August 19, 2011. Bill Szydlowski

Having a business card can greatly assist you to make headway in today’s competitive business landscape. But, you need to realize that in modern market, a business card is not just a business card.
It has moved from the traditional tool of passing contact information to a means through which it endorses your company’s products and services. Whenever you meet a business acquaintance who you would like to do business with, chances are that you will have about two to three minutes of pleasantries which will definitely not be enough to market your products and services. Therefore, to gain a market edge over those hundreds of others who pass their business cards to him/ her, you need something which will be able to instill undying curiosity to call you back. This can only be done through professionally designed business cards, i.e. gold foil business cards, embossed business cards, double sided business cards and clear business cards.
Unfortunately, not so many graphics designers know of this angle. Many often fail to realize the function that business card serves. To the average designer, he/ she are in it for money. But, over the past 10 years, there have been an emergence of professionally run web based graphics and design companies which make available these services at affordable prices. Having designed hundreds of business killer cards for leading top corporate executives and other medium sized companies, their expertise and experience will be no doubt of use to helping your market your start-up business to potential clients.
The first realization you will have immediately after handing out these cards is an increase in business calls and opportunities. Within no time your revenue will start to increase. Given that you may not have such a company in mind, search engines, i.e. Google can aid you in locating them. All you need is type the keywords related to what you are looking for, e.g. foil business card design.
Updated August 19, 2011. Published April 9, 2011. Bill Szydlowski


