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Re: Common business card mistakes

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Not everyone scans cards. Most of these are only issues for people like that author that scan business cards and then destroy them. That said, it's important to have a blank back you can write on if you need to.

In non-Roman-alphabet countries, it's quite common to have two-sided business cards with English on one side and the local language on the other.

Which is terrible. If you really need business cards in two languages, just order two different sets.

Re: Common business card mistakes

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

white 100-lb card stock On a sidenote, there are legitimate issues with some colors of business cards...I speak from personal experience. I thought it would be soooooo coooool to have an all black personal business card. I was oh-so-very-wrong. It is nearly impossible to write anything on a black card, not only to add more info (like another phone number) to give to the other person, but also for that other person to…

I like mine black on front, white on back. That way there is a surface you can write stuff on.

As long as it's not all black, half colors/mixed colors should be fine for most uses, no? Mine had a small stripe of a different color on the front that most people used to write anything on, but was otherwise black. Bad idea :)

Re: Common business card mistakes

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If you want to make your own business cards with a QR code here is a QR code business card site: www.b2vcard.com it lets you upload your own art or you can use one of the templates. best of all it creates your QR code from your profile so if something changes you can update your profile for free and your QR code on your old cards scan your new info!
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