around 23pt, Photography 17pt, everything else 8.5pt. I was going for clean and simple with an image that would stick in your mind and be attractive enough to keep around. Apr 14 10 02:33 am Link Rob Gillespie wrote: Personally, I think you succeeded. Thank you for sharing. Apr 14 10 02:38 am Link Rob Gillespie wrote: Hey hey hey Rob how's it gooooing (just randomly saw your name on the main forum page and thought AHH it's Rob! Now there's a face I hadn't seen in a while!) Apr 14 10 02:44 am Link Kristina Vassilieva wrote: Nice image .... looked at your Profile and shame we don't live in the same City. Do, however, have a question for you ... actually, more like asking your opinion .... First thoughts of a stranger handing you a business card with nothing more than their email address on it or their card being printed out from a home computer? Apr 14 10 02:52 am Link Warren Asher wrote: Oh that's an interesting question, wow, never happened to me but in terms of a business card with nothing but an email address, that sounds like it's a bit mental but it depends if you put it into context - for example, if I'm talking to someone who I need to 'keep' in touch with for whatever reason, sometimes you might say 'ah do you have a pen, I'll jot my email for you etc..' ... so that's when it could come in handy BUT I guess not for keeping in your business-card file for future reference, as it's not detailed enough to reference back to.. so that kind of makes it redundant. Apr 14 10 03:04 am Link Kristina, thanks for your thoughts. Apr 14 10 03:07 am Link With all the photographers out there and no others are willing to share their Business Card? :-( Apr 14 10 07:14 am Link British Chap wrote: *** ditto thats who i use... BUT... Apr 14 10 07:23 am Link Here's mine: ------  ------ Yeah, I know that's not the same business name as the MM profile I posted this from... Gary Apr 14 10 07:29 am Link Gary, Interesting card. I hadn't thought of putting my MM account on the Card. I also like the image. Apr 14 10 08:12 am Link Warren Asher wrote: ? I guess that as you use a 100 of your own images for Moo cards then that is what makes them unique? Or was it a little dig? Apr 14 10 08:23 am Link GGP Studios wrote: I don't understand why you would post your MM profile on your business card. You are essentially sending potential clients to a directory of other photographers. Apr 14 10 08:34 am Link Hmmmmmmmm, another good point. See, this is why I like to see what others have created and what others have to say. Apr 14 10 09:48 am Link My moo  Yeah, $20 for 100 is up there but I love them. I think you pay extra just for the cool box. I think the small size helps set you apart. Apr 14 10 09:53 am Link I'm using Moo, as soon as I can get the front to look less fuzzy (i think maybe uploading at too high a res caused problems on the downsample. will know in a week when a new sample pack arrives) The full-size cards are even more expensive; $25 for 50 cards. ;o but the ability to have 50 separate images on the back is huge, and i like the stock of the recycled paper. Here's the design. went through 19 drafts with a designer buddy of mine before we landed on this.  Apr 14 10 10:35 am Link  Apr 14 10 10:48 am Link I just placed an order with moo.com I like the idea of such a limited run w/out having to PAY out the nose for it. A bro of mine in the UK echoed their quality/ service and told me to use them, since they are now in the US. I also keep an updated file of photos on my iTouch as well. Just about the only thing I've really found it useful for. Easy to carry a "mini" portfolio presentation if you are doing a cold approach on the street. I think the moo.com cards will for sure help to reinforce one's services, especially since I can place a STRONG photo onto it. $27 for 50, including shipping... isn't inexpensive, but if I really like it, I can up the order and not be unnecessarily stuck for 500 cards that I HATE and paid $200 for. Apr 14 10 11:16 am Link I am working on my new buisiness cards, and cant decide what image to use on the back. http://islegradius.webs.com/bc.htm i want to use one of my photos and have it fade to black bottom right to top left. Let me know what you think it would help a bunch Apr 14 10 11:40 am Link Does anyone know of a printer who's comparable to moo on quality, but will do all the cards the same for a lot less money? I ordered their sample pack, and the quality is very good, but at 55 cents/card, that adds up to be a lot just hand out to people who express an interest. For me, I don't see the advantage to different backs beyond maybe a sample portrait, a sample product shot, etc. There's places that are much cheaper than moo but the print quality and card stock don't compare. Isn't there a happy medium with the quality but not the customization? Apr 14 10 12:26 pm Link gotprint.net great quality much better pricing Apr 14 10 12:30 pm Link JS Toronto wrote: really? i relish being able to whip out a mini-portfolio, along with a silly "pick a card, any card" repartee' Apr 14 10 12:34 pm Link  Apr 14 10 12:38 pm Link Warren Asher wrote: Just look at my Avatar. Apr 14 10 12:59 pm Link Flick wrote: +1 Apr 14 10 01:02 pm Link I'm game, lets see if I can post it: Front  Back  Contact info type: Adobe Jenson Pro 8pt Wordmark is a mixture of sizes: Adobe Jenson Pro apx 36pt and Folio Light at 11pt I was a designer in a previous life. I needed to keep mine clean and simple. Apr 14 10 02:08 pm Link  Apr 14 10 02:15 pm Link Clean & Simple... Heavy 16pt Card Stock, Silver Foil, Spot UV Varnish.... Produced by The Design House. www.tdhstudio.com  Apr 14 10 02:46 pm Link |
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