How to Design a Business Card | Do’s and Don’ts for Business Card Design

Business cards may be old school, but they’re not going anywhere. Even though a lot of our networking and communication has moved online, in-person events still happen, and you need to know how to design a business card. Get started with Visme: https://www.visme.co/business-card-maker/

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While many people get carried away with the possibilities of how they can customize their business cards, in this case, less is usually more.

You don’t want to overwhelm the people you’re handing your business card to – it has one function, and you want it to work properly. You want your business card to get people to contact you.

This means the focal point of your business card should be all about your name, your website and your contact information. Nearly everything else is extra information.

Throughout this video, we show you good and bad business card design examples to help you understand how to better improve your own business cards.

Learn how to design a business card with the following tips:
1:04 What NOT To Do
1:21 Avoid Boring
2:11 Avoid Confusion
2:50 Inappropriate Visuals
3:24 What to Include in Your Business Card
4:22 What TO Do
4:32 Create a Strong First Impression
5:23 Clean It Up
6:09 Keep It Balanced
6:55 Find Your Uniqueness
7:47 How to Make a Business Card With Visme
9:01 Local Printers
9:47 Online Printing Services

Creating unique, clean and memorable business cards is key to standing out to potential new clients and customers, and growing your network and your business.

To watch the tutorial referenced in this video, head over here: https://vimeo.com/275316892

To learn even more about how to design a business card, check out the blog post version of this video: https://visme.co/blog/how-to-make-a-business-card/

And to get started designing your own business card, check out all of the business card templates we have available on Visme: https://www.visme.co/templates/business-cards/