Ideas on Designing Business Cards for Your Advertising Clients

Posted on March 1st, 2007.

If you decide that you want to go down the path of designing business cards for your clients, this section can offer you new ideas and thoughts on this topic.

Dean

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Dana |

I bought a cheap business card program so I could put together a layout that I felt would sell. If your finished product looks close to what you put together you have had a minimum of steps/trips/meetings and you have created a good relationship with both your customer and supplier. Your suppliers love it when you make their life easier.

Feb 22, 9:25 PM —

deanc
March 2nd, 2007

Dana |

I’ve been out for a while but wanted to catch up a little on the card printing. The program you use for cards is not important so much as is the layout. My program does not give me a nice pdf for my printer. That would be great but I’m not a designer. I do know what sells though, so I lay it out so that my card guy can get the idea that I want. He does not charge to do a little design work.

Feb 28, 11:19 PM —

deanc
March 2nd, 2007

To those of you starting out, you can always get someone to do the design work for you. Here is an email I got from Mark at www.fullcolorresources.com (Read carefully, it’s a good offer)

“I think that if display dealers sell their customers on that fact that a custom designed card will generate more business that it will not be a problem. Maybe I can even work with them BEFORE they go in to make a sales presentation I can design a card for their prospects business which they can take with them. This should
help them make the sale. I will NOT charge them until the sale is made
and even then I can make changes.”

Good deal! Atleast investigate this offer if anything…could save you alot of time.

This forum only gets better!

Dean

Mar 1, 10:23 AM —

deanc
March 2nd, 2007

For those who are looking for a business card software, you may consider one of the softwares listed below. I just thought that this might help.
www.camdevelopment.com/index.htm
www.novadevelopment.com/products/us/bfw/default.aspx
www.rkssoftware.com/visualbusinesscards/overview.html

cabdon
March 8th, 2007

Hi Dean,

I’ve designed a card that says SALES REPS WANTED. I’ve placed many of them on all my 32 boards on location, and to my surpise I hired two reps last week and one today. They have already made sales and I’ve agreed to pay them 20% of the gross sales. I’m looking to place 300 boards in my county and hire as many sales reps as possible. I really enjoy your site and love the support you have given me!!

Thanks again,

Mark Ray

georgia6
March 30th, 2007

How to Get Printing for Half the Price and Get Twice the Exposure!

Here I was sitting here thinking about how business card dispenser operators could make more money…and here’s a thought I came up with that ‘could’ work (I haven’t tried it…just thought of it).

1) What if you ‘teamed up’ with someone else who has a business that is inline with your business, but not in competition with you. For example : You (business card displays operator) & a website developer or accountant etc. Then…

2) You each have one side of a business card (there’s your half price). Then…

3) You get twice the exposure…because your both handing out the business cards!

Man I love this stuff!

Thoughts and feedback on this one would be great!

Dean

deanc
April 17th, 2007

Please make sure you don’t place the thin home made business cards in your displays. They just don’t dispense well.Glossy cards with UV coating sometimes don’t dispense either. You simply don’t need a high gloss card in the displays because the cover gives them a shine. I recommend a digital color card on a shiny porcelain paper and use 14pt card stock. Works great!

dmiles

dmiles
April 26th, 2007