How to Create Unique Business Cards

Are your ready to upgrade to unique business cards?

You know it's time to change business cards when the information becomes outdated or your business' branding has improved.

A foldable business card for an industrial designer. © Best of Business Card Design 8

Yet, it could even be time to upgrade when your competition's business cards overshadows yours. And, you don't want that to happen!

Designing effective business cards is hard enough and trying to create distinctive business cards is even harder. It may call for a lot of time brainstorming and looking through cool business cards for inspiration to come up with something of your own.

But, you can do it!

That is why, in this section, I will give you ideas as to how you can formulate one of your own by giving you examples of unique business cards and specific qualities that make up one that's unique.

But I definitely recommend that you don't jump into a new design before really thinking about how it will affect your business' image, how much it will cost to produce a unique card (they can get pretty expensive), and how practical it would be for your business.

There are many ways to make your business cards unique. To make it easy for you, I have sorted through the different ways you can make one-of-a-kind business cards.

One way is by using an out of the ordinary shape, size or substrate. The list below shows those different ways:

• mini business cards,
  
  
• eco friendly and green business cards,
  
  
• plastic business cards,
  
  
• magnetic business cards,
  
  
• folded or fold over business cards,
  
  
• die-cut business cards

Other design strategies to make unique and creative business cards:

When changing over to a more distinctive card there are some things that most people overlook. Make sure you read these useful tips before selecting a different business card.

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