First of all
Put yourself in your clients shoes. They don't know you from a bar of soap. Yes, you can talk the talk - anyone in business ought to be able to do that at least! It's a given. But while you are giving your dissertation on the merits of your product or service - the prospect is 'sussing you out'. Is this guy a shonk? Can he do the job I require him to do? These are all question they are asking themselves, while you blab away like a blurry dream sequence you see in the movies! (They don't take as much notice of what you say as you'd like to think)
Not happy Jan!
I'm sure you can see where I'm headed. The limp card, reflects on your professionalism. The smudged details can easily point to un-reliability. If the artwork was designed by you, and you're not a professional, it probably screams, "two-bit-backyard-shonky". Yes, I know it was easy to create and you did it in MS Word....or you got your 10 year old daughter to create on the computer because she a genius etc etc...
If you want to be taken seriously, you need to get seriously good quality designed cards with high quality printing. A nice double sided laminate that keeps your card from smudging in your wallet and more importantly in your prospects!
Yes, It's going to cost you a sum of money. It won't be dirt cheap. But it's going to do yourself the biggest favour for your startup. A quality designed and printed business card! I was talking to a friend who I designed a high quality logo and business card design for his promotional events company. He told me that he wouldn't have been able to get thousands of dollars of membership - without his quality designed and printed business cards.
Don't scrimp where it counts! Get a quality design, with a quality printed business card! You're investing in your credibility!
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