@Bayshorts created a 8BIT business card based on one created previously and someone in my office thought it was cool when they saw that I was looking at it and asked if I have any myself – I didn’t, but I have some business cards for other businesses.
Just wanted to see who else in the community here has business cards and whether or not you have found them to be effective?
Marcus Williamson says
Huh? What are business cards? jk, but seriously I feel like they may be on the way out. Not yet, but in the near future. Personally I do have some (about to help rebrand things, so I guess we’ll get new ones) but with the way the internet is going nowadays everything you need is typically online.
JayCaruso says
Yes. There are still many people out there that use business cards. Not everybody is super tech savvy so while sites like this:
http://timvandamme.com/ and this: http://john.do/
are very cool, there are still a good number of people that still want that physical business card.
I also believe cards have to be memorable. The standard issue card with raised text and basic info is lame. People need to remember it.
Stephen Bateman says
Effective? Of *course* business cards are effective, as long as they are die-cut, foil stamped, embossed cards that don’t fit in a rolodex.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YBxeDN4tbk
🙂
BrianNotess says
I think it depends on what your intended purpose is.
Business cards are great for giving people a copy of your contact info and website.
BenJPickett says
I don’t know what it is about a business card, they are ancient and the exact opposite of everything that technological progression is. But then they are rewarding and like a comfort zone. I have tons of contacts in my phone, but I can’t “bump” the companies door and get what I need from them (OK so I can’t bump anyone with my dumb (see 6 year old) phone).
A business card is a kin to a type of relationship, a personal interaction where you talked to someone shook their hand and impacted them in a physical and mental way. I can chat with, send messages to and share info, events and memories through facebook, text messages and phone calls, but I would much rather have those conversations over a pizza, a beer and a good football game than any electronic medium. Just like playing a multi player game with them, it’s much better when I can slug them in the shoulder in the heat of the frag even though the screen is split.
Chris Rouse says
I have a small box of them that I bought from Staples a couple years ago. I’ve probably only handed out 20 or so of them in three years (if that many). But I was out with a friend last Friday night at a coffee shop and a lady that he knows was there to see her daughter singing. This lady works in concert promotions and we have some other mutual contacts other than the guy that I was hanging out with. When she left she asked for a business card which luckily I had some with me in my computer bag.
While not as prolific as they once were, having a business card is kind of like having cash in your pocket. Digital works most of the time, but there’s always going to be a time when you need to use paper.
Phillip Gibb says
business cards + an mobile interface would continue to work
by mobile interface I mean a pattern (or even rfid chip) that a mobile device can read/scan (through image recognition) in order to pick up the digital version of the card or just a web address.
I have see this kind on thing on some websites – I think it would be useful on business cards.
Graham says
I still have business cards. I like them and created three different versions of my card for myself. One represents my blog and is what I give away at conferences. Another is for personal use with friends or whatever… and the third is for my job… the one I get paid to do at my church. Basically different email addresses. 😉
brett barner says
I still use business cards, and they seem to be great from meeting then to my contacts in my computer transfer.
I have a tendency to carry them around everywhere I go then when I need one, I don’t have it on me. *sigh