Business Cards

Kermit.de.frog

Do you have a personalised business card to give people? More importantly do you care whether

a: someone has a business card?

or

b: what it looks like?

or

c: the material it's made of?

Charlie19

Went for the double sided laminate myself.

Ruu

Have had my high quality, metallic finish business cards thrown in my face, yeah must be the material!

wolfmoon87

*insert American Psycho quote*

john the one

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.

Kermit.de.frog

Ruu wrote: »

Have had my high quality, metallic finish business cards thrown in my face, yeah must be the material!

But...is it needed anymore? 10 years a go with limited instant communication maybe but today? Does it not look more self important now? Hard to find the word for it, we'll go with "American Psycho" as a previous poster put it.

I'm thinking of getting them but i'm undecided on it.

john the one

I like it because it has a touch of class about it.

Nothing classy about asking someone to take your number down on a smartphone.

Manach

Well while such cards are at times an anomaly in a networked world, the tactile sense of a real world presence of a business card does suggests its utility,

Kermit.de.frog

At a Christmas party last year a floor worker in Supervalue gave me a business card (for some reason).

Now I have no problem with that. Fair play. And it looked good, it was nice. But non business people with business cards?

Arytonblue

john the one wrote: »

Look at that subtle off-white coloring. The tasteful thickness of it. Oh my God, it even has a watermark.

Saw the thread title and clicked on it just to see this quote, well played.

PizzamanIRL

Manach wrote: »

Well while such cards are at times an anomaly in a networked world, the tactile sense of a real world presence of a business card does suggests its utility,

Hi, can you make one more post to get rid of your 6666 post count? Thanks

boobar

wolfmoon87 wrote: »

*insert American Psycho quote*

How did a nit-wit like you get to be so tasteful?

Buona Fortuna

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

At a Christmas party last year a floor worker in Supervalue gave me a business card (for some reason).

Now I have no problem with that. Fair play. And it looked good, it was nice. But non business people with business cards?

Worth a call back?

CarrickMcJoe

Kermit.de.frog wrote: »

At a Christmas party last year a floor worker in Supervalue gave me a business card (for some reason).

Now I have no problem with that. Fair play. And it looked good, it was nice. But non business people with business cards?

She heard you were breaking up with Miss Piggy

I think they have their place. It's a quick and easy way of handing over your details to a business contact without having to look for pen and paper or take out your phone.

They don't need to be extravagant. Just functional.

cajonlardo

Last week I was given the original copper printing plate for my great grandfather's business card.
It is just the size of a business card and the engraving is in his own handwriting. Just a throwback or reminder of when things were done a little bit differently

smurfjed

Business cards are great things...... especially when pulled over by the police for document checks :)

ToddyDoody

Get the ones that turn into a sponge when wet

osarusan

Yes, when I was in Japan, where they are a very common and even essential part of business/networking. Etiquette to how they should be offered and received also.

The Rape of Lucretia

Business cards are becoming less used, but still have a place for those meeting a high number of new people as a regular part of their work.

A calling card however, is still essential for personal use; simply announcing oneself when out visiting, and the regulation of who you may make personal calls upon, and who may make personal calls to you at your residence.

shawki

Have ye ever seen a student with a business card?

Since I'm going to be going to a lot of careers events in the next year, I was thinking of getting a set of basic business cards with contact details & Linkedin QR code on them.