Business Card

[holtmichael09]

Hey Guys

Just created my business card and just wanted to get comments/suggestions on it.

Thanks!

 

[mraikes]

Not exactly a card critique, but I think you're going to send a lot of folks to Daniel in Michigan. It would be nice if you could avoid the ".co.cc"

You can omit the "http://" part too.

Other than that, it's a boring plain vanilla card. What's on the back? Don't waste that advertising space . . .

OK, I guess it's a card critique after all.

 

[RichmondTech]

That's a pretty big font clash from your logo and your contact info.

Are you going to have a white business card or have you looked at color shades for the background? The reason I ask is because on your website it's tinted a little behind the logo which makes it easier for me to read compared to a white business card. Or you could slightly darken the logo colors for the business card.

I would recommend increasing the font size for your contact info (especially if you work with older people). I would do this by removing the QR code (can't stand those personally), moving the email and phone above the URL, and increasing size.

Hope this helps.

 

[RichmondTech]

Other than that, it's a boring plain vanilla card. What's on the back? Don't waste that advertising space . . .

Not sold on double sided cards myself. I find that my cards are usually stuck to monitors and printers or put into a rolodex or other business card holder where you can't see the back of the card. I even ran a promo on the back of my card for awhile and it got no traction. For the extra cost of double sided printing I didn't get a ROI.

 

[mraikes]

Not sold on double sided cards myself. I find that my cards are usually stuck to monitors and printers or put into a rolodex or other business card holder where you can't see the back of the card. I even ran a promo on the back of my card for awhile and it got no traction. For the extra cost of double sided printing I didn't get a ROI.

You're right, it may not make a bit of difference. But any opportunity to stand out and grab someone's interest shouldn't be missed. Cards are cheap, even double sided. If it makes a difference only once or twice out of 500 it would be well worth it.

Someone puts your card on a monitor, printer or rolodex because they've decided your contact info is worth keeping. Ka-Ching! An appropriate message on the back can sell that value.

 

[holtmichael09]

Made some slight change. It actually does look better now that i took my page background and used it on the card. I also removed the shadowing for the logo on the card cause it just looked horrible.

as far as something on the back, I considered it but i've decided not to do it for now.

Also, co.cc is going to go away as soon as i get on and order a .com

 

[RichmondTech]

Made some slight change. It actually does look better now that i took my page background and used it on the card. I also removed the shadowing for the logo on the card cause it just looked horrible.

as far as something on the back, I considered it but i've decided not to do it for now.

Also, co.cc is going to go away as soon as i get on and order a .com

Font is a whole lot better. You could take your name and plug it into the center gap where it's empty (enlarge the font). Under your name you can have your business title (President, Owner, whatever).

Since it appears you don't have an office, I'd just drop the Santa Clarita line. Yes, you are located in the area that you service. That leaves your phone, email, and website. You could do two on one lower corner and one on the other, but what I would recommend is an off-color stripe along the bottom with your URL in white. Above the stripe on the left you can have your phone and on the right you can have your email. If you don't like the stripe along the bottom you could have it running down the right side.

Hope this helps.

 

[holtmichael09]

Looks much better with your suggestions.

 

[RichmondTech]

Lookin good.

See attached. I just used the color picker from your logo, but that's what I was talking about for the stripe. You want that sucker to pop. Swap out black text for white (and maybe either all caps or all lowercase). That'll really pop.

 

[holtmichael09]

updated

 

[RichmondTech]

Awesome. Your printer is probably going to tell you to move everything in off the edges a little so when they make the cuts it doesn't lop off half of your logo. Other than that, I can't think of anything else. If you have a graphic designer on your team you might run it by them for ideas on how to jazz it up.

 

[16k_zx81]

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[holtmichael09]

ended up changing the name to Holt PC Services in order to get a good domain i was happy with.

 

[RichmondTech]

Why would you go with holtpcservices.us and not holtpcservices.com (which is available)? I don't know of any businesses that go with .us; in fact the only .us sites I know of are from my local and state governments.

 

[16k_zx81]

yep. totally dont understand why anyone would purchase a non-com address for a business. It looks like a budget-advertising move and will be impossible for your customers to remember or tell to others.

 

[TopLevelComp]

Do yourself a favor, go with 16k_zx81's ideas.

 

[Xander]

yep. totally dont understand why anyone would purchase a non-com address for a business. It looks like a budget-advertising move and will be impossible for your customers to remember or tell to others.

I respectfully disagree

.CAs aside, the only .us sites I've seen are the ones going for a word ("tremendo.us").

Edit: The .co.cc sites are worse, though. Every time I've seen one, I think it's a misspelled porn site. ("www.tiffanylovesthe.co.cc")

 

[16k_zx81]

I respectfully disagree

.CAs aside, the only .us sites I've seen are the ones going for a word ("tremendo.us").

Edit: The .co.cc sites are worse, though. Every time I've seen one, I think it's a misspelled porn site. ("www.tiffanylovesthe.co.cc")

so you're saying you think this is a smart move if it can be incorporated into the spelling of the business name. Is that correct?

 

[RichmondTech]

I respectfully disagree

.CAs aside, the only .us sites I've seen are the ones going for a word ("tremendo.us").

Edit: The .co.cc sites are worse, though. Every time I've seen one, I think it's a misspelled porn site. ("www.tiffanylovesthe.co.cc")

You just triggered something that I've never been aware of before.

I relate .ca to a Canadian business.

I relate .co.uk to a British business.

I do not relate .us to an American business.

I wonder why that is? Maybe I relate .com to American businesses even though .com could come from anywhere. Interesting.