Business Cards

chapperzUK · 15-06-10, 10:02 PM

I thought I'd get some from VistaPrint and leave a few around busy places etc.

Since I am not very artistic (understatement of the year!), I am asking if anyone could give me some advice when looking at business card design (images, what to put on it, where to put it, what to write on it etc.).

If anyone else uses this method, it would be good to see other people's designs aswell.

Thanks.

Lisaaaargh · 15-06-10, 10:05 PM

Have you tried using the simple designer on Vistaprint? It's really simple to use.

That's all I did and I think they look pretty decent! i'll try to get a pic tomorrow.

williamblah · 15-06-10, 10:06 PM

Urgh, I hate that company. They have such a bad work ethic.

That is all.

Lisaaaargh · 15-06-10, 10:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by williamblah

Urgh, I hate that company. They have such a bad work ethic.

That is all.

Really? How so?

They're the only company I had heard of tbh

williamblah · 15-06-10, 10:15 PM

They spam as much as they can get away with. They pester you a lot if you ever give them your email for anything.

They somehow manage to send their 50 'free' business cards with extortionate postage and packaging charges. I got a huge camera lens packaged and delivered for less than they charge for P+P!

I also find their website overbearingly drawn out, because they slip in every 5 seconds something else you can buy.

I know it is important for them to capitalise as much of the custom that they get, but in my opinion that have simply overdone it.

There are a few similar opinions here: Vistaprint Sucks - 10% People Agree (26 opinions)

But by all means do not let me put you off them if you like using them. There doesn't seem to be any problem with the actual orders or anything.

**MJ10** · 15-06-10, 10:26 PM

I've NEVER had spam and use them fairly often!

I agree their P&P is too high and too long, but its worth it for the prices.

That's called marketing, and it works! I bought a few extra things coz they were cheaper when I bought them together!

Here's a pic of my recent purchase in this thread: http://www.exceem.co.uk/forums/i-got...tml#post646780

see the 2nd spoiler, and sorry for the massive image!

chapperzUK · 15-06-10, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ10

I've NEVER had spam and use them fairly often!

I agree their P&P is too high and too long, but its worth it for the prices.

That's called marketing, and it works! I bought a few extra things coz they were cheaper when I bought them together!

Here's a pic of my recent purchase in this thread: http://www.exceem.co.uk/forums/i-got...tml#post646780

see the 2nd spoiler, and sorry for the massive image!

Cheers, good design and the slogan is clever too. How successful has it been? (I'm guessing that you don't know exactly how successful it has been, but have you seen an increase in your sign-up/green rate).

P.S. Love the stamper idea

but could you get sued if you put it on some wrong places (like bus stop, could be classed as vandalism)

**MJ10** · 15-06-10, 11:17 PM

Havent really started giving them away yet, left a few on trains though! I used to hand them out in town outside GAME and did pretty well!

The stampers for all the newspapers you see on trains and busses... whack em on blank spaces and front pages! Easier than writing our your site and slogan every time!

The books to interest people in classes at uni.

The post its for those at work!

They all have their purpose and gets the name out there!

TheUserName · 16-06-10, 08:25 PM

May I recommend MOO | Custom Business Cards, MiniCards, Postcards and Stickers | moo.com? They are a great alternative to vistaprint.

dr99 · 17-06-10, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MJ10

I used to hand them out in town outside GAME and did pretty well!

I was thinking of doing just this! How did it go (as in what is 'pretty well'?)

icyoli · 17-06-10, 04:44 PM

The trick is with the spam from vistaprint, is to set up a filter on Gmail making the messages marked as read, moved to a folder called vistaprint offers, and skipping the inbox. Now whenever I want vistaprint email-only deals, I just go into my vistaprint folder and I have thousands of emails

chapperzUK · 17-06-10, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by icyoli

The trick is with the spam from vistaprint, is to set up a filter on Gmail making the messages marked as read, moved to a folder called vistaprint offers, and skipping the inbox. Now whenever I want vistaprint email-only deals, I just go into my vistaprint folder and I have thousands of emails

I just used an email account that I rarely check.

I got 250 'free' business cards and a 'free' stamper. Only cost me P&P, which is quite expensive, but hopefully it will be worth it.

Quick question, I have been collecting the FIFA World Cup stickers and I am going to sell them on ebay, will it be breaking the rules if I put in a business card in the envelope. It is no like I am selling the idea, just giving them a bit extra for their money, and am I also likely to get lots of negative feedback with people thinking it is a scam.

Thanks.

arcticfox · 17-06-10, 05:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chapperzUK

I just used an email account that I rarely check.

I got 250 'free' business cards and a 'free' stamper. Only cost me P&P, which is quite expensive, but hopefully it will be worth it.

Quick question, I have been collecting the FIFA World Cup stickers and I am going to sell them on ebay, will it be breaking the rules if I put in a business card in the envelope. It is no like I am selling the idea, just giving them a bit extra for their money, and am I also likely to get lots of negative feedback with people thinking it is a scam.

Thanks.

First of all, I don't know what the postage was but I'm sure your item comes from Belgium so that might explain the higher than usual price.

Secondly, putting a card in with things someone buys is ok as some people do it. They cant leave you negative feedback as they havent bought your card, they have bought the stickers

chapperzUK · 17-06-10, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by arcticfox

First of all, I don't know what the postage was but I'm sure your item comes from Belgium so that might explain the higher than usual price.

Secondly, putting a card in with things someone buys is ok as some people do it. They cant leave you negative feedback as they havent bought your card, they have bought the stickers

That would explain it.

Thanks, just wanted to make sure as I am new to ebay and I don't want to get a negative feedback when I have just started!

**MJ10** · 17-06-10, 05:55 PM

@tun: i've used MOO before, they did a really really nice design! Had like 20 free or something, all different colour block background colours and just my website nice and simple on the front. Simple, beautiful and intrigeing!

tigermarble · 18-06-10, 04:03 PM

So for 250 "free" business cards, what is the expensive postage cost likely to be?

chapperzUK · 18-06-10, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tigermarble

So for 250 "free" business cards, what is the expensive postage cost likely to be?

Depends how quickly you want it.

14 days = ~£7
7 days = ~£10
3 days = ~£15 (I think)

suparuss · 21-06-10, 09:09 AM

No, I just got mine delivered and it only cost about £3.95 for the slowest delivery and that came in about a week

chapperzUK · 21-06-10, 08:33 PM

Nice. Will hopefully be getting mine soon. Trying to think of some promotional products that I could get, such as pens or USBs, but you have to buy around £200 at a time.

Fridge03 · 22-06-10, 07:41 PM

I've just ordered mine from VistaPrint.

What do we all think. I think simple, but effective.

I have ordered 500, though I would go all out! plus £5 delivery. Can't really knock spending a tenner on it really!

15-06-10, 10:02 PM	#1
chapperzUK Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southend, Essex Posts: 3,056	Business Cards I thought I'd get some from VistaPrint and leave a few around busy places etc. Since I am not very artistic (understatement of the year!), I am asking if anyone could give me some advice when looking at business card design (images, what to put on it, where to put it, what to write on it etc.). If anyone else uses this method, it would be good to see other people's designs aswell. Thanks.

15-06-10, 10:26 PM	#6
MJ10 Currently: Moderating! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Thatcham, Reading Posts: 15,784	I've NEVER had spam and use them fairly often! I agree their P&P is too high and too long, but its worth it for the prices. That's called marketing, and it works! I bought a few extra things coz they were cheaper when I bought them together! Here's a pic of my recent purchase in this thread: http://www.exceem.co.uk/forums/i-got...tml#post646780 see the 2nd spoiler, and sorry for the massive image! __________________ Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £4,280.76 Spoiler Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) \| Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) \| 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) \| BT (£1,302) \| BT (£663) \| BT (£238) \| 500GB Wifi HDD (£103.98) \| Philips iPad Speaker (£99.99) \| Sgt.PepperMill (£10.47) \| Car iPhone/Tape (£9.29) Received from KUDOS: £2,652.50 Spoiler Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) \| Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) \| Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) \| Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) \| Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) \| Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) \| 32GB iPad 3 4G (£579) \| BT (£153) Received from Xpango: £250.14 Spoiler Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Received from other affiliates: £263.20 Spoiler Amazon Affiliate Voucher (£263.20) 2011 Winner of Best Site Award and Grammanazi Award. Runner up for Member of the Year 2011 Free iPhone \| Free iPhone \| Free iPad 3 \| Sign Define App \| Freebie Proof Photo Blog Total Received: £7,446.87 plus Current Stats: 0 green 12 pending WIN an iPod Shuffle, XBox Live, Amazon or iTunes vouchers >> Free competition entry here << Spoiler Spoiler Ed's status Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £1,854.03 Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) Received from KUDOS: £1,920.50 Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) Received from Xpango: £250.14 (others: £263.20) Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Amazon: Affiliate Voucher (£263.20)

15-06-10, 11:17 PM	#8
MJ10 Currently: Moderating! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Thatcham, Reading Posts: 15,784	Havent really started giving them away yet, left a few on trains though! I used to hand them out in town outside GAME and did pretty well! The stampers for all the newspapers you see on trains and busses... whack em on blank spaces and front pages! Easier than writing our your site and slogan every time! The books to interest people in classes at uni. The post its for those at work! They all have their purpose and gets the name out there! __________________ Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £4,280.76 Spoiler Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) \| Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) \| 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) \| BT (£1,302) \| BT (£663) \| BT (£238) \| 500GB Wifi HDD (£103.98) \| Philips iPad Speaker (£99.99) \| Sgt.PepperMill (£10.47) \| Car iPhone/Tape (£9.29) Received from KUDOS: £2,652.50 Spoiler Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) \| Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) \| Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) \| Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) \| Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) \| Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) \| 32GB iPad 3 4G (£579) \| BT (£153) Received from Xpango: £250.14 Spoiler Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Received from other affiliates: £263.20 Spoiler Amazon Affiliate Voucher (£263.20) 2011 Winner of Best Site Award and Grammanazi Award. Runner up for Member of the Year 2011 Free iPhone \| Free iPhone \| Free iPad 3 \| Sign Define App \| Freebie Proof Photo Blog Total Received: £7,446.87 plus Current Stats: 0 green 12 pending WIN an iPod Shuffle, XBox Live, Amazon or iTunes vouchers >> Free competition entry here << Spoiler Spoiler Ed's status Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £1,854.03 Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) Received from KUDOS: £1,920.50 Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) Received from Xpango: £250.14 (others: £263.20) Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Amazon: Affiliate Voucher (£263.20)

17-06-10, 05:55 PM	#15
MJ10 Currently: Moderating! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Thatcham, Reading Posts: 15,784	@tun: i've used MOO before, they did a really really nice design! Had like 20 free or something, all different colour block background colours and just my website nice and simple on the front. Simple, beautiful and intrigeing! __________________ Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £4,280.76 Spoiler Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) \| Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) \| 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) \| BT (£1,302) \| BT (£663) \| BT (£238) \| 500GB Wifi HDD (£103.98) \| Philips iPad Speaker (£99.99) \| Sgt.PepperMill (£10.47) \| Car iPhone/Tape (£9.29) Received from KUDOS: £2,652.50 Spoiler Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) \| Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) \| Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) \| Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) \| Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) \| Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) \| 32GB iPad 3 4G (£579) \| BT (£153) Received from Xpango: £250.14 Spoiler Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Received from other affiliates: £263.20 Spoiler Amazon Affiliate Voucher (£263.20) 2011 Winner of Best Site Award and Grammanazi Award. Runner up for Member of the Year 2011 Free iPhone \| Free iPhone \| Free iPad 3 \| Sign Define App \| Freebie Proof Photo Blog Total Received: £7,446.87 plus Current Stats: 0 green 12 pending WIN an iPod Shuffle, XBox Live, Amazon or iTunes vouchers >> Free competition entry here << Spoiler Spoiler Ed's status Spoiler Received from FreebieJeebies: £1,854.03 Amazon Vouchers (£275) \| Wii Black & Game (£200) \| Textbooks (£40) \| Samsung T220HD (£200) \| WiFi Printer (£38) Samsung R580 (£689) \| Belkin Case (£15) \| Catlike Whisper Plus (£102) \| JVC Hi-Fi (144) \| Kenwood Microwave (£62) 2xHDMI (£5.03) \| Omron Scales (£30) \| 2xBluRay (£10) \| Kitchen Crockery (£44) Received from KUDOS: £1,920.50 Philips Hi-Fi (£138) \| iPhone 4 Case (£4) \| SEO Book (£13) \| Russell Hobbs Kettle (£40) \| 3D HDMI Cable (£11.99) Samsung UE40D6530 3DHDTV - BD-D6500 3D BluRay Player - Skype Camera - 2x3D Glasses and BluRay Film (£946) Wireless Headphones (£55) \| 1TB HDD (£55) \| IceAge DVD Box Set (£10) \| BluRay Blank Disk Package (£26.48) Harry Potter 1-8 BluRay (£32.30) \| Nike+ Running Package (£35) \| HDMI Cable (£5) \| Extension Lead (£18) Russel Hobbs Iron (£20) \| Brabantia Ironing Board (£55) \| Just Dance 3 (£23) \| TV Aerial Cable (£2) Samsung UE32D5520 HDTV (£380) \| Amazon Voucher (£51) Received from Xpango: £250.14 (others: £263.20) Apple TV (£99) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£32.20) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£49.74) \| Affiliate Bank Transfer (£69.20) Amazon: Affiliate Voucher (£263.20)

15-06-10, 10:05 PM	#2
Lisaaaargh iPod Nano 4GB Join Date: May 2010 Location: Teesside Posts: 217	Have you tried using the simple designer on Vistaprint? It's really simple to use. That's all I did and I think they look pretty decent! i'll try to get a pic tomorrow.

15-06-10, 10:06 PM	#3
williamblah iPod 60gb Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Colchester, Essex Posts: 1,898	Urgh, I hate that company. They have such a bad work ethic. That is all.

15-06-10, 10:15 PM	#5
williamblah iPod 60gb Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Colchester, Essex Posts: 1,898	They spam as much as they can get away with. They pester you a lot if you ever give them your email for anything. They somehow manage to send their 50 'free' business cards with extortionate postage and packaging charges. I got a huge camera lens packaged and delivered for less than they charge for P+P! I also find their website overbearingly drawn out, because they slip in every 5 seconds something else you can buy. I know it is important for them to capitalise as much of the custom that they get, but in my opinion that have simply overdone it. There are a few similar opinions here: Vistaprint Sucks - 10% People Agree (26 opinions) But by all means do not let me put you off them if you like using them. There doesn't seem to be any problem with the actual orders or anything.

16-06-10, 08:25 PM	#9
TheUserName iPod 30gb Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: A Location Posts: 1,035	May I recommend MOO \| Custom Business Cards, MiniCards, Postcards and Stickers \| moo.com? They are a great alternative to vistaprint.

17-06-10, 04:44 PM	#11
icyoli iPod 20gb Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 846	The trick is with the spam from vistaprint, is to set up a filter on Gmail making the messages marked as read, moved to a folder called vistaprint offers, and skipping the inbox. Now whenever I want vistaprint email-only deals, I just go into my vistaprint folder and I have thousands of emails

18-06-10, 04:03 PM	#16
tigermarble iPod Nano 1GB Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 79	So for 250 "free" business cards, what is the expensive postage cost likely to be?

21-06-10, 09:09 AM	#18
suparuss iPod 20gb Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 503	No, I just got mine delivered and it only cost about £3.95 for the slowest delivery and that came in about a week

21-06-10, 08:33 PM	#19
chapperzUK Mini Mac Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Southend, Essex Posts: 3,056	Nice. Will hopefully be getting mine soon. Trying to think of some promotional products that I could get, such as pens or USBs, but you have to buy around £200 at a time.

22-06-10, 07:41 PM	#20
Fridge03 iPod Nano 2GB Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 133	I've just ordered mine from VistaPrint. What do we all think. I think simple, but effective. I have ordered 500, though I would go all out! plus £5 delivery. Can't really knock spending a tenner on it really!