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The Worst Designer on the Planet. Ever.
Last year, I designed my new business card design—I even wrote about how indestructible it allegedly was.
On another matter, I would like to point out how important it is to have some “clear space” on a business card design—so potential clients can write handy notes down on it. Why would clients do this? Maybe you’ve spoken to them on the phone, and they quickly need to write down a detail you have told them. Maybe they quickly need to write down your lead-time or ball-park figure quote.
Obviously, if the client thinks that you are the worst designer on the planet, there’s space for that, too
There’s plenty of space on the back of my own business card for clients to scribble on, should they wish. I would like to think that their notes look like the image just above—and not the image from the start of this post.
What’s prompted me to write this fairly humorous article is that lately, I’ve been receiving a fair amount of quote requests just by word-of-mouth and using contact details from my business cards I hand to clients.
It just goes to show, business cards can be a huge asset to the independent designer when they are given to the right people.
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Business cards have a cultural component to them. If you only work or deal with people from the US, having a card with lots of “writable” white space is a good thing. And having someone write something on the card you gave them is desirable, because as you point out, it means they want to remember you.
But in Japan, it’s considered insulting to write on someone’s business card. It’s also bad form not to use both hands when giving and receiving a card.
The last so-called “full-time” job I had was at a start-up that was purchased by European company. They issued everyone new business cards with their brand, of course, but the backs of the cards were completely black, with the company logo in red. Apparently, people don’t write on the backs of business cards in Europe, either.
21 Apr 2010 12:04 pm Joe Cascio
But apparently in the UK, writing on cards is the norm.
21 Apr 2010 12:04 pm Joe Cascio
In Japan, it is rude to write on other people’s business cards. In fact, it can be taken as an insult and kill the a potential deal right then and there.
.-= Tony A.A.´s last blog ..To blog or not to blog, that is the questions =-.
21 Apr 2010 01:04 pm Tony A.A.
@Joe & Tony → Thanks for your info regarding Japan. As I don’t really do business there, for now anyway, I don’t think this is an issue for me. Maybe for a large agency this advice would be important.
I think, tell me if I’m wrong, but using red in a logo in Japan can have some cultural meaning, but can’t remember what.
Tony, your latest post should read: “To blog or not to blog, that is the question” (no “s”).
23 Apr 2010 01:04 am Andrew Kelsall
I don’t know what red in the logo in Japan means, but I know they use personal seals with red ink instead of signature. That is, every one carries a little seal with them that’s registered somewhere and represents their signature. When filling out papers or contract, they stamp them instead of signing by hand.
And thanks Andrew for the catch on the extra S!
.-= Tony A.A.´s last blog ..Reflection on PhD Defences in Canada =-.
27 Apr 2010 01:04 am Tony A.A.
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