Comments on: How to Market Yourself With Business Cards http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/ Business Blogging Services, Social Media Consultant Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ultimate Guide to Business Cards (Infographic) | Blogging Bistro http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-4259 Ultimate Guide to Business Cards (Infographic) | Blogging Bistro Mon, 02 Jan 2012 14:02:16 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/06/02/businesscardmarketing/#comment-4259 [...] How to Market Yourself With Business Cards [...] [...] How to Market Yourself With Business Cards [...]

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]]> By: Mary Beth Smith http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-2556 Mary Beth Smith Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:11:00 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/06/02/businesscardmarketing/#comment-2556 I wish I could figure out why I respond to posts months after they're written. Sigh...anyway... As a printer, I thought I might mention a few things that can affect the cost of your business cards when you're buying from a local printer. (Which I highly recommend, btw...) (1) The weight and type of stock. (2) The quantity. (big $ breaks for higher quantities) (3) The number of ink colors. (4) Design work and the level of production-readiness of your files. (5) The production method Other important issues: (1) Use a printer who treats you like a person. (2) Use someone who can offer a variety of options to fit your budget. (3) A local printer will probably cost more than Vista Print. In exchange, you can touch the stock, see an actual proof, ask questions, make changes, and get immediate action if something goes wrong. I'm not universally slamming online services, but I've had to console enough clients who ended up having to pay me to fix their business cards that I just want people to be aware that an online solution is not without risk. By the same measure, working with a local printer still requires that you ask for help in order to get the best product at the price you need. We printers speak our own little geek-y language and sometimes forget that our customers may not be aware of the pitfalls we take for granted, and may not realize that "lay people" don't necessarily realize that there are different costs associated with different options. Ask for help - if your printer grimaces or makes you feel awkward, just ask around until you find someone who is customer-oriented. A good printer will become your marketing partner and help you integrate your online and print materials so that you always look good in public! You're absolutely right about a business card being essential to professionalism - Thanks for a great article! :) mb Mary Beth Smith Founder, "Girls Who Print" I wish I could figure out why I respond to posts months after they’re written. Sigh…anyway…

As a printer, I thought I might mention a few things that can affect the cost of your business cards when you’re buying from a local printer. (Which I highly recommend, btw…)

(1) The weight and type of stock.
(2) The quantity. (big $ breaks for higher quantities)
(3) The number of ink colors.
(4) Design work and the level of production-readiness of your files.
(5) The production method

Other important issues:
(1) Use a printer who treats you like a person.
(2) Use someone who can offer a variety of options to fit your budget.
(3) A local printer will probably cost more than Vista Print. In exchange, you can touch the stock, see an actual proof, ask questions, make changes, and get immediate action if something goes wrong.

I’m not universally slamming online services, but I’ve had to console enough clients who ended up having to pay me to fix their business cards that I just want people to be aware that an online solution is not without risk. By the same measure, working with a local printer still requires that you ask for help in order to get the best product at the price you need. We printers speak our own little geek-y language and sometimes forget that our customers may not be aware of the pitfalls we take for granted, and may not realize that “lay people” don’t necessarily realize that there are different costs associated with different options. Ask for help – if your printer grimaces or makes you feel awkward, just ask around until you find someone who is customer-oriented. A good printer will become your marketing partner and help you integrate your online and print materials so that you always look good in public!

You’re absolutely right about a business card being essential to professionalism – Thanks for a great article!
:) mb
Mary Beth Smith
Founder, “Girls Who Print”

]]> By: Laura http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-2553 Laura Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:47:04 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/06/02/businesscardmarketing/#comment-2553 Thanks for the good tips, Greg! It's always good to know about another place that provides help with business card design. Thanks for the good tips, Greg! It’s always good to know about another place that provides help with business card design.

]]> By: Nathan Cain http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-2554 Nathan Cain Tue, 03 Jun 2008 12:33:14 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/06/02/businesscardmarketing/#comment-2554 VistaPrint is great, but you have to pay for shipping and you only get 250. UnlimitedBusinessCards.com is offering 1000 free business cards w/ free shipping. VistaPrint is great, but you have to pay for shipping and you only get 250.

UnlimitedBusinessCards.com is offering 1000 free business cards w/ free shipping.

]]> By: Greg Davis http://www.bloggingbistro.com/how-to-market-yourself-with-business-cards/comment-page-1/#comment-2555 Greg Davis Tue, 03 Jun 2008 00:58:26 +0000 http://heblogssheblogs.com/2008/06/02/businesscardmarketing/#comment-2555 Business Cards are the easiest form of marketing and networking and without a question one of the most important items to always carry with you. Every opportunity that I have to hand out a card, I do! With just a min. investment the dividends pay off in hand fulls. Along with Vista Print offering good quality business cards at a great price you can also customize your very own business card for professional production. Rules of thumb so to speak.... when you eat at a restaurant and you are leaving... leave a card on the table, when you get gas, leave a card at the pump the idea here is hand them as often as you say hello, that is after all why you have them in the first place..... Greg Davis R.G.D. Creative Director Annex Graphics www.annexgraphics.com Business Cards are the easiest form of marketing and networking and without a question one of the most important items to always carry with you. Every opportunity that I have to hand out a card, I do! With just a min. investment the dividends pay off in hand fulls.
Along with Vista Print offering good quality business cards at a great price you can also customize your very own business card for professional production.

Rules of thumb so to speak…. when you eat at a restaurant and you are leaving… leave a card on the table, when you get gas, leave a card at the pump the idea here is hand them as often as you say hello, that is after all why you have them in the first place…..

Greg Davis R.G.D.
Creative Director
Annex Graphics
http://www.annexgraphics.com

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