Are they necessary? Should you have them? Are they worth the money and the time? Good or bad investment?
Simple answer is YES, OF COURSE!
We here at Rinse Studios are currently our on are third batch of cards, not because we thought of a cool new card design or found a different company to go with, but because we use them and go through them and give them away. I have heard it said that the first impression is the most important one and I completely agree with this as it is definitely a make or break deal. Its not only what you can offer someone as far as work goes but also how you look and carry yourself. I will break down the “cool/classic” look and how you can still have the hipster vibe but be professional while doing it later in another post, but today we are focusing on leaving an impact and good impression through the business card.
After you make the initial connection with someone and hopefully wow them, all they have left to remember you by is your business card. I am not one to “overdue” it on the cards but it definitely needs to be eye catching and should obviously make the person interested in what you do. Remember, this is again your lasting impression that you leave with your potential clients so it needs to be epic. Since designing is something we do daily we never really are short on idea, but if you are lacking the design bone, or suffer from lack of creativity here is a WEBSITE with 100 awesome business cards to help you. And if you have no one to do the designing for you, just remember us here at Rinse Studios, we would love to help make your brand and imagine look great! Once the design is over we have recommended Vista Print or Moo Cards before and they do a good job and are affordable, but the company we are using for all of our card printing is Morning Print. We love them and they do a stellar job. Check them out and hope this posts help you out a bit. If we can help further drop us a line!
-N
[lather // RINSE // repeat]