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When you are managing the impression that others have of you – and making sure that your professional presence is communicated, it’s wise to spend time thinking about your stationery and business cards.  When you work for an organization, there is a certain look that everybody has for their business cards and stationery (whether it’s good or bad).  But [...]

Tags: business cards, image, impression, logo, printing costs, proofing, stationery

As a professional, in whatever field, you need a business card and some stationery.  Here’s a BIG tip for you:  Do not wait until you have a fancy logo to get some cards and stationery.  This is often a procrastination technique and a way that people justify NOT getting their stationery done because they are thinking, [...]

Tags: business cards, image, impression, stationery

You are your business. You are your profession. You are your best representative. However you want to think about it, in nearly every profession, you need to be out there ‘selling’ yourself, regardless of whether you’re in sales or not. Networking may be very natural to you – or not so much. If you are [...]

Tags: business cards, document, interview, networking, planner, questions

If you are a new small business owner, you might have this question (as did one of our Life of E’s members!): When starting a business, how much letterhead and how many business cards do you think a person should start with? The big “breaks” in cost seem to be at 2000 sheets of letterhead [...]

Tags: branding, business cards, envelopes, letterhead, stationery

Recently, I received a business card from a professor that was identical in every way on both sides of the card – except one side was in English and one was in Spanish.  Brilliant!  This is something more and more of us may want to consider.  It says something about us if we who are [...]

Tags: bilingual, business cards, English, multi-lingual, Spanish

Question: I am in the process of buying a logo on elance.  My logo is in color – but I plan on getting colored business cards.  Do I need to ask for a different logo that would work with the color of card I want – or can the printer I choose play with the [...]

Tags: business cards, cards, elance, logo

Question: In the Scott Ginsberg article about business cards, he suggests that we use a local printer rather than purchase our business cards on-line. What is your opinion on this? Also, what is your opinion on having a picture of yourself on the card as compared to a logo? Posted by: Billy Simms | June [...]

Tags: business cards, printer, printers, Scott Ginsberg