New Business Cards. Yes or No????

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My cousin did it for me, he is a heck of a lot more creative than I am. May make a few changes hear and there, but for the most part the look im goin for. Tell me what you think.

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Looks pretty good to me and I like the vertical layout. Not sure I would want any pricing info on it though.
 
I agree with leaving the pricing off. Just put "call for pricing/package options" or something along those lines. I really like the wash polish wax pictures, nice touch!
 
RaskyR1 said:
Looks pretty good to me and I like the vertical layout. Not sure I would want any pricing info on it though.
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I agree on not putting the pricing on. They are going to see "starting at $150" and think its going to cost that much for a simple car wash.
 
Love it! Jumps out and that's what you want in a business card
 
i would also drop Owner/Operator to its own line so it doesnt run together

Ryan Reilly
Owner/Operator
Telephone #
 
I like it. It looks very professional. I'd call you if I saw it on my windshield (that is if I even took the time to look at it).

Where do you hand those out? At car club meetings? Randomly?
 
I agree with everyone else on not printing any pricing on your card.

Also, you have a picture of a shelby cobra and you are saying you specialize in 'high end automobiles'. Not saying there is anything wrong with Mustangs. But, maybe reword it to 'specializing in fine automobiles'
 
i agree with the fine automobiles.

it seems you need to work up your company name into a logo of sorts. you just have some text and then a tag line. you should come up with a way to not only make the companies type face more interesting but also make it stand out more.

i would use a silhouette of the vehicle if you are going to. there is tons of free art work available online that would maybe not better illustrate but certainly work better for your application. right now the mustang picture is the largest and more predominant on the page. you need to make your business name the most prominent.

try some different type faces for the company name and then also try using a lighter color font for the tag line/motto

the little graphics are very nice. Good Work!

Leave out the owner/operator.

leave out the pricing. Perhaps just say call for pricing If I were at work i could do something to show you more of what i am thinking of but i am at home and dont have photoshop on this computer for a reason (never get any free time)

I would try incorporating a vehicle silhouette into a sort of logo for your company. then using that at the top of the page. also duplicating it large on the reverse side as well.

during writing this i looked at the card three times and the first thing i remember about it is Mustang. Not detailing, not the company name. none of that just a mustang is the first thing that comes to mind.

be creative. your font choice is nice for content but for company names and such its a little bland.
 
thanks for all the comments guys, i definately take the advice and make some changes
 
Well I wanted to post this after reading some of the replies and some of my own concerns over how the business card turned out, so I decided to rework the card. I originally designed it while both of us sat at a coffee shop and I pretty much created it in about an hour. Then after reading some of post, both my cousin and I felt it could use some more work. I took it as a challenge and started to think of how a Graphic Designer would approach it (what I earned my degree in from college). I approach it with intent on designing a logo and then mold any the business cards or any other flyers/brochures around the logo with the main focus being clean, simple, and professional looking. Hope you guys like it, my cousin did compared to the other design.

This is what I came up with:

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Hopefully when he gets the card finalized and printed he will post some pictures up. I am also working on a brochure for him.
 
beavslu01 said:
Well I wanted to post this after reading some of the replies and some of my own concerns over how the business card turned out, so I decided to rework the card. I originally designed it while both of us sat at a coffee shop and I pretty much created it in about an hour. Then after reading some of post, both my cousin and I felt it could use some more work. I took it as a challenge and started to think of how a Graphic Designer would approach it (what I earned my degree in from college). I approach it with intent on designing a logo and then mold any the business cards or any other flyers/brochures around the logo with the main focus being clean, simple, and professional looking. Hope you guys like it, my cousin did compared to the other design.

This is what I came up with:



Hopefully when he gets the card finalized and printed he will post some pictures up. I am also working on a brochure for him.
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looks pretty good. difficult to visualize it as a card. sometimes best to do a side b side rendering if its a double sided card.

only thin you might want to work on is it doesnt look like ed it looks like ei

that might be misleading. Its a good design but im not sure it gets the company name across effectively.

i like the colors.
 
Here is what the card will most probably look like, my cousin made all the changes suggested, I really like the design and logo, simple and clean, the logo my cousin posted will probably go on my uniform shirts, not sure on colors yet though, but heres the card.

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that looks better than your first card you posted. I agree that the "ed" may be seen as "ei" by some. However, I feel that if someone sees the logo and then sees "excessive detailing" below it, they will be able to see it as "ed".
 
I like the one with the car on it, my cards are basically the same as the first. I only leave cards in cars I've cleaned or if ask for them. If I advertised too much I might have to go to work more. Hey, u not going to satisfy all on here so if u don't do it like me then it will be wrong. The way I do it is the way I want to.
 
Excessive Detail said:
My cousin did it for me, he is a heck of a lot more creative than I am. May make a few changes hear and there, but for the most part the look im goin for. Tell me what you think.

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I like the colors and look of this version better than the version with "letters" on it, it tells people,

"What's in it for me"

The version with the letters causes me to pause and try to figure out what's in it for me.

People think like this,

"What's in it for me?"

They don't really care about you... just saying the first card does a really good job of letting people know what you do and what you can do for them.

fairlady350z said:
I really like the wash polish wax pictures, nice touch!
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Me too... I've never seen these types of diagram pictures used on a car before but think they work well for the message you're trying to convey.

GaryD said:
I like the one with the car on it,
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I agree...

In another thread like this someone, I think it was Joe Fernandez, he suggested using a car that you actually buffed out for a car picture... that would make it more personal and showcase your talent, it also enables you to state that you buffed out the car and opens the door to possibly share the products and techniques you used, in some cases that's engaging enough to spark the interest of a potential new customer.

Another term instead of high end automobiles might be "Special Interest" cars or vehicles. This states that you don't work on grocery getters but leaves the interpretation more open to each person you give your car to because while you and I might not think a car is "special interest", the person that owns the car will often times think their car is "special interest".

You can always turn down the 1987 Ford Taurus Wagon owned by a potential customer if it doesn't match your idea of "special interest" even if the owner thinks it is...

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:)
 
I like the Cobra, and like the others have said use "call for pricing" and how about "Specializing in fine automobiles, like yours"
 
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