{"id":1298,"date":"2011-04-04T16:11:26","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T20:11:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/?p=1298"},"modified":"2013-01-08T09:47:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T14:47:16","slug":"design-efficient-business-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/2011\/design-efficient-business-card\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Design an Efficient Business Card"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s hi-tech, fast-paced business environment, your <a title=\"Business Card Printing Services\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/cards.html\" target=\"_blank\">business cards<\/a> need to impress, facilitate and communicate all within the first few seconds. There are a couple of ways you can make sure your business cards are up to par with today&#8217;s technology and forms of communication.<\/p>\n<h2>The Complication<\/h2>\n<p>While the internet offers an assortment of ways to communicate<em> <\/em>, it also creates an almost endless list of email addresses, website names, handles, tags, user names and ID&#8217;s that only a web-browser or a smart phone can remember.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icondock.com\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1306\" title=\"social-media-icons\" src=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/social-media-icons.jpg\" alt=\"social media icons\" width=\"600\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/social-media-icons.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/social-media-icons-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/social-media-icons-60x12.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/social-media-icons-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Scenario<\/h2>\n<p>It&#8217;s a fact that some people &#8211; by preference or circumstance &#8211; will only communicate through  certain channels. Therefore, it\u00a0is crucial to your business to be available in some form. By having only certain contact information on your business card, you might not get contacted by those who prefer to communicate through a method not listed on your business card.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1307\" title=\"Forms of Contacting a Business\" src=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons.jpg\" alt=\"Forms of Contacting a Business\" width=\"600\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons-300x60.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons-60x12.jpg 60w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/contact_only_icons-150x30.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>The Solution<\/h2>\n<p>Consolidation, accessibility, retention.<\/p>\n<p>The back of business cards usually go unused or used ineffectively. It is open real estate on your business card that can be used to include more, if not all, of your contact information. Use the front as an introduction to your company, it&#8217;s logo, your name and standard contact information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/effective_business_cards.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1314\" title=\"Effective Business Card Design\" src=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/effective_business_cards.jpg\" alt=\"Effective Business Card Design\" width=\"600\" height=\"343\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/effective_business_cards.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/effective_business_cards-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mmprint.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/effective_business_cards-150x85.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Include a QR Code to make it easy to save the information on your business card to a smartphone. For more about QR Codes with a list of free QR Code generators and free apps to read them with your smart phone check out our blog post about <a title=\"List of QR Code Generators and QR Code Reader apps\" href=\"http:\/\/mmprint.com\/blog\/2010\/qr-code-the-advertising-double-agent\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QR Codes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The easier you make it for people to communicate, the sooner they will.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Have you ever entered an important number in your phone but forgot to save it?<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Please leave your comments below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In today&#8217;s hi-tech, fast-paced business environment, your business cards need to impress, facilitate and communicate all within the first few seconds. There are a couple of ways you can make sure your business cards are up to par with today&#8217;s technology and forms of communication. 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