Have My Own Business Cards
Having your own business cards turns an introduction into something another person can act on after the conversation ends. The format still earns its place at conferences, local meetings, exhibitions and chance encounters where unlocking phones would break the flow. A strong card is not a miniature brochure; it gives the right person one clear reason and one easy route to reconnect. Decide which name, role and organisation people should remember, then add a dependable email, website or portfolio. Use a telephone number only if you are happy for recipients to retain and contact it. A QR code can open a useful page, but print the essential information as readable text too. Keep contrast strong, type comfortably large and enough blank space for a note or accessible visual scanning. Print a paper proof at actual size and test every spelling, link and code on more than one device. Avoid a home address unless it is genuinely required, and separate work contact details from private ones where possible. Remember that a named person’s business card contains personal data: if you collect other people’s cards for marketing, UK data-protection and electronic-marketing rules can apply to how those details are stored and used. Order a small first run on stock that suits the brand and practical use, then protect a few in a slim case. Offer one after a relevant exchange instead of leaving piles that become waste. Update or securely recycle obsolete copies when details change. Completion is receiving accurate cards and using one to continue a genuine professional connection—not collecting a box for appearance, publishing information you cannot withdraw or treating somebody else’s card as automatic consent to mass email.