Alright /biz/ lets talk business cards. What styles do you prefer?

Raised lettering, pale nimbus. White

Mine are very simple. Name, what I do, some contact info, and on the back I have QR codes for stuff too. Don't even have a logo, just a simple gradient.

I ordered some reinforced ones that have plastic corners, but wound up not using them. Too expensive, and most of my clients aren't going to be impressed by them. I am contemplating doing raised lettering on the next batch of them in a couple of months.

Mechanical engineer buddy has these thick cards that you can assemble into a catapult to launch anything smaller than a nickel with. Extremely cool, and also stupidly expensive.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-LbOezuQKg

>>972338
People have an innate preference for clean and neat presentation.

>small, simple logo (the less detail and number of colors the better, think BP or Pepsi)
>Arial or Calibri font (easy on the eyes)
>Company name, your name and title, and your business contact info. all on one side

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>>972395
impressive, very nice....let's see paul allen's business card.

>>972338

business cards are out.

I only do flyers now.

or for a quick network i exchange cell numbers

Can someone explain the purpose of business cards to me?

We have social media thesedays, i just throw away business cards if someone gives one to me; preferably right in front of their face.

I don't have a business, but I do have a business card, for myself I guess, more of a self-marketing tool.

I ordered about 250 of them, they cost $2 each, and they are metal, with a coating, (black) and it has very low cut outs with my information. Works for me, and I don't give out cards often, I've only given like 15 of them away so far.

Has my name and title (firstname lastname MD-PhD). The logo is just two stripes at a 45 degree angle on the top left corner, and nothing else. The back of the card has my phone number.

Feels great when I give them to people, its like ice cold to the touch, and just screams "I'm better than anyone, hire me" or "be my friend"

>>972473
impressive, very nice

>>972474

For my next set, I'm contemplating coloring in the cutouts as well, in Bijan Yellow or something, same with the stripes. But not sure about that, because I like the stealthy look right now, but I think I'll need to add more color once I actually get my business registered and gain a good client base.

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>about to post mine
>realize suddenly
>It's an exact duplicate of Paul Allen's
>mfw good taste

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I've been trying to design something like this, a very difficult logo, but my Photoshop skills are horrible, and I don't want to pay $5000 for a design :(

>>972473
Just screams "I'm a giant self-promoting phaggot" to most normal people FYI