Business Cards...What do you think about mine?

I know you already purchased your domain name but you may want to reconsider the spelling of your name. The "x" and the "z",mainly the "x", could cause issues when you have a website and potential customers try to find you through search engines. Or some o e hears you name but is unaware of the unique spelling choice.
 
I would change the word reflections to its proper spelling and choose a different type of font. As a consumer, I tend to stay away from businesses like this. It makes them seem as they are fly by night operations and don't invoke a whole lot of confidence.



The colors and choice of cars are nice. Maybe you could list on the back of it some of the services you offer, with bullets.
 
I'm going to be brutally honest here. Whenever I'm looking for services, I look for a business that appears to be run well and presents itself accordingly. I would not call you if I received your business card for the following reasons:



1. The name of the business goes the extra mile to misspell a simple word, and it gives the appearance of a 16 year old starting a business on the weekend. Seriously, this would go in the trash before I turned it over to read the back, and there's no way in hell I'd consider dropping off my car based on this first impression.



2. A simple logo and contact information is much more impressive than photoshopping a random luxury vehicle as the focal point of the card. All I see when I look at this card is the photo...your business name is very secondary.



Business cards like this kill me, because they are a wasted opportunity. Put the name, a clean logo, and your contact info on the front of the card. If you want something on the back, put something meaningful back there, and skip the added graphics. Put a simple price list there, define auto detailing, place a "did you know?" type of attention grabber, or something else that someone would care to read.



Please don't take this personally - just trying to help. Less is more.
 
15951 said:
I'm going to be brutally honest here. Whenever I'm looking for services, I look for a business that appears to be run well and presents itself accordingly. I would not call you if I received your business card for the following reasons:



1. The name of the business goes the extra mile to misspell a simple word, and it gives the appearance of a 16 year old starting a business on the weekend. Seriously, this would go in the trash before I turned it over to read the back, and there's no way in hell I'd consider dropping off my car based on this first impression.



2. A simple logo and contact information is much more impressive than photoshopping a random luxury vehicle as the focal point of the card. All I see when I look at this card is the photo...your business name is very secondary.



Business cards like this kill me, because they are a wasted opportunity. Put the name, a clean logo, and your contact info on the front of the card. If you want something on the back, put something meaningful back there, and skip the added graphics. Put a simple price list there, define auto detailing, place a "did you know?" type of attention grabber, or something else that someone would care to read.



Please don't take this personally - just trying to help. Less is more.
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Thanks for the tip. i will highly consider the feedback.

none taken. that's why i am asking.

i guess i can get carried away since i like to do design, but i am trying to stick to a simple and clean card.



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What do you guys think of these???





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Back of the car is ok. I think that tag of "Not Just A Car Wash" could use a bit of spicing up.



As for the Front.. doesn't really do it for me. Those catch lights really distract from the name and make it hard to read and don't really reflect (no pun intended) on your business.



I think this is a good explain of applying the "less is more" approach.
 
paco said:
Back of the car is ok. I think that tag of "Not Just A Car Wash" could use a bit of spicing up.



As for the Front.. doesn't really do it for me. Those catch lights really distract from the name and make it hard to read and don't really reflect (no pun intended) on your business.



I think this is a good explain of applying the "less is more" approach.
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:xyxthumbs



i think that is the way i'm going for. i'll update this once i change stuff around.

i'm so use to making heavy graphixs that i can't do simple stuff :cry:
 
I think this was mentioned earlier, but the reflection of the word "detailing" is not right. It's not a true reflection. This is especially noticeable with the "E".



Cintoman
 
Hey man,



If you don't mind telling me, where are you designing your business cards? I am actually nearing this step and would love any guidance.
 
Cintoman said:
I think this was mentioned earlier, but the reflection of the word "detailing" is not right. It's not a true reflection. This is especially noticeable with the "E".



Cintoman
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yes. that is one thing i'm fixing.



John_K said:
Hey man,



If you don't mind telling me, where are you designing your business cards? I am actually nearing this step and would love any guidance.
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i design myself, then i use vistaprint.com for actual printing.
 
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