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Are Business Cards really that important?:If you don't think business cards are important, do a test. Open your wallet and see if you have any in there. Odds are you have at least 5 to 10 (coworkers, business associates, doctors, lawyers, etc). Still not convinced they are powerful tools, check out the rolodex in your office at work. Loaded with business cards (hopefully organized under names or business titles). Certainly with email contact information programs on computers, you can easily bring up personal contact information on most anyone with the click of a finger, but what if you are away from a computer and need that info fast. Business cards are essential for doing business and the sales field reps hand them out at every chance they get as do real estate agents. Business cards are a lot more colorful and flashy than they used to be. They now list more than job titles and phone #'s. You have to have web addresses and cell phone #'s and business card design companies have sprung up to help "produce" the right business card for todays world. There are even business card cd roms where your business card actually doubles as a CD loaded with product and marketing information. You can go online and get a business card template and design your cd business card for free. We found a great site at Mcdrom.com which lets you put up to 40MB of material on the business card cd rom and custom design with full color a unique business card for just $.78/unit (for 1000 units). They have sample business cards to choose from and offer free printable business cards. Perhaps the Rolodex will have to evolve into something new for the latest applications that business cards offer.
Business Card Design and Printing:Do you want to make your own business cards? Sounds a little crazy, but with todays online business card sites offering custom design templates and reasonable printing costs, it's not that hard. We found Vistaprint.com to be the best solution for online business card design and printing. With custom templates for all business categories you are sure to find the perfect business card. You can view samples and get free printable cards. You don't save that much doing it yourself, but the creativity and design process are in your hands.What are the Best Business Card Holders/Rolodex?You will probably need a good Rolodex for business associates in your office and then a smaller business card holder or case for personal friends and family. We found some excellent choices on the MSN Shopping site with business card cases for $25 and silver business card holders for $24.95. Rolodex offers a tri-fold business card case for $19.99. If you want to store business cards online or on your computer at work, there is a great invention from Cardscan.com which is a business card scanner. You just slide the card into the scanner and it scans the image of the card into a rolodex software program. There Cardscan executive sells for $199.99 but is well worth the cost given all the convenience you get with business cards indexed properly on your PC. Some business card printing services give you plastic holders for business cards when you order a set amount from them.
Where can I download business card software?Advanced Business card Maker is a great piece of software that creates professional quality business cards. You can go to their website and download a free trial at Indentsoft.com/business-card/. The software is easy to manage with features for shapes, logos, colors, and the ability to print the cards right-away on any Windows compatible printer. The software retails for $29.99 as a download from their website.Cheap Business Cards:You don't need a flashy business card to do well in networking and marketing you or your business. Cheap business cards are available online and you can even print your own business cards with software designed specifically for that. We recommend having a professional company do the printing of your business cards the first time to make sure they look right. If you go to a site like Printsmadeeasy.com you can choose your business card layout and format the card to your specifications with colors and overall designl They do offer business card templates if you need help getting started. Their business card printing rates are cheap with a lot of 500 business cards (standard and single sided) for $44.99 plus shipping. We were able to design our own business card rather quickly and even upload our own artwork to work with. They let us print a free business card to see how it looked and then we were able to order the business cards have them shipped overnight with no problems. They looked professional the color quality was fine for what we paid.
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