The business cards are worth £60 and all you have to do is fill out a simple form, provide some basic details about your business or product and the free business cards will be dispatched in five working days. All that is left for you to do is pay for the postage and packing and the cards are yours! The effectiveness of high quality business cards is unbeatable in the world of advertising and Print Republic understands how important professional business cards are to their customers.

Maximising all the space on your business card is important and Print Republic recommends any sale, promotion, deal, testimony or positive spin that can be placed on the cards should be included and therefore offer the opportunity for you to include a printed reverse. The beauty of this deal is there really are no catches. The promise of a quick delivery mixed with a simple ordering process makes this deal attractive and beneficial and fear not as quality is not substituted just because they are free…

Too many people don’t use professional business cards to their utmost potential but the potential marketing abilities of a well presented business card is endless and if this can be achieved for free; then there really is no excuse! So if you are fed up of apologising for your business cards give Print Republic’s free business card printing a go. You will not be dissapointed. Don’t take our word for it read our customer feedback here: http://www.ekomi.co.uk/bewertungen-printrepublic.html

However, a trip across to Denmark, Norway or Sweden will see the size rise in length to 90mm as it also does in Australia and New Zealand. Business cards from Canada and the US are usually 88.9mm x 50.8mm with Hong Kong 90mm x 54mm and Japan 91mm x 55mm. It is all relevant if you do business abroad as well as you may want to think about getting a selection of business cards printed in the ‘normal’ size of the country through which you wish to increase your business presence.

Professional business cards in Finland, Hungary, Israel, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Mexico, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Argentina and Kazakhstan are usually 90mm x 50mm and as you can see from the spread of the countries there is little pattern to where in the world you will find what sized cards. Finland is close to Sweden, Norway and Denmark yet its measurements are 5mm different on the width of the average business card there and the same goes for business cards in Mexico as they differ in size to those in the US.

Wherever in the world you live, if you choose to expand your business abroad it can hugely beneficial to keep in with the local customs and professional business cards are all about making a good first impression………

Quality business cards are all about including relevant information and this applies to whether you wish to advertise a business or your blog. You can get a printing service to produce business cards for your business, Word Press page, Facebook page or Twitter feed as there is no right and wrong way to use business cards. In fact, as the world is always eager to impress with new and innovative ideas it makes sense your business cards should progress from being used for one sole purpose.

Being unique in business is always a plus and advertising a blogging site via professional business cards is not only a modern take on a form of advertising that has been established for many years but it means you are able to impress new clients with your forward thinking. Take the initiative before everyone starts to do it and make your first impressions count even more by being one of the first people to have more than just simple business cards that promote your business! The more you promote the more likely you are to succeed and there is no harm in promoting every angle of your business starting with your blogs.

Business printing services are great for small businesses who just want to give cards out to people they meet through networking or conferences. For the more ambitious of us we want our cards to be seen by as many people as possible. More cards given out equals more potential for new business.

My suggestion isto use a UK printing service which can design and print two kinds of business cards. One would be for your wallet these cards can be used for meeting and greeting. The others are classed as promotional printing cards. You can use these for opportunity dropping.

Business card printing can help your business more than you imagine you just need to be creative and take opportunities where you see them.

You can use these business cards and leave them on the train or bus when you travel. If you are walking through a car park leave them on a few windscreens. If you are drinking in a bar leave a few on a table, but not in the toilet as this may give the wrong impression, unless you are a plumber.

If you are passing by an estate agents or hair dressers why not go in and ask if you can leave a few business cards with them. They like to talk and you never know what business you may get.

Local supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsbury’s allow local businesses to leave business cards on boards which can also be handy.

You can basically leave your business cards anywhere you want. If you provide a service which is relevant to the general public the opportunity is available.

Business card printing can be fun so be bold and try to stand out from the crowd especially if you are planning on using it for opportunity drops.

Quality business cards may sound like something from the Stone Age but up until the networking boom on the Internet; they were considered to be the way to spread the word about any business. Nothing has changed and simply because there are new methods of advertising available to us it should not mean we overlook the old tried and tested ones. It would be like never having fish and chips again just because you can afford to have caviar and champagne? If both work for you then why drop one?

Twittering about your business should not be done in place of using quality business cards or vice versa but social networking should work alongside the more traditional ways of advertising such as flyers, leaflets and, of course, the trusty business cards! You can’t tweet to someone you meet in a supermarket and if you rely solely on social media to advertise you will miss out on a whole other portion of potential customers. Premium business cards can be used at any time, in any situation (avoiding natural disaster zones, funerals and accident sites, which should go without saying) in any place unlike social networking that has to be done at a time you have access to the internet.

Business cards are the crème de la crème way for handing out your contact information and should not be buried under a load of tweet!

Information you can put on your business card

1. Your name
2. Business Name
3. Address
4. Main office telephone number
5. Direct line office number
6. Mobile phone number
7. Fax
8. Email
9. Website address
10. Twitter username
11. Facebook URL
12. Linkedin URL
13. Other social networking URLs
14. Brief summary of services
15. Logo
16. Map
17. Company slogan
18. Discount code or coupon
19. Wise saying
20. Your picture

Premium business cards can be made from a matte finish, a glossy look, traditional shape and size or a more unusual shape.  Some people choose to create business cards in the shape of something that represents their business such as a dog for a dog grooming service or a dumbbell for a gymnasium. Once you have included the basic information you can be as creative as you like. There is so much competition, staying out of the bin and in someone’s wallet is tricky.

For the ultimate in premium business cards you can include a variety of extras with some choosing to include gimmicks that represent the company such as a balloon inside a flap of the business card if you promote children’s parties or a packet of seeds if you run a garden centre. As well as gimmicks, some also choose to use colour, large or small text, double sided cards or unusual shapes to give their professional business cards an edge. You can play with the design as long as you have the basic contact information you can add what you like to make your business card stand out.

Designs comes in a variety of tastes and styles with small, large, double and single sided, colourful, black and white, traditional, innovative, funky, bright, unique, simple, creative and the list goes on. Using such a small object as such as huge promotional tool is sometimes overlooked by businesses yet high quality business cards may just be the most powerful two inches you will ever hold!

Don’t be fooled by their size, the sheer power of the business card has been proven around the world and it is surprising the impact that such a small thing can have on a business of any size. It is vital however to do it right as creating a bad business card can actually have a negative effect on business. Almost 90% of business cards will endure the fate of the bin and to stay out of the black hole of the black bag you have to get the deign spot on as there is no room for second best.

Don’t assume that because your name, business and contact details are included on your cards that they are considered to be ‘high quality business cards’ as they are not. It takes more than just the basics. Think about making them stand out from the rest as you do in other parts of your business and create the ultimate in unique and memorable that makes your business cards wallet-worthy.

To stand out try a splash of colour. Black and white busines cards can look good but for a professional business card use colour that matches your branding. You can also try interesting fonts which will give your card the edge. If you are not sure how to make an impact you can always use the Print Republic design service where you can rest assured you will get a quality business card.

Your brand should always appear on everything. Letter headed paper, professional business cards, flyers, leaflets, the signature in an email; they should all include your company logo and ideally in the same place. i.e. top right hand corner. Being consistent in business with something as small, easy and as seemingly obvious as branding and customising speaks volumes about your professionalism and it almost works as a subconscious advertising tool as your customers will not necessarily notice the consistency of your branding but they will notice if it is not consistent.

A personalised appearance of quality business cards is effective but it is important to avoid overcrowding on a business card. Simple and clean designs give a professional air and make sure that your cards are readable and concise as well as including the basic information. i.e. name, contact details, business type. It is easy to use your own graphics and a preview of your design, if completed online through a professional company, can be viewed before it goes to print. You can also tweak them and play with the design until you are happy with it and as long as you include your company logo and name throughout all of your marketing techniques; you should be able to create an unbeatable advertising campaign.

Having a design that stands out is the key to owning the best business cards so be witty if your business allows you to be. If your business has a serious theme to it then try a dry sense of humour with your slogan or create a design that is made from a different material than card. You can make your business cards stand out with funky lettering, colourful backgrounds, a funny slogan and using both sides of the cards is also the best way to get all the information on that might be needed.

A map on the reverse side is common so if you want to include a map why not have it fold out from the side? The best business cards are innovative so link the theme of your business with an unusual idea. It is simple to make the most uninteresting products or services seem more inviting with luxury business cards. If you run a small garden centre create a business card in the shape of a seed packet and pace some free seed samples inside.

Luxury business cards come in all sorts of shapes and sizes so branch out from the traditional business cards for the most success!

Googlecentric is a term that refers to people who think in terms of Google. For example, you ask someone a question and they reply more often than not with: “Hold on, let me Google that!” or “I don’t know but I know a search engine that does…..” The best business cards can be found by being Googlecentric as the internet is a visual way to view other designs that look great as well as those that you want to avoid. Sketching a rough design and actually seeing designs printed in colour on the web are two totally different things and looking through previous success and failure examples is an ideal way to create an unbeatable design.

There are numerous ways to create high quality business cards and Google can work as your own personal assistant when it comes to creating a design. Search for designs that are essentially your competition by looking at business cards in the same sector as yourself and see what they are missing. Get into some online forums and ask people what they would want to see from your business cards and create a folder full of potential ideas that you can pull off the Google images pages. High quality business cards can be created through a little creativity and by acting a little Googlecentric!