"What are business cards?" (1)

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Business cards
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Business cards are cards bearing business
information about a company or individual.
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They are shared during formal introductions as a
convenience and a memory aid.
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A business card typically includes the giver's
name, company or business affiliation and contact
information such as street addresses, telephone
number, fax number, e-mail addresses and website.
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Now they may include social media addresses such
as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.
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Construction
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Business cards are printed on some form of card
stock
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Some companies have gone so far as to trademark
their spot colors.
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Dimensions
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There is no standard for the business card
dimensions.
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Sharing dimensions with other cards makes storage
easier, for example banking cards and business
cards in Western Europe have almost the same size.
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It typically features the company name at the top
in the largest print, followed by the job title
and then the name of the individual.
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Other important contact information is usually
provided, such as business address, phone number
and fax number.
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Special materials
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Apart from common business cards made of paper /
card there are also special business cards made
from plastic, especially frosted translucent
plastic, crystal clear plastic, white or metallic
plastic
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Other extraordinary materials are metal,
rubberized cards, rubber, magnets, poker chips,
wooden nickels, and even real wood.
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For the most part those special material business
cards are of standard format, sometimes with
rounded corners.
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Business card software
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Business cards can be mass-produced by a
printshop or printed at home using business card
software.
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Such software typically contains design, layout
tools, and text editing tools for designing one's
business cards.
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Most business card software integrates with other
software to eliminate the need of entering
contact data manually.
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Web-to-print
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Often this process is applied not only to
business cards, but also to letterheads,
notepads, labels and compliments slips.