| Rounded business cards are but ONE option for | | | | compelling business card content. I've seen cards that |
| breaking away from business card, well... monotony. | | | | look like combs, microphones, hamburgers, light bulbs, |
| The question is, what makes it one of the best | | | | and more. In truth... it's not especially easy to layout text |
| options? | | | | on them. |
| Here are but a few great reasons that rounded | | | | As someone who sees business cards as ADS |
| business cards are one of, if not THE best off-shape | | | | (yes, compelling, response driving little advertisements) |
| options that exists. | | | | -- and not just contact cards that have a name, email, |
| 1. SIMPLICITY | | | | and phone number on them -- I see great benefit to |
| | | | utilizing the room on both the front and back of your |
| Let's be honest. The more effort something takes, the | | | | card to SELL your prospects on you. Rounded |
| longer it usually takes. | | | | business cards don't take this flexibility away from you. |
| That's not to say that more effort isn't often | | | | In fact, rounded business cards have virtually the same |
| worthwhile. It certainly is. Especially when it comes to | | | | surface area as traditional cards. |
| marketing yourself. But in the case of rounded | | | | After all, only the itty bitty edges of the corners are |
| business cards, the additional effort you put into | | | | rounded! |
| coming up with a clever new shape, the time you | | | | So there you have it. If you're looking for a way |
| spend finding a printer that can create the die cut for | | | | breakaway from the realm of typical... rounded |
| you, additional expenses, headaches, designers, and | | | | business cards are among the best options you've got. |
| the whole nine yards... sometimes it's just better to go | | | | They're simple, widely available, offer the same |
| with something that's readily available. | | | | flexibility as standard cards, and yet they're MUCH less |
| And rounded business cards are certainly among the | | | | common -- enough to give your cards that added |
| most readily available UNIQUE shapes. | | | | OOMPH, impact, memorability, and all of those other |
| 2. CONTENT FLEXIBILITY | | | | things you're going for. |
| Personally, I love cleverly shaped die cut cards. But | | | | And let's not forget, rounded business cards are often |
| there's a drawback to them that doesn't exist with | | | | available for just a little more money. Not so with most |
| rounded corner business cards. That is, you can lose | | | | unique and die cut shapes. |
| quite a bit of the flexibility you have for creating | | | | A good option? You better believe it... |