WAH Tip #1 Print Your Own Business Cards
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Here it is… The Final Version of my Business Card.
Whadda think?
If you remember the Old Version of the Card, it looked overcrowded and really 1970-ish. The Logo took up way too much room and distracted from the Name of the Business. That stupid line in the middle was just a further distraction and you had to look for my name and contact info which was crammed at the bottom of the card.
The original card was created using Microsoft Paint, if you have Windows, you have it and know it is useful to a point but limited in design. The New and Improved business card was redesigned entirely using the Trial Version (60 day) of Digital Image Starter Edition 2006 by Microsoft. The program is something that a Photographer would really find useful. But, I found it quite adaptable for Home Business, especially for designing Business Cards, Letterhead and Envelopes.
The print function includes enough variation in formatting of the paper layout that your design will come out the way you want it with little effort.
I bought perforated printing paper online using PayPal (which was a prerequisite, I don’t do Credit Cards online) from data-labels.com for a very fair price +S&H.
So, for a total of $41, I will have 2500 Business Cards, using my own equipment and ink when I get around to printing them. I only printed 50 so far (5 pages x 10 cards ea). The rest can be printed at my leisure when I need more, no reorders for this guy… yet.
Do you have any Do-it-Yourself tips to save money for a Start-up Business?
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