Business cards : comments [S. Worthen

When I joined this company, I was given a large pile of business cards, of which I've distributed a few, but not many. They were the traditional white card with logo, company name and contact details on.

Two or three years back, we changed email formats, at which point all my business cards became invalid. Given the infrequency with which I gave them out, I decided not to order anymore.

Last year, we went through a rebranding excersize. As part of this, business cards went from landscape to portrait orientation, made of cheaper card, academic and professional qualifications were removed (they were intimidating to clients, apparantly, rather than being reassuring that we knew what we were talking about) and, worst of all, now have coloured backs, which means you can't even scrawl useful information on the back of them.

So, I have one set of business cards I can't give out because they are innacurate, and another set I won't give out because they're awful...

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C. finally got new business cards last year, but before that, all the information on it except for his name had become invalid. The company had been bought out (and thus had changed name, email addresses, and logos), the office had moved, and his job title was wrong since he'd been promoted.

How odd that degree credentials shouldn't be taken as reassuring. I can sort of imagine that viewpoint, but personally, I'd rather know the person I was talking to was competent. That said, C. and I were just last night discussing various moves off and on to create professional certification in the IT industry - and this is clearly a move against that direction.

I've seen a few colored-back business cards before. It's a good reason to start carrying a metallic silver pen around with me at all times, just in case! I think that'd be easier to keep track of than labelling stickers, and probably more multipurpose too. Anyways, I like shiny silver ink.

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I guess if you wished the company logo to be on your card, then you would be stuck with their purchase options. But if that didn't matter, Business Depot (or Grand&Toy, whichever one you're more particular to I guess) has great packages now for printing your own cards. They used to have just the flimsy white, but their options have expanded recently (thicker card material, gradients and such). Sure, it's self-printing, but atleast you will have only the amount of cards that you want. :)

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No kidding. At my last employer I went through 8 boxes of cards in less than 5 years because of assorted title, address and acquisition related changes. I never used more than a third of any of them. Now for my own company I print my own in batches of whatever fits on an 8.5x11 cardstock sheet.

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Now for my own company I print my own in batches of whatever fits on an 8.5x11 cardstock sheet.

I've done the same in the past (although I like the packages that includes perforated edges, 'cause my cutting skills aren't the best, lol!) I think my info changes every eight months roughly.

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