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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Bert on February 07, 2014, 09:45:58 am

Title: Business card help
Post by: Bert on February 07, 2014, 09:45:58 am

I'm thinking of having some business cards made up. I'm having a few problems with the wording.
At the moment the card is going to be the size of an A4 sheet, which is a little impractical  :roflanim: .
So can can I pick the brains of some of you much cleverer people please  :thumbsup:
OK so this is what I have so far:


Bert's Home Grown Veg
 Email address
Phone number


Vegetable & herb plants
Can be grown to order


Here is what else I want to say:
Vegetable & Herb plant will be available weather you pr order or not. Dose the above say that already ? I'm not sure that it does?
Fruit & vegetable , but how can I convey not to expect a market stall with loads to choose from as I don't know how well things are going to crop and I don't know how much is going to fit in my freezer ( me first, me first  :-J )
I was going to put Fruit & Vegetables  available at times. But that doesn't sound very professional
Also want my free range eggs in there as well.
Any help more than welcome. The sun has just come out so I'm off to do a photo shoot for my card  :thinking:

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: doganjo on February 07, 2014, 09:53:32 am

Vistaprint do free ones for the price of p & p - http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/studio3.aspx?pf_id=B70&combo_id=1027055 (http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/vp/ns/studio3.aspx?pf_id=B70&combo_id=1027055)
Mostly sounds Ok but don't use weather - it should be whether.  How about this tidied up version?

Bert's Home Grown Veg
Email address
Phone number

Vegetable & herb plants
Can be grown to order or in season as available

Free range eggs also as available.

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: tizaala on February 07, 2014, 10:20:06 am

The only thing missing is your website , go to http://www.webs.com (http://www.webs.com) and build your own free one just a basic page will allow you to print all the blurb you want. :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: shygirl on February 07, 2014, 10:21:13 am

vistaprint is great as you can play around with it. remember you can use the reverse aswell

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: doganjo on February 07, 2014, 10:32:51 am

Quote from: tizaala on February 07, 2014, 10:20:06 am

The only thing missing is your website , go to http//www.webs.com and build your own free one just a basic page will allow you to print all the blurb you want. :thumbsup:

If you need help with that let us know - Ellie has set up a few using webs and so have I, looks like Tiz has too. :excited:

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: ellied on February 07, 2014, 11:02:07 am

Happy to help if required, and also recommend you try Vistaprint freebies to start with, I ended up with multiple sets as I said way too much (no comments please!) and then changing the priorities meant I needed more..

Great fun to do and you can save drafts for later, change backgrounds and styles too ;)  Hours of entertainment!

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Fleecewife on February 07, 2014, 11:36:31 am

If these are to be business card sized then you don't want too much crammed in there.
I would put the contact details at the bottom in smaller print and yes, set up a website.
I think you need to include where you are too unless you intend mail order only.

Bert's Home Grown Veg  (plus where you are)

Beautiful free range eggs, veg and herbs for sale at gate
 
Vegetable & herb plants
In season or grown to order - check website for availability

"We use no chemicals"


Email address
Phone number
website

Even that's too much for a business sized card.  How about an A5 size, folded in three?  You could get a couple of goodsized pics on that, or have a veggie background.  Easy enough to print off yourself for the cost of a few colour cartridges.
Or a double sized business card - they are available somewhere.

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Bert on February 07, 2014, 04:09:43 pm

Thanks everyone  :thumbsup:
 That's all been very helpful. I really like the web site idea. Vistaprint was going to be my first stop. Once I'd decided what picture & wording was going on it. Didn't really want one of the pre designed ones.

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Lesley Silvester on February 07, 2014, 11:15:52 pm

With Vistaprint you can play around with the wording until you are happy with it and you can do reverse as well although you will have to pay for that. You can either use one of their templates for a picture or use your own, although this will cost. They also do postcard sized cards, which I've had and brochures.


Just be careful if you use one of their templates. I chose one for my home tutoring business of - what I thought was - an adult and child sitting at a table looking at a book together. When the brochures were sent to me, what I had actually picked was one of mother and child sitting on a bed, with the child in bed - obviously bedtime story. Not quite the image you want to persuade someone you are the right person to be left alone with their child.  :roflanim:


Once you've ordered from them (and I think it's only the business cards that are P&P only) you will get regular emails offering all sorts for free (just P&P). Even their start up prices aren't bad.

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Bert on February 08, 2014, 08:40:26 am

I get daily emails from vistaprint as other half has ordered from them before. Annoying as that my be they are still the place to go. If I do get some cards done I will post a picture for you all to see. As you were all very helpful with ideas  :thumbsup: .

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: plumseverywhere on February 08, 2014, 08:59:51 am

We use Vistaprint too.  They are very good (apart from the constant emails after!) and you can order a range of other things from them (we had an Its Baaath Time mug ;-)  )

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Bert on February 17, 2014, 03:07:05 pm

My business cards have just arrived  :excited: :excited:
 I wanted something a bit different. What do you think?


http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p671/Bertmull/6611fe1d69d09305754f97a6578d4952_zps856d6f5d.jpg[/img]]http://(http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p671/Bertmull/6611fe1d69d09305754f97a6578d4952_zps856d6f5d.jpg) (http://[IMG)


I got them from here
http://pensofdistinction.co.uk/ecoshop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=96 (http://pensofdistinction.co.uk/ecoshop/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=96)

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: cans on February 17, 2014, 03:35:56 pm

    Looks Good

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: john and helen on February 17, 2014, 05:13:05 pm

I like that, it also give you an option if you want to add a little colour you could do easily
(http://i228.photobucket.com/albums/ee62/johningham/bert_zps91bcbcc2.jpg) (http://s228.photobucket.com/user/johningham/media/bert_zps91bcbcc2.jpg.html)

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: benandjerry on February 17, 2014, 06:26:06 pm

Your business card looks really good  :excited: 

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: SallyintNorth on February 17, 2014, 09:20:40 pm

Looks great!   :yum:

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Bramblecot on February 18, 2014, 11:41:28 am

Lovely, and good luck with your sales this year :thumbsup:

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: tattycat on February 18, 2014, 09:17:15 pm

Looks fantastic!! Nd some really good info from everyone!!

Title: Re: Business card help
Post by: Lesley Silvester on February 19, 2014, 10:01:17 pm

Excellent.  :thumbsup: