Comments on: On Printing Business Cards

By: So You Wanna Call Yourself a Game Designer? | Semionaut's Notebook

So You Wanna Call Yourself a Game Designer? | Semionaut's Notebook — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:00:16 +0000

[...] other than your name and contact information on a business card… go read Darius’s posts on the subject, I don’t want to talk about that [...]

By: Darius Kazemi

Darius Kazemi — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:34:52 +0000

Great point, Erin. I’ve added it to the followup blog post: http://tinysubversions.com/2010/02/business-cards-continued/

By: Erin Hoffman

Erin Hoffman — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 21:06:35 +0000

Ian’s point is a great one. It’s the one thing I would add to Darius’s advice… I suspect for first-timers the words on the card are actually more important than the card’s visual design, though it’s certainly possible to excessively advertise non-pro status by having a business card that looks out-of-date, is too busy, or has poorly printed graphics. The worst one I saw from a student was glossy and black with a grainy graphic of something on it — I’m not even sure what. A classy but plain non-glossy white card with Times New Roman on it is much safer.

When I was a student I had “Creativity for Hire” on my card, which got comments from most of the people I handed it to. I didn’t really even expect that reaction — I just had an assortment of things I wanted to do and needed a broad phrase that would capture them. And I didn’t have that card very long. :) If I had to do it over again I would stick to the same — keep it simple, put your web address on the card, and aim your thought energy at a memorable (unique) phrase that encapsulates what you have to offer.

By: The Sister

The Sister — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 21:03:00 +0000

Moo has regular sized cards, too! And I love them for being awesome at the HOW conference in Austin. Great people. Awesome cards. But they’re more pricey.

By: Ian Schreiber

Ian Schreiber — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:36:51 +0000

David brings up a good point about the limitations of Vistaprint. You can actually get, I think, 250 cards for $0 + shipping… but with some caveats. First, they WILL try to upsell you at every opportunity, so if you’re on a budget you will need to stick with their basic stock designs; second, shipping is of course going to vary on location, and they are US-based so they might not be an ideal solution for someone in another country; and third, their free cards do come with an advertisement for Vistaprint on the back of the card, which is kind of tacky if you’re trying to promote yourself and not them. So basically it’s a way of letting potential employers know that you are short on cash :-)

By: David McGraw

David McGraw — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:40:00 +0000

My wife used Vistaprint for her latest business card and I was very happy with the results. However, for 250 cards it ended up costing $65 (including shipping). ($0.26/card)

Our wedding photographer used a service 4colorprint.com and her cards were pretty fantastic. I picked up the 16pt. silkcards at 500 cards for $69. ($0.13/card). This is who I just ordered from this round so be sure to grab my card so you can check them out.

(the price for both of these include full color on the back side)

If you really want to go the unique route and have some cash to spend… This company has some outstanding looks: http://www.plasmadesign.co.uk/ Don’t expect much note taking on these though…

By: The Evolution of a Business Card | Digital Home of David McGraw

The Evolution of a Business Card | Digital Home of David McGraw — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 06:21:55 +0000

[...] you. See Darius Kazemi for more business card/networking advice. I just noticed he wrote a few new posts regarding business [...]

By: Rachel Blum

Rachel Blum — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:53:13 +0000

“the mythical female programmer” – that’s awesome. I wish I had thought of it! ;)

By: Rachel Blum

Rachel Blum — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:52:36 +0000

Oh, by all means, network like you mean it. But even assuming you can actually get 8 hours of pure networking time a day (which you really don’t, unless you ignore all the talks), that’s less than 10 minutes per person. It’s certainly a personal choice, but I usually would rather invest time in quality contacts than number of contacts.

Similarly to Joe, I rarely run out of business cards before I need to change them, either.

But hey, I’m a programmer, and as such socially slow anyways ;)

By: Business Cards, Continued — Tiny Subversions Tiny Subversions

Business Cards, Continued — Tiny Subversions Tiny Subversions — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:05:40 +0000

[...] got some great comments on my last post about business cards, and I’m going to highlight them here in case you missed them. But first I’m going to [...]