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Homemade Business Cards


I attended a conference recently and wanted to print some business cards with different URLs for different purposes. (I wear many hats as a multimedia developer, author, editor, and P2P programmer.)



I picked up a $10 Business Card Maker program from Cosmi at CompUSA. Another $10 garnered me some Avery 8371 business card stock (250 cards, 10 cards/sheet).



The software is pretty mundane, but it comes with an adequate editor, some sample layouts, and enough clip art to handle almost any situation. I used a picture of a globe on one card, and a cartoon character carrying books on another card. I printed them up the day before the conference and included my brand new cell phone number.



This week, I'm moving both my home and office, so I'll print up some more cards for friends, relatives, and business associates. I even made up cards for my six-year-old daughter to give out to friends (she's changing schools, but we're only moving 10 minutes away). Her violin teacher liked the cards so much that she asked if I'd make her some!



My favorite business card story is as follows:



Mary: When did you become a writer, John?
John: When I printed up business cards that said "Author" on them!
Mary: Obviously a writer of fiction! :)



The business card kit allows me to print small batches tailored to specific needs. They look great even on a cheap Lexmark Z22 color ink jet printer. Highly recommended!



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Kathy Mead said:

Yes, that can save lots of money.

Its a very information by your side.

Business card plays a very vital role in uplifting your business.
So when printing business cards first do some planning and consider the following

Should have a authentic email
Should add Some Color for attraction
always leave the back blank
quality should be great
font should be good and attractive


These five tips helps you in printing quality business cards.

Thanks for posting such nice information. really it helps.

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