Opinions on Business Card

cougar2588 · 01-13-09, 05:16

To start, I have been on the forums quite a bit, but have only been trolling around reading and learning from the other pro's on this site. This is something i am very passionate about and am truely interested in, but for now i'm not planning on doing this as my primary source of income, just something for me to do on the side and get some extra pocket money while im going to school and working at my normal job. With that said onto my card.

Please feel free to comment and make suggestions, thats why i am posting this in the first place. Also what do you guys think about the picture? Yes, it is a picture of my car, and i choose to use it because it shows a really good reflection. Should i use a shot of more of the car or is that one good?

I don't have the Email account set up yet, but that wont be a big deal. As for registering the name and obtaining the neccessary insurance, im going to wait on that to see if this even works out for me. My plans to start out are to just stay small and do peoples cars that i know (family and family friends), as well as people that they refer to me anyways. I wanna get my feet a bit more wet before i go all out with this. As time goes on, and i get more and more into it, i will DEFINATELY be getting insurance, but for now i just want to make sure this is going to work before i go through the trouble of registering the name and getting the proper insurance coverage.

And before anyone asks, yes i have already worked on a few cars and i dont plan on jumping on a Ferrari or any other exotic anytime soon. Just regular DD's and the occassional cadillac or bmw here and there. As i get more experience, i'll work my way up.

So please, feel free to be as critical as you want. haha

Danase · 01-13-09, 05:41

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Originally Posted by cougar2588

To start, I have been on the forums quite a bit, but have only been trolling around reading and learning from the other pro's on this site. This is something i am very passionate about and am truely interested in, but for now i'm not planning on doing this as my primary source of income, just something for me to do on the side and get some extra pocket money while im going to school and working at my normal job. With that said onto my card.

Please feel free to comment and make suggestions, thats why i am posting this in the first place. Also what do you guys think about the picture? Yes, it is a picture of my car, and i choose to use it because it shows a really good reflection. Should i use a shot of more of the car or is that one good?

I don't have the Email account set up yet, but that wont be a big deal. As for registering the name and obtaining the neccessary insurance, im going to wait on that to see if this even works out for me. My plans to start out are to just stay small and do peoples cars that i know (family and family friends), as well as people that they refer to me anyways. I wanna get my feet a bit more wet before i go all out with this. As time goes on, and i get more and more into it, i will DEFINATELY be getting insurance, but for now i just want to make sure this is going to work before i go through the trouble of registering the name and getting the proper insurance coverage.

And before anyone asks, yes i have already worked on a few cars and i dont plan on jumping on a Ferrari or any other exotic anytime soon. Just regular DD's and the occassional cadillac or bmw here and there. As i get more experience, i'll work my way up.

So please, feel free to be as critical as you want. haha

It's hard for me to see on the screen. I'm guessing that image will be hard to see on a card and you might be better off coming up with a logo that would go there instead.

Is that a 586 area code? Flint?

cougar2588 · 01-13-09, 07:34

Danase, you have a PM.

and i was worried about the picture being too small on the card itself as well, and a friend of mine just brought up that same point.

i could try to bust out the creative skills and try to think of a creative logo. i just have no idea where to start!

cougar2588 · 01-14-09, 01:56

bump

i re-did my first card because i like this layout a bit more. not a picture of my car, but a picture of a car in the class of cars i will definately be working on (rim from a cobalt ss). what do you guys think of this one? the spacing is a bit off, but thats nothing that isn't a quick fix.

bullitt21 · 01-14-09, 02:32

You may also want to ask them about cards that are two-sided. My card are two-sided and it works great and my clients love them because I can keep it simple on the front and put more info. about the business on the back. It wasn't much more of a cost to do this either.

cougar2588 · 01-14-09, 07:25

hey bullitt, what kinda info do you have on the back of your card? im using vista print and they allow you to print on the back side if you want, so its something i will definately do.

bullitt21 · 01-14-09, 07:42

Just info about what sort of services we offer. "Paint Correction, Pre-Sale Detailing, New Car Detailing, Lease Turn-in etc. etc. Also, anything you might think of putting on a flyer like how you use premium grade products or "Maintaining your cars Value and Appearance". I also have a slogan on the back that's just like the "Got Milk" slogan only it says "Got Dirt" in the same font.

toyotaguy · 01-15-09, 09:55

here is my new card...logo, contact info, and what I do all on two sided glossy

oops...dont want to spam...check your PM's

Danase · 01-15-09, 10:13

You could even do a calender or something on the back too or an appointment reminder for customers.

bullitt21 · 01-15-09, 08:11

That's a great idea Danase. Just like the doctor's office reminds you of your next appointment.

cougar2588 · 01-15-09, 08:39

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Originally Posted by Danase

You could even do a calender or something on the back too or an appointment reminder for customers.

yea im already leaning towards the appointment reminder for the back side of the card. i saw it earlier today on vistaprint and thought it was a great idea, and now you mention it again so im definately going to go with that. Just something nice and simple and not to overdone for now, thats my goal with this first batch of cards. Then if/when things get rolling and i get everythign properly set up, i'll look into remaking the cards again.

toyotaguy · 01-15-09, 09:56

eh, i dont know about the calendar on cards, most people have one in their phone, on their wall, or in their planner. i doubt people are going to carry it around with them on a day to day, so I would put more information on the back instead of an appointment calendar. maybe a slogan, website, picture, etc

i have received a couple cards like that in the past, just tossed them out!