business card feedback

[simms]

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Some tips?

 

[Yossarian]

Why do you need a business card if you're a 3rd year student? What is the logo supposed to be? You don't need an "E" in front of your email address, it's pretty obvious what it is.

 

[dartworth]

not bad...

plain, but gives all the info...

 

[rhatsaruck]

How do you plan to use this?

Make an impression on chicks? This certainly will. Pickup chicks? Not.

Consulting services? Uhhh...

 

[Shadowknight]

See the business card scene in American Psycho; make your business card look as identical to other business cards as possible.

 

[Injury]

Horrible.

A business card is much smaller than this JPG and the logo you have won't show up. It will look like a green dot and a blue dot.

None of your borders are the same size. You have about 1/2 inch on the right, 1/4 inch on the left and bottom, 1/8 inch on the top. Not uniform = bad.

I don't understand the need for this card.

You have a date on it, so I hope you plan on giving then all away before it's outdated.

I resized it to check how things look at business card size ( 3in x 1.5in) and I can barely read the text.

You need to leave an email and ONE phone number. Don't give a fax number away on a business card. If it's for interviews and stuff, people aren't going to f'ing fax you to offer you a job. If I used faxes, if anyone faxed me without my prior knowledge (and me giving them the fax number only then) I'd throw the fax away without reading it.

You don't need a home and cell number. Leave only the one in which you have voicemail, and if both, leave only the one in which you are most readily available. (You might not want to use a cell if you can't answer the phone at any time, such as at work.)

To finish up... it's boring and everything is too small. Less information, and if for some reason someone needs some more info, that's what the big blank white back is for.

 

[simms]

Originally posted by: Injury
Horrible.

A business card is much smaller than this JPG and the logo you have won't show up. It will look like a green dot and a blue dot.

None of your borders are the same size. You have about 1/2 inch on the right, 1/4 inch on the left and bottom, 1/8 inch on the top. Not uniform = bad.

I don't understand the need for this card.

You have a date on it, so I hope you plan on giving then all away before it's outdated.

I resized it to check how things look at business card size ( 3in x 1.5in) and I can barely read the text.

You need to leave an email and ONE phone number. Don't give a fax number away on a business card. If it's for interviews and stuff, people aren't going to f'ing fax you to offer you a job. If I used faxes, if anyone faxed me without my prior knowledge (and me giving them the fax number only then) I'd throw the fax away without reading it.

You don't need a home and cell number. Leave only the one in which you have voicemail, and if both, leave only the one in which you are most readily available. (You might not want to use a cell if you can't answer the phone at any time, such as at work.)

To finish up... it's boring and everything is too small. Less information, and if for some reason someone needs some more info, that's what the big blank white back is for.

Thanks. I just whipped it up in Word, and used a PrtScreen to show the general idea.

The logo is of my university. I use it for networking meetings between students/colleagues.

Any other tips? I'll take out the extra info, but that will leave a LOT of white space - what should I fill it with?

 

[Injury]

Originally posted by: simms

Originally posted by: Injury
Horrible.

A business card is much smaller than this JPG and the logo you have won't show up. It will look like a green dot and a blue dot.

None of your borders are the same size. You have about 1/2 inch on the right, 1/4 inch on the left and bottom, 1/8 inch on the top. Not uniform = bad.

I don't understand the need for this card.

You have a date on it, so I hope you plan on giving then all away before it's outdated.

I resized it to check how things look at business card size ( 3in x 1.5in) and I can barely read the text.

You need to leave an email and ONE phone number. Don't give a fax number away on a business card. If it's for interviews and stuff, people aren't going to f'ing fax you to offer you a job. If I used faxes, if anyone faxed me without my prior knowledge (and me giving them the fax number only then) I'd throw the fax away without reading it.

You don't need a home and cell number. Leave only the one in which you have voicemail, and if both, leave only the one in which you are most readily available. (You might not want to use a cell if you can't answer the phone at any time, such as at work.)

To finish up... it's boring and everything is too small. Less information, and if for some reason someone needs some more info, that's what the big blank white back is for.

Thanks. I just whipped it up in Word, and used a PrtScreen to show the general idea.

The logo is of my university. I use it for networking meetings between students/colleagues.

Any other tips? I'll take out the extra info, but that will leave a LOT of white space - what should I fill it with?

I would be careful about using the logo of your university. I'm certain that they are very protective of their logo and who can use it. Being a student does not imply professional affiliation with the university.

White space is okay, especially on business cards. As funny as it sounds, if you want some color, you may consider using some pre-made graphics on a site like iPrint or at least browsing their site and making something similar. White space is okay because it gives people room to write things down. Maybe they meet you, you give them a card, and then they take it out of their pocket when they get home and write down who you were... like maybe you talked about baseball or something... they could write "baseball guy" on it and easily remember you.