It doesn’t matter, whether you are a beginner in business or a professional, you should always keep your personalized business card to yourself. Moreover you shouldn’t leave home without it. This vital marketing tool ties a first knot in your relationship with a client. Business card is like a face of your company and goes on to work for you even when you are not close to your potential partner or customer. It’s the most important element of your visual identity and an excellent way to promote yourself, impress people and make them to remember you.
Every businessman should have their own visiting card, which usually contains information such as his name, address, email, phone number, business logo and other wholesome data. But the main purpose of a business card is not only to provide clients with your contact information but also to make people get in touch with you and to collaborate for the mutually beneficial deals.
Presently more and more people are using outstanding visiting cards to convey the image and personality of their business. They understand it’s not just a simple rectangular, it’s a really efficient tool of advertising and too powerful trend to ignore. But how should it look to leave a good long lasting impression?
The business card may have different forms and be can made of unusual materials. The optimal size is the size that perfectly fits into the business card holders, but that’s not a standard and you may make your business card round, oval, square and even with holes or take a form of a line, balloon, bottle, animal and etcetera!
Everything depends only on your powerful imagination! A business card has to be both laconic and informative enough to stand out. You may complement this branding tool with subtle typography, company logo and harmonious color combination. Don’t forget about the quality of the paper, this aspect is also very relevant, specially if you are a representative of a paper company :). The front side has to grab clients’ attention at the first sight and make customers trust you, your services and your company.
Don’t place much information on the face side, clients can loose the main aim and don’t catch the meaning of your business. All supplementary data can be printed on the back of a visiting card, where you can give freedom to your imagination and write whatever you wish! There you can include interesting offers, useful reminders, outstanding propositions and stunning solutions that your company provides. The design of a business card has to make people become your clients, and then your clients will return into your constant customers. But first step to all this is your effective and remarkable business card!
You can create visiting card by yourself, spend some good amount of money or choose a professional business card template designed by FlashMint or some other templates marketplace. The main thing to keep is mind is that your business card should have unique design and stand out against the crowd of ordinary plain cards.
If you are still not sure what exactly you want and hesitate what form of business card to choose, you have a great chance to look through our cool roundup and select one, that really attracts your attention. In this showcase we’ve collected business cards which are made by different techniques, such as: letterepressing, die-cutting, varnishes, metallic inks and made of metal, plastic, steel and other various non traditional materials. We’ve gathered an awesome selection of 35 spectacular templates that, surely, will give you a huge doze of inspiration and make you to ensure that business card is more than just a piece of paper with a person’s contact details, it’s a little masterpiece! And if you want your business be successful you have to own this efficient business accessory!
Simple, elegant and informative. Gorgeous ornament element looks effective on both deep-black and rich gold backgrounds.
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Sweet Thrills Candy Store and Dr. Kenneth Montague (Dentist): Dual-Sided Business Card
Sweet Thrills is a candy store. Kenneth Montague is a dentist. They decided it would be awesome if they shared a business card. The idea is really stunning!
This business card has a spectacular design with flower graphic extended outside of the card’s border.
This concept-based business card was designed by D. Gyurov. A funny figure with the thought balloon attracts attention at a glance.
These business cards are pretty cool, folded in origami folding way. They are created by NinjaBTL advertising agency designers.
The design of a business card represents the image of a tone company and the main message they want to convey. It has stylish and neat appearance.
This business card has a round form and special tear-off line to fit to the card holder. Its size is perfect to read the text.
This cute business card is so differ from others. A piece of paper against a hand made envelope is a really outstanding solution! You can write all important data on this field.
There is a funny cartoon illustration on the front side and all necessary information on the back side. Color choice is perfect for advertising business card.
A lovely typographic business card by graphic designer Nebuladiagnostics. Creative ideas and skillful implementation make these card look anything but ordinary.
This business card template has a quite nifty design that impresses with its bright laconism. You can fill speech bubbles with anything creative while handing over cards — it makes the meeting memorable and the card has a better chance of not being thrown away!
Retro Pinup Styled Business Card for Local Hair Stylist.
The business card is made for class by graphic designer from Denmark Alexandr Freiling.
The transparent business card with minimalist design and beautiful image of a planet. Nothing unnecessary, very effective appearance.
This weird business card is done by inking a raised surface and then pressing it into the paper, giving the design both color and depth. It is printed on a heavy water-color paper. Pay attention to the extra texture it has.
A business card can be one of the most cost-effective investments you can make for your brand. This business card is really efficient promotional tool, it tells the story and proves the point.
Snazzy and gorgeous business card with a metallic-gold picture on a deep-black background. It’s a perfect solution for a graphic designer.
Round formed business cards by MiTea, importers of rare teas from all around the world. Letter-pressed in 13 languages.
The business card has creative design, it has a tear-off line where the names of the designers are hidden. Very original and beautiful.
These die cut business cards are silk laminated and made for Cafe Java. They make us want a cup of coffee, really creative use of typography and content.
An amazing business card with two holes for fingers. Put your digits into the holes and they’ll look like legs. So funny and outstanding solution.
These cards are both personal and memorable. Creative pop up business cards with a quotation in a thought balloon for each member of a team.
Lush Lawn and Property Enhancement
Business cards that essentially double as seed packets. Cards were letter-pressed, filled with grass seed and glued by hand. Designed by Brandon Knowlden.
This card takes the shape of the product. Instant recognition!
Bright business card design with a funny sheep that is covered in a white fluff. Effective and beautiful advertising of a wool company.
This kind of business card is not only awesome but also useful, you can give it to the partner or client and every time he will use it, your ad will be in sight. That is very clever!
Traditional business card can be transformed into a funny little box of transporting cargo air. The card was design by Brazilian advertising agency Y&R for TAM Airlines.
Norburn Model Aircraft Supply: Business Card
One more creative idea for your business cards collection. Glider shaped card is a unique solution for aircraft company.
The stylish letterpress business card with the image of forked lightning by Lettre Sauvage Letterpress.
Cloth bag with a circle built in, the business card of Coffee company. Brilliant work, wouldn’t you agree?
Nice card concept. There are different answers under the “b” for different cards. But this one is very positive and pleasant, it runs as follows: Dan would like to believe “that this business card made you smile”.
This elegant and gentle business card was designed for Kensey Lu accessories by Stewart West and John Johnson.
An awesome work by The rabbit and the duck. The sewn edge in red grabs attention at a glance.
Slap Audio Studio: Business card
An amazing business card stylized as a cassette. It was designed for Audio Studio.
Really nice collection i like NinjaBTL business card 4, Mineral Water Business Card and Cafe Java.
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The business cards are great, roundup is wonderful.I have chosen some of them. thanks for cool post.
Anna
The Red Lady Club business card is very sexy! The rest are just as amazing.
Is no-one else sick of the business cards roundups yet?
Seems like they are on sites all too often, that said the creativity going into a business card is amazing. I wonder what the stats are on innovative designs versus plain two side printed cards are.
I think business cards are a popular topic for roundups because there’s so many to choose from. And I think there’s a fine line between innovatively useful business cards, and just annoying designs that make the business card hard to carry or use.
“I wonder what the stats are on innovative designs versus plain two side printed cards are.”
If it doesn’t fit in my business card holder then: a) It isn’t really a business card, and b) It goes directly into the trash, no matter how “innovative.”
The model airplane one above fits the bill AND is cool. The cassette gets runner-up.
I think it really depends on your market, and your company. If you’re in a tech or youth centered industry and have a name that’s easy to remember you don’t need people to keep your card. Make it cool and as memorable as possible. Your audience will just go to the web to find you. If you deal with an older audience that actually still uses business cards as a way to store contact information then something more conservative with regards to size and ease of storage is probably in order.
Very cool, thank for putting this together. It was very inspiring.
awesome collection, I like the round one :) you can also check my post with wooden business cards: http://www.freshbusinesscards.com/2010/11/wood-business-card-designs/
Great collection some good stuff here my favorites are Squinty and Java
Does any one know of where they might of had these printed/cost?
Im really loving these designs being in the printing and graphic business I understand the importance of concept and design. Enjoyed these examples, truly inspiring!