Biz cards. Do you carry? Best site?

Yeah, the shipping is a bit slow. They'd spammed me ten times before the cards arrived.

I ordered mine on Sunday and got an email this morning to say they were being shipped. OK, they might take a total of 21 days to arrive, but it's still quicker than I expected.

I've been using vistaprint for quite awhile now... for biz cards, promotional cards, banners... everything and not all for books.

Anyways my experience with them has been positive.

I really like the fact that I can design my own card online with any pic/font/color/placement. It's a very fun process and I've made some impressionable cards

Dodge said:

I really like the fact that I can design my own card online with any pic/font/color/placement. It's a very fun process and I've made some impressionable cards

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Your cards are naive and gullible? Impressive!

Anne Lyle said:

Your cards are naive and gullible? Impressive!

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Your shot in the dark is unnecessary.

Smiley face=jk re: word choice=incorrect.

Some things to keep in mind about business cards, from the pov of someone who has been enormously frustrated by them, on more than one occasion.

1. Fancy foil cards can't be scanned--lots of people who receive hundreds of cards in a year use a card scanner to enter the data into a database for contacts. You'd be surprised by how common this is.

2. Don't use type smaller than 10 pts. casually--a lot of people can't read type that small, and if your email address is tiny you may never get the promised email.

3. Keep the back of the card blank, and easy to write on; it's very common to turn a business card over to jot a short reminder note--like "Email tomorrow to ask for a full ms. Super story about Ethel the Pirate's daughter and her dog."

4. Don't put your phone number on the card if you don't have someone to take calls for you--there are people who *sell your number*. This is also not as uncommon as I'd like it to be. Write the number on by hand if you give the card to someone you think will have a genuine use for it.

I bought 500 from Vistaprint, and have 2 spam emails for each card.

Still, they were practically free, and they gave me a useless metal holder, too!

CheyElizabeth said:

I love MOO cards.. They double as bookmarks and business cards. I'd put your website address, name and email only. Everything else they can find on your website.

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These look fabulous! I'm going to have to check them out. Thanks

Splendad said:

I was thinking of getting some of the metal or wooden cards (maybe 20 or 30 to give to people who can make things happen vs. just promo-types to give potential fans a way to look you up). Doesn't have the desired effect, I'm hearing?

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Really, no.

Were I you, I'd concentrate on getting people to read and review your book.

Lots of book bloggers out there.

Don't spend money until you make money, and don't discount your time.

Adam said:

I bought 500 from Vistaprint, and have 2 spam emails for each card.

Still, they were practically free, and they gave me a useless metal holder, too!

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I got mine from Vistaprint yesterday. They're simple on the front (name, email, mobile and blog) and blank on the back. I didn't get a metal holder, though.

I'll have to order mine soon - we can do swapsies at Eastercon!

That's a plan and a half.

Eastercon

and

http://www.illustrious.org.uk/

Vista print are okay if you are willing to pay for the cards. The free thing they do is just a waste of time.

My current business cards are from MOO. They're great. Although I think I'd go with a local printer next time. Not much difference in price plus they can make them look all snazzy and I'm promoting local business!

Since I have designed business cards for other people as part of my livelihood (see also stationery, logos, etc.), I also design (and print) my own. As long as you get the "good" cardstock, and print on laser instead of inkjet, you can do your own good quality cards. I like being able to change the design periodically. That way, too, if a number or address changes, I can look at the cards and know which ones are out of date.

My current cards have my blog address, facebook link, email and office phone number.

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