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My new business cards have arrived, I'm so excited! Take a look at these babies:
Did I really need to order 500(!) ? Um, no.
But they look great, and I'm sure I will use them. You may notice that I did not include a phone #. My other exciting news is that my family is getting ready to spend six months in France, so I need to be as portable (and mysterious) as possible.
I haven't really had anything printed before, so these are part of an experiment with different services. I will order postcards (and maybe bookmarks?) from a different service to compare. Do you have a favorite printing place to work with?
A business card is a funny little thing. People throw them in fishbowls for free sandwiches, they exchange them at events, they buy special, shiny cases to hold them, and they find them in side pockets and overlooked nooks and crannies after being tucked away and long forgotten. Business cards are disposable by nature. You give them out and hope for the best. You order them in large batches and use them to consolidate your information in a convenient little package. Just a slip of rectangular paper with your personal data to be collected, consolidated, and consumed.
I have been thinking a lot about business cards lately. They may seem insignificant in our daily dealings, but I believe every one of them holds so much more than a phone number and an email address. For each one, someone had to go through the trouble of painstakingly designing that tiny rectangle of data, of purchasing a box of them, of picking up a little pile of them and putting them in their pocket or purse or specially bought container. Every card holds someone’s unique identity, a piece of their personal story.
The plain white, unglazed surface and gray lettering under a simple company logo might, on closer inspection, convey the excitement of a person’s first, grown-up job. A hyper-designed, riotously colored card can carry the hopes and fears of a new business owner. The years of hard work and drive to win a high-level position can be portrayed in a simple bladed graphic and bold black lettering.
All business cards had their start in someone’s new beginning. I realized my own new beginning the day I received my little box of new business cards in the mail. They have my name in pretty looped letters, my favorite colors in the butterfly logo, and, of course, my consolidated data. I’ll send them out into the world, one at a time, hoping for the best.
But whether people keep them or throw them away, the important part is that they represent my declaration to the world that I am, as Julie Luek says, taking the leap. Because under my name on these funny little cards they say Freelance Writer, Novelist, Blogger – I marvel that so few words can mean so much to me.
* * * Danyelle C. Overbo is a multifaceted writer and story teller. She holds a Bachelor's degree in creative writing from the University of Nevada Reno where she was published in the University's prestigious literary arts journal, the Brushfire. She is currently working as a freelance writer specializing in business and marketing communications. You can view samples of her work on her website where she blogs about her travels and writing adventures at: http://danyellecoverbo.com/
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5 Comments on Friday Speak Out!: Reflections - On Deciding to Become a Full-Time Writer, Guest Post by Danyelle C. Overbo, last added: 9/7/2013
This is so exciting! Cheering for you. This was a wonderful post! I never thought of my business cards holding my identity, but how true. I still have a box from my days at the college, a career that spanned over 20 years. Yes, it certainly was a very big part of my identity. And I ordered "writer cards" (with print that is too small, but that is another story) and took great care designing them.
I, too, really enjoyed this. I love the last paragraph where you tell us how much it meant to you to have that title after your name. Congrats. And I love getting business cards because I love seeing how people designed them, what they have on them, etc. Thanks for this very cute post!
What a great post. Congratulations! For me, it was writing my occupation as writer on a departure form at the airport. That really made me feel like a writer :)
I love having business cards and getting them from other writers. I have a little stack of ones I picked up at a conference that I intend to go through and connect to those lovely ladies online now that I've met them in person.
Are you starting a new business in 2013, or do you need a fresh look for your current small business? If so you're in luck! I am giving a generous discount on business card designs for start-ups and established small businesses, just in time for the new year! Business card designs now start at only $49!*
Details are on the ad above - all you need to do is email me for an estimate (let me know how many employees you need the design for, if you prefer a landscape or portrait design, etc). Once you get an estimate, you may also send your logo or photographs if applicable (by sending me content you verify that you own copyright to or have permission to use the content in this manner). If you also need a logo, feel free to ask for a logo design estimate!
Rush is free! My current turnaround time for business cards (design only) is as little as 3 business days! Note business days are Monday through Thursday, excluding holidays.
This offer is good through 1/31/2013! Your deposit must be received by that date in order to lock in this discounted rate.
If you have any questions, please visit my contact page!
0 Comments on Special Offer on Business Card Design! as of 12/9/2012 2:07:00 AM
I am busy lining up a director for my New York reading of Blue Roses at the Dramatists Guild Friday Night Lights series on October 28, 2011 at 6pm. Stop by if you are in Manhattan that evening. The play runs between 60-75 minutes. You can still make your 8pm show. I will have finished a first draft of the sequel to Blue Roses by then, which I can pitch at will to anyone who shows interest, and maybe to strangers who will listen, just for practice. (Pitching your story is critical if you're a writer who wants to get produced.) On the poetry front: I received a late night email from Binge Press and Productions. They want to publish my mini-chapbook "Invert Sugar" of lesbian poems. I'm quite happy about it. They produce these minis, not to make money, but to promote poets. I'll receive 50, fifty!, of these little charmers, plus 100 broadsides of one of the poems from the book to promote myself, and they will sell as many as they can at places like the AWP, book fairs and readings. Serendipity much? I'll be giving away books and broadsides at my reading, won't I? And handing out business cards, of course. Speaking of which, my new cards sport ALL my social network info: google+, Twitter, blogspot, Facebook, website, email and cell. What do you include on your card?
2 Comments on Blue Roses news and Poetry news. NEWS in other words., last added: 8/4/2011
I devote much of my time giving people tips on how to do things frugally. Business cards are, indeed, frugal. Let me share a few of my own frugal ideas for using business cards directly from my book The Frugal Book Promoter.
I love business cards. The plain old, business-size cards fit into easily into wallets. Techy types scan and add plain old business cards to any Outlook file in a flash. Plain old business cards fit into either frugal or designer card carriers. And plain old business cards can be made into mini-ads.
I don’t love them just because they’re inexpensive. I like them because they tend to be kept. My husband keeps a stack of business cards for resources in an elastic band; he stows them in the drawer where he keeps all his pens and pencils and he never loses them. For him to keep them, though, they must fit into his stack, contribute to the nice, dense little brick he is making of them. If they are too big or fat, they don’t make it into his own, unique little file system.
I collect the business cards I’m given into Outlook when I get home from writers’ conferences and other events. But if they’re odd-size, they may never get home with me. They’ll get lost in the bottom of my purse and stay there for a year. Because I’m a writer, I often get bookmarks in lieu of business cards. They’re nice. They’re useful. But they aren’t sure-fire marketers like cards. They tend to get lost in the innards of books which in turn get shelved. The next time they get seen, they have become either vintage or heirloom.
But most of all, I love to use them as mini advertisments. I know. Graphic artists will groan, but if folks don’t get too tied up with what is acceptable in terms of design, they can include endorsements (or blurbs) or quotes from the book as well as an image of a book cover. They can include promotional offers and teasers to get people to check the book out on Amazon or the author’s Web site.
They are mighty because:
They mail flat.
They’re keepable. Many people collect them.
They’re inexpensive, though I’ve never seen them truly free as VistaPrint. com often claims.
They’re inexpensive enough you can use several, each targeting the audience you want to reach.
I have one for my HowToDoItFrugally books for retailers, one for the HowToDoItFrugally books for writers, one for my poetry and one for my fiction. I use them for other things, too, but more about that later.
I believe in using business cards in unconventional ways. As an example, I’ve even used them as invitations for:
Who doesn’t like freebies? SonicPrint, which offers full-color printing, is giving away sets of business cards to two lucky Renegade Writer readers.
The Prize
2 Different Winners will receive 500 Premium Full-Color Business Cards.
* 2 x 3.5 – premium gloss cardstock
* Full color both sides
* Free shipping included for U.S. residents
* Eligibility: U.S. Residents only — or if outside the U.S., shipping not included. Must be 18 or older to enter.
How to Enter
Since I’m now accepting sign-ups for the March 7 session of my Write for Magazines e-course, I’m going to tie the contest in with this momentous occasion. I’ve hidden the contest entry instructions in the text on my Write for Magazines e-course page. Don’t worry, they’re not in secret code or tiny type…they’re pretty easy to find.
Winners will be selected randomly using random.org.
The contest ends at 5 pm ET on Wednesday, March 2, 2011.
I have some good news :) Online printing company,Uprinting is sponsoring a new giveaway on my blog and I am so pleased to let you know that one of my friends will win 250 full color diecut business cards, shipped to your home for commenting on my post. I win a set of cards for hosting this giveaway and here are the details:
250 Die-Cut Business Cards for One (1) Winner
1.75"x 3.5" or 2"x 2";2.5" Diameter (Circle)
14pt Cardstock Gloss/Matte/High Gloss (UV) or 13pt Cardstock Uncoated
Front Only or Front and Back printing
Restriction: Limited to US residents 18 years old and above only.
Please check out the diecut business cards from online Printing company Uprinting.com
This is a great giveaway! And it comes at a perfect time for me. I'm planning my first photo exhibit at an outdoor art fair this summer and need new cards for my busines, Intuitive Photography. Thanks for hosting this giveway & thanks to UPrinting! Beth from bethstakeonlife.blogspot.com & IntuitivePhotography.etsy.com
The winner of My Business Card Giveaway sponsored byUprinting.comis teddy bear extraordinaire Carolyn Jones. I don't know about you but who doesn't love a wonderful teddy? I know I do ;) Here is one of her lovely creations and it is a crazy quilt bear and reminds me of a harlequin too! Really charming :)
Carolyn has won (1) style of designer business cards and can choose rounded corners, square cards or slim. I find business cards have multi-uses as labels, punch a hole and you have a tag, and on the back of my paintings too ;) Congrats to you and can't wait to see what you make!
2 Comments on The Winner of My Business Card Giveaway!, last added: 10/4/2010
I am happy to offer Designer Cards for your business cards! You can choose one of these styles from: Rounded corners, square cards or slim cards as my gift to you courtesy of Uprinting.com. Please leave a comment if you would like to win die cut business card prints to change up your cards from the plain boring to a unique shape featuring your art or logo. I will receive a set of 250 cards for hosting this Givaway and I plan on using the rounded corner shape :) Check out Uprinting.com and see the cool business cards!
Giveaway Prize:
250 Die Cut Business Cards for One (1) Winner
2x3, 2x2" (square card) or 1.75 x 3.5" (slim card)
Die cutting options available: Rounded Corners, Leaf, Rounded One-Corner, Half-Circle Side, Circle
250 Die Cut Paper Type: 14 pt Cardstock Gloss, Matte, or High Gloss; 13pt Cardstock Uncoated Color: 4 Color Front, Blank Back; 4 Color Front, Black Back; 4 Color Both Sides
Limited to US Residents only 18 years old and above
6 Comments on My Business Card Giveaway, last added: 9/14/2010
I love the little square card. Please enter me, too!! I hopped over to your blog this morning to see if you had posted for IF and was pleasantly surprised to see your post for "dessert" that I had missed. Beautiful, soothing colors and I love how the goat stands out against the lime green!
this is a lovely give away! I once got the rounded corners on a heavy card stalk, I really like them. I would love to be part of this give away, thank you.
Anonymous said, on 9/12/2010 10:08:00 AM
Hi Val, I really like the cards that you have given away and would love to be part of the give away. Putting my bears on one would be great. Thanks, Carolyn Jones
Stand Out! Use these unique business card designs and patterns for your indie business.
Tired of your old design? Try these retro and chic biz cards, with strip patterns and a single bead strand on the left side.
How it works:
After you order, you will send me all your biz and contact information that you want on the card. Send it to diana [!at] dianalevinart.com or through Etsy message conversations. I will place your info on the card and send you the new version ready for print
You will receive through email an electronic packet consisting of 2 psd and jpeg files: Yellow stripes and Peach Stripes with your information on each card.
After a tense day with no mail, my business cards finally arrived from Moo.com. I'm so happy with them. I got a lot of help from Tracy Bishop while I was designing them. I wanted to have multiple images geared towards different markets. She came up with the idea of choosing seasonal images. My favorite is the spider.
Forgive my paranoia, but I blurred out the address. I don't want to blast it on the web.
8 Comments on New Business Cards!, last added: 8/2/2010
those look terrific! I like the spider one too :) There is nothing nicer then having a nice new stack of business cards...except maybe running out and having to get more!
card that I am positive will be so very special. Laurel you are so very talented and you always make beautiful, insightful and thoughtful comments to so many and I know that everyone appreciates you. This is why it tickles me even more to be able to give this to you!
16 Comments on Winner of the Uprinting.com Business Card Giveaway, last added: 3/3/2010
Yayyy! Congrats on winning, Laurel! You will just love your new cards! I won awhile back and my cards came out so beautiful~ Such a nice treat and mighty handy. So nice of Val to host these giveaways and be such a helpful advocate to her artist community and friends. Thanks Val! Yer our dood! :O) xo
I just wanted to drop by and say thank you for coming by my blog. I am so overwhelmed by all the support I am receiving. When feeling so down and getting such wonderful feedback about sharing my story. I know I made the right choice. Plus I am getting to meet so many new wonderful people.
How exciting! Today Uprinting is sponsoring a Business Card Giveaway on my blog and it is for 500 Business Cards for One (1) Winner!!! I have lots of different business cards for different uses and I love em and you can print on both sides of these cards in full colour! So please do not be shy and tell me why you would like to win these cards and if you have any other uses for them outside of business cards and this is your entry to win. 500 Business Cards for One (1) Winner Sizes: 2 x 3.5”, 2 x 3”, 2 x 2” (square card) or 1.5 x 3.5” (skinny card) Paper: 14 pt gloss cardstock, 14 pt matte cardstock or 13 pt recycled uncoated cardstock Specifications: Full Color Both Sides; Offset Press; 3 Business Day Printing Shipping: FREE UPS Ground Shipping Eligibility: Limited to US Residents only I win a set of cards for hosting this giveaway.
2 Comments on Uprinting Business Card Giveaway, last added: 2/21/2010
As someone who once made a living selling office supplies, such as business cards, stationery, envelopes, etc, I am here to tell you that a professional-looking business card is THE most important supply you will need if you want to be taken seriously as a freelancer. Your business cards represent who you are, what you [...]
0 Comments on The Importance of Business Cards for Freelancers as of 10/31/2009 1:09:00 PM
Uprinting is sponsoring a giveaway on my blog and this one is for 250 business cards for Two Lucky winners! This time two of my readers will win the gift of Business Card Printing and I will receive a set for hosting this giveaway on my blog. Pretty exciting!!! I use my business cards for so many things (I punch a hole in one end and use them for luggage tags, hang tags on gifts and items I sell, I adhere them to the back of my framed art so that the client knows where I am and how to get in touch and it shows my website address and I use them as actual business cards as well. I can never have enough cards and I enjoy variety.This Online Printing Company makes it so easy. You need to tell me in your comment how you will use these cards if you were to win them and remember 2 winners will be chosen! You can post about this giveaway on your blog and link it to mine and that counts as 2 entries.
This time there are some restrictions: Free UPS Ground Shipping in the USA. Canadian Residents must pay shipping and Taxes. Residents of other countries are not eligible. I will announce the winner on October 22nd.
Giveaway Prize: 250 business cards Sizes: 2x3.5", 2x3" 2X2"(SQUARE CARD) OR 1.5x3.5 (skinny card) Paper: 14 pt. gloss cardstock, 14 pt. matte cardstock or 13 pt. recycled uncoated cardstock Specs: Full color both sides, Offset Press, 3 Business Day Printing.
2 Comments on UPRINTING BUSINESS CARD GIVEAWAY, last added: 10/11/2009
gosh I can be so dim sometimes! Ok so I would give these to clients and put one of images on there!! Hee hee have a lovely weekend Val you are the best. x
I ran across this funky business card holder and just had to get it (like I need another one!) I can't believe how many artist cards I have collected just this past year.
2 Comments on Total Randomness, last added: 2/12/2009
You seem so organized with all your fun containers! I keep my paintbrushes in a cracked plastic kid's cup from a restaurant! :) I think your work is great, and after a closer look, I'm coming to realize and appreciate all of the intricate cutting you must do! You make it seem as if you've drawn or painted shapes and shadows, and really so much of it is cut out of PAPER! it's a different way of thinking, when you're creating and you're obviously very good at it! What simple shapes I cut out of paper, are nothing in comparison! anyway, with your permission, I'd love to add you to our art blog's (http://thingswithwingsartjournal.blogspot.com) favorite artists links. If you like our work, you're more than welcome to do the same! Thanks and have a great day!
Let's think about this. How do you make a pickle? The easy answer is that you soak it in vinegar and other seasonings. They are by far my favorite food, followed closely by concord grapes, but that is neither here, nor there. And FYI, the connection with the picture and a pickle is Tink's outfit is green like a pickle.
What in the name of garlic do pickles have to do with promoting? That's easy as well.
To make a pickle, you begin with a cucumber: a simple vegetable that can be used in a variety of ways. Much like a promotional tool. You can start with something basic, say your cover art. This is your most effective tool, but it is basic and alone it may not be as useful as you'd like. Most people don't pay attention to plain cucumbers.
Take your cover art and soak it in something spicy (use your imagination here on my analogies) and you could have an exciting post card. Add a little more seasoning; your blurb, an award you might have won, or an excellent review you earned and it it's just like one of those awesome dills you get at a fair or carnival. Everyone is clamoring to get one, heck that and polish sausage are why some folks go to fairs.
Dill chips, small, easy to pile on a sandwich. Same cover art on a business card, you take a handful (cause no one eats just a few dill chips) and spread them around a room full of readers and savor the tangy taste of success from the sales that will pour in.
Fried pickles (goodness I'm having a craving) are a personal favorite of mine. They are a little more work because you have to consider the breading and the time it takes to deep fry them, but worth every bit of work. Very much like a good e-mail campaign. Now, not everyone likes fried pickles, so you have to find those who are truly interested.
You run a special on your web site, perhaps offer a short story for free to anyone who signs up for your newsletter or e-mail list. You make sure your batter is spiced just right. Prime the pump by making sure your story or whatever you are giving away reminds those registering about you and your story/book. Once you have a good little list going you dip those chips into the batter (tease your readers with snippets, incentives, discounts, whatever.
By now you have the best recipe for success!
I'd like to thank Jonathan E. Quist and Bobbi Hinman for helping me decide what to Blog about today. Didn't think I could do it, eh?
Goes to show you can blog about anything if you put your mind to it.
Just ordered a bunch more postcards and business cards from Vistaprint for Love Is Murder Conference. One variety has all my blogpost links, along with my website. Another has the books, order info, and links.
I love Vistaprint. Maybe I should do a post about them, unless you beat me to it. I've already got a guest lined up for tomorrow and a post lined up for Saturday, then one of those blog awards, where I need to include 15 links. Morgan Mandel http://morganmandel.blogspot.com http://www.morganmandel.com http://bloodredpencil.blogspot.com
You forget "what's in a name"? My favorite pickles are Senf Gurken. Bet you don't know what that is. They'll make your campaign stand out from the rest, and they're not even green! Oh, but they are good.
Gotta tell you, though - deep-fried pickles sound like a dilly of a death to me. :) Does not make me green with envy. I know, I'm a real sour puss. Going now, before I have a jarring experience at your hand.
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This is so exciting! Cheering for you. This was a wonderful post! I never thought of my business cards holding my identity, but how true. I still have a box from my days at the college, a career that spanned over 20 years. Yes, it certainly was a very big part of my identity. And I ordered "writer cards" (with print that is too small, but that is another story) and took great care designing them.
Here's to us: Writers.
I, too, really enjoyed this. I love the last paragraph where you tell us how much it meant to you to have that title after your name. Congrats. And I love getting business cards because I love seeing how people designed them, what they have on them, etc. Thanks for this very cute post!
What a great post. Congratulations! For me, it was writing my occupation as writer on a departure form at the airport. That really made me feel like a writer :)
Thank you, all, I'm so glad you enjoyed it! It was a significant moment for me, like Shelley says, I really felt like a writer.
I love having business cards and getting them from other writers. I have a little stack of ones I picked up at a conference that I intend to go through and connect to those lovely ladies online now that I've met them in person.