From The Outside: My Wife’s Top PCB Business Cards
So last night, during general conversation about how the weekend went, the topic of business cards came up and my wife begin looking through my recent additions to the ever growing collection I’m amassing. She chose 5 cards she thought were the best of the bunch and gave me a few comments on why. I’m presenting them here in alphabetical order by last name.
1. Nathan Burke of matchmine. She commented mostly on the reverse side of this card. While the front has all of the expected details, set up cleanly and neat, the back is a bright yellow colour. She was a fan of how much that yellow made it stand out.
2. Jeff Cutler of Novel Ideas. This one got points for the fill-the-background image used. It’s also set up in a way that when you turn it over, looks like the front, but reversed. It’s a neat effect that won me over when I first saw it too. She commented though, that the card was equally as effective without the back side.
3. Nico Pin of Snowy Day Design. I complimented Nico on this one, too. His card for the event was plain paper, as wide as a business card, but half as tall. In large font it read “I’m Nico” and follows with “nice to meet you : ) “. My wife was a big fan of how personable and friendly this little piece of paper was. If talking to Nico wasn’t enough to have made an impression on you, the smile on his card sure was.
4. Jeff Pulver of Pulver.com. I don’t think she had even flipped this one around - the purple business card won her over immediately. Apparently, very few people have purple business cards. She seemed to like the lack of logo and the inclusion of the connected circles in the top left.
5. Andy Stanberry of Lijit. Lijit’s large scale logo had her here. To quote (as she extended her arm as far as it would go: “Just look at it, you can still see who it is”.
6. Honourable Mention goes to Eric Skiff of Clipmarks. I’m giving Eric the HM slot as I passed her moo cards separately and treated them differently based on a personal beef. I’m not sure if all of Eric’s moo cards are the same, but I got one with a bee on it. And she liked the picture. She commented on the “generic” back side, but let it go because of the bee. I think she’s actually stealing this one from me once I get things sorted.
Just thought a view from the outside of our community might be a neat change.
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Man, I’m sitting at the lobby of the Westin with a big silly smile on my face. This post made my day!! Tell your wife I say thanks.
And it was great seeing you again!!
Post scans of the business cards!! Maybe just black out (or white out) the contact info, just in case… but post! post! post! I want to SEE what you’re talking about.
A huge shout out to you for noticing. If you’re wondering, my work site - ideas2words.com also has that background. It’s a 1930’s Royal typewriter that I own.
The quick blather is that I used the advance check from my first book to buy the typewriter at a yard sale and then I spent $65 to get it oiled up and refurbished.
This typewriter reminds me every day that it doesn’t matter how you communicate your ideas as long as you are sharing them.
*I moved the camera while taking the photo so the keys are blurred and the effect is really fun.
**I have to boast that I entered all the cards I got at Podcamp Boston 2 into Filemaker and then imported them into my Address Book and THEN sent out an email to everyone - AND I DID THIS SUNDAY NIGHT because all of the business cards from Podcamp Boston 1 are still sitting in a pile in my desk and I didn’t want to do the same with this year’s collection.
***LASTLY, my blog, http://www.bowlofcheese.com mentions many of the people I met this year at PodcampBoston, go look to see if you’re in the list. If you’re not, give yourself a shout in the comments.
Later,
Jeff
Thanks for the mention! I’ll pass this around the office and be sure that the guy that designed the logo hears about it. I agree with #2, scans would be good.
And I third #5. A picture is worth a thousand words, etc…