Part of advertising my TpT store at the teaching conference
would involve giving out my business cards. Since I didn’t HAVE any business
cards yet, I knew this would be a problem!
First, I browsed through the photos of business cards
created by other teacher-sellers on our group’s Facebook page. Since it had
been many years since I had even glanced at a business cards, I was surprised
by the amount of color on each card, and by how each design was vastly
different than those of the other sellers. I also read several posts in which
sellers recommended either GotPrint or Vista Print as quality makers of
business cards, so I decided to check them out.
I started with GotPrint and found the site was easy to use.
They have many stock backgrounds which the user may use free of charge, but
there were few font choices. I started with a flowery background, added text
boxes for my store information, included my logo and store quote, then saved
and posted it to the group FB page.
The response was underwhelming, LOL! The card and fonts were
too busy. My next try looked like this:
The group suggested I design the card in a different program (for
more design options) before uploading it to the site. Unfortunately, I use
PowerPoint to design my products, and the program does not save in a high
enough resolution to upload the result for a business card. Another seller
offered to take whatever I designed and then complete it in a graphics program.
With this in mind, I decided to start over. My next card was
much simpler, but lacked professional polish, and didn’t have my store quote on
it. It did, however, have my QR codes. Here it is, front and back:
Third Try, Front |
Third Try, Back |
No sooner had I posted this latest attempt to the group Facebook page than
Catia Dias from Always a Teacher Forever a Mom sent me a message to quickly check my inbox. When I opened my email,
I couldn’t believe what I was seeing!
It was as if Catia read my mind! The new design was perfect,
and so professional! I asked if she would mind adding the QR codes for my
various websites, which she did! The next email from her contained the design
for the back of the card, too!
Design by Catia Dias |
She even checked to make sure the design would
work with Vista Print, which it did! I placed my order with Vista Print the
same day, and my new business cards were on their way to me a few days later.
Thank you, Catia!
Of course, that meant that I needed to get to work on my
product book, the largest assignment of all the ones on Jennifer’s list. I’ll
write more about that next time. J
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Until next time, have a fabulous week!
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