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How To Make a Homemade Business Card?

 

When you start a business, you are needed of some fast communication way to convey your personal and business related information to other employees and clients. Business cards are a great information conveying tool. Why create a business card in this digital age when every business use digital communication means such as mobile phone, email, Skype etc?  It's true that digital devices allow information transmission quickly, but only if there's a GPRS or wifi network is available. Thus, chances of all your potential customers have GPRS or wifi network available is not possible. Moreover, business cards work as your mini portfolio to let your targetted audience credible on your statements regarding the services or products, you're providing. 

 

 

 

If you don't have money to get a professional looking business card, Don't be disappointed. you can still make a homemade business card within 2-3 minutes.

 

What Material Do You Need?

 

you need nothing costly for making a homemade business card. All you need is

 

  • Business paper card sheet
  • Pencil
  • Ruler
  • Kraft knife
  • one or two complementary colors

 

How to Create a Professional Looking Business Card Designer?

 

 

Take Paper Card For Drawing a Business Card Sketch:

 

Take a piece of paper card. Use ruler and craft knife cut a piece of its having dimensions 3.5" x 2".Don't increase the dimension as it's the standard size of a business card. Make sure to add a bleed area in your card design. Somehow, if you're not planning to add bleed area, it's isn't necessary.

 

Sketch a Traditional Business Card Design:

 

Structure the Business Logo: In the first step, you need to create a logo which represents your company. you can use complimentary color markers to draw it on the front side of the paper card.  A business logo, printed in the middle of a business card using aqua colors is more appreciated near professional designers.

 

 

Include Your Name, Company Name, Job Title and Contact Information: If you're an owner of your own company, it doesn't mean you need no introduction! instead must need to represent yourself as a CEO to your clients, employees, and others. Use pen markers to include your name, company name, job title, and contact information on the card. you don't need to give headings, simply write this information a line-below-line.

Add your social account information: your social media presence means a lot for your business promotion. Don't forget to add your social account information on the business card. Most professionals use the printer to adjust all these materials font size on one side, but if there's no place left on the front side, use the back side to write your email address, Facebook ID, and website address. Now you're designing a double-sided business card.

 

Add Design and Decoration Touches:

 

Shape Non-Traditional Business Card Corners: If you have a business related to garments, beauty or architecture. Use a knife to cut borders into teddy-bear shape. It actually shows off your creativity as well as add an exceptional brand experience for the card recipient.

 

 

Add Colors and Decoration Material: Use different colors and finishing material around your home such as glitter, ribbon, Kraft creatures etc to add your final touches in your first homemade business card.

 Wait! this article is not completed yet! if you're making this business card for networking with a lot of people. you probably need to understand what makes your business card look either professional or unprofessional! This left portion of the article will help you to understand how to add professionalism in your work while designing a business card. The most common elements such as standard size, business logo, and contact information are not enough! Choose a proper design to represent them online or take professional designer assistance, but that doesn't encourage to add some those kind of designs which are not familiar with your targeted audience.  Keep it simple, Avoid using overly designs that may make it difficult to understand you're the information you want to share with them. Another thing is about to use permanent messages using appropriate design principle.

 

 

In a nutshell, A business card either creates a good or bad impression of your business. Thus, there are many things needed to research as well as focused while designing an informative and professional-looking business card. Instead of own experiments, most people take the professional business card designers help. The main reason is having professional printing gadgets, experienced staff and perfection guarantee. There are many packaging companies making business cards for their clients. But TheCustomBoxes often referred by the leading brands as they make business cards which never cost more than your homemade business card. you can get business packaging boxes By The Custom Boxes at affordable prices. 

 

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