Business Cards are in! What do you all think?

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Here are my latest business cards! Spring is coming around and the sun is soon going to follow right after. What do you all think? Feed back please

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Emerald City Mobile Auto Detailing! "Serving the Greater Seattle Area"
 
I like it. I find that it is the verbal communication that you present while you are handing the card to someone that gets you the work. In my experience as long as you sell the detail verbally upon meeting a perspective client, the card really just needs to have your business name and contact information on it.
 
well I Haven't Completely done with my Business card(Details n contacts stuff) But the Look i Have done so Far is this


Bdw whats that Bar code On card ..Will it works? N you have a Real Nice card and Quite Profession! :dblthumb2:

Regards
Venkatesh
 
I am a hobby detailer, not in business for it and I am in sales. I make note of this for :
1. I can be too critical of a detail business
- I have half an idea of what I am doing.
2. I am not in the market to buy the services.
- Easier to cut into things when I am not in the market for them.
- When I am, I am the easiest mark on the planet ( the old line, the easiest person to sell something to is a salesman ).

With the disclaimer out of the way....

1. Seat removal line item
Some might not think twice about it, others might be a bit gun shy about this being done ( and they might not need it ).
The sales area, I would say this falls into the "Answering your own objections" part.
You might have a need for it in the process, and this is something that you would make note of when doing the assessment for the job, but why put it out there as a benefit ?
It is a feature not a benefit, the benefit you have listed on the top of the back, "We delivery qualify services"

2. What looks like the steps in the process.
The list looks like the steps you are going to take to get the job done.
Do your prospect understand this or want to know them ?
I'd say no, don't confuse them with steps that might need to be done and terms they might not understand.
Do they want to know how the sausage is made or just that the sausage is good ?

3. Instead of steps maybe list some package options.
The last item has package deals, don't know if this is interior and/or exterior options or if the packages are 5 details for 10% discount.
Clarify what this is, I know I have two thoughts on what they means, don't let a prospect formulate what it means, and you have to try to undo that supposition.

4. The "bar code"
Great idea. 1st time I have seen this on a card myself, and I like the idea.
Links to your website straight away from a mobile device.
Keep in mind to make the web site mobile device friendly or have a mobi process setup so they get the mobile version.

It was basically posted above, this is a business card, not a flyer.
Information is a good thing, but too much information is a bad thing.
Prospects might get confused or bored with the it and move on.
30 seconds to get their attention, 2 min to keep it.
If you did not know the terms, it takes longer than 30 seconds to get through the list ( thinking to yourself, clay why is he putting clay on the car, is that the same stuff that I run into when planting in the yard... )

Just some thoughts on it, take them with a big grain of salt.
 
How many card end up on the ground.

Keep it simple,

Fact is If they do not like you and trust you,

They will not do busieness with you.

Name and number don't push it. they have already decided.
 
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I like it but I think it might look better if the company name was clearer, simple clean looks work great! :xyxthumbs:
 
i like it bro nice card here is what minds look like:

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its a glossy shiny black with embedded letters and design that makes the card feel as the design and letters sits on top of the card
 
Looks clean and slick, almost squeaky clean.

Nice card, great design. I think the guys name was Jay
 
For everyone that is asking about the bar code, it's called a qr code. There's an app on smart phones where if you scan the code, it will bring you to a website. It's pretty awesome! Right now, the code brings it to my Facebook page. Still working on getting a webpage.
 
Here are my latest business cards! Spring is coming around and the sun is soon going to follow right after. What do you all think? Feed back please

EmeraldCityAutoDetailingFRONT-1.jpg


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Emerald City Mobile Auto Detailing! "Serving the Greater Seattle Area"

It looks pretty good. If you're open to nit-picking, Door Jams should be Door Jambs. Most customers wouldn't notice this or even know how to spell it, so don't feel bad enough to reprint. I work in the Graphics biz, so it just jumps out at me.

Hopefully business will be so good that you'll be ordering more cards soon and you can fix it then. :xyxthumbs:
 
I like it but I think it might look better if the company name was clearer, simple clean looks work great! :xyxthumbs:

I also could not tell if the company name letter was solid print or has missing or light color as part of the font design. The other text did not look black (more gray) so wondered if just a light image.

I agree it would read better if solid plus light green is not the easiest color to read at a glance.
 
Here are my latest business cards! Spring is coming around and the sun is soon going to follow right after. What do you all think? Feed back please

EmeraldCityAutoDetailingFRONT-1.jpg


EmeraldCityAutoDetailingBACK-1.jpg


Emerald City Mobile Auto Detailing! "Serving the Greater Seattle Area"

The following is just my opinion and I hope that you don't take these comments as being critical. I added a jpg for your inspection with suggestions of how I think the card might be improved.

I don't particularly care for the font used in the business name. It is distracting and kind of messy looking, IMHO. I'd use a modern font. You want people to immediately recognize your "brand" and name recognition is vital. I'd suggest changing the green to a slightly darker shade and use a font like DFPLeiSho SB. I'd use a larger font size for the name "Emerald City" and a little smaller for the descriptor "Mobile Auto Detailing".

I'd also change the font and style used in the phone and email. The same DFPLeiSho SB font would work here in black. Using the bar separator is also distracting as it looks like the number 1 and that looks like too many digits. To some customers this may offer a bit of confusion. Simplicity is better. Maybe use a Bullet for a separator.

On the back side there is way too much info. I'd also recommend you cut down on the services listed. Maybe it would suffice to just say that you are a full service mobile detailer offering complete interior and exterior services. That is way too much to expect anyone to even read and frankly, much of it seems redundant.

While I think of it, it might be a good idea to get your own domain name registered so that you can have your own email address. Something like contact [yourname]@emeraldcityautodetailing.com or maybe [yourname]@ecad.com. IMO it looks more professional than a gmail account address. Customer impressions are important.

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I would add you could put the "Complete automotive detailing services for the Seattle area" under the Mobile Detailing. I do like the list as a reminder for those who do not know what "complete" or "full" means.

I do think your complete list could use a little tweaking as some that maybe not consistent in the list and possible sort areas by interior/exterior. Do you do headlight restoration?
 
Very Cool. Send me one for my collection I got going.

Darren
 
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