Personal Business Card?

[imageWIS]

Does anyone use a personal business card (calling card; visiting card)? If so, do you keep it very simple, black simple font on white or do you add a creative twist to it?

 

[Gus]

I have both a business card and a personal card. The personal calling card is classic script type, printed in black on slightly off-white paper. It has my phone, address and email. I use it mostly for reference when traveling, making purchases, etc. As in, "just send it to the address on my card..." It is also nice to give someone that you meet in a non-business setting to stay in touch.

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

I have both a business card and a personal card. The personal calling card is classic script type, printed in black on slightly off-white paper. It has my phone, address and email. I use it mostly for reference when traveling, making purchases, etc. As in, "just send it to the address on my card..." It is also nice to give someone that you meet in a non-business setting to stay in touch.

You have your home address on the personal card?

 

[thenanyu]

I have a personal card. I decorate it with my chop (see my avatar). I hand stamp each one.

 

[Joffrey]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

Does anyone use a personal business card (calling card; visiting card)? If so, do you keep it very simple, black simple font on white or do you add a creative twist to it?

No. There are few situations where I could imagine using one with a straight face

 

[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Jodum5

No. There are few situations where I could imagine using one with a straight face

Do you have an issue giving out a work business card?

 

[Gus]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

You have your home address on the personal card?

Yes. Phone, cell, email and address. It comes in quite handy and I never have to discuss my work or give my work contact information. It allows me to be an international man of mystery. Or a local guy, just depends upon how I play it.

 

[ter1413]

Originally Posted by Jodum5

No. There are few situations where I could imagine using one with a straight face

+1.

 

[appolyon]

I've been thinking of getting some made with just my name on them and then I can write the details I want to give on the opposite side. Interested to hear what others think about the personal card concept.

 

[Matt]

I had SPB_Lady make up a personal business card that had her details when she was job hunting.

Part so she had something to handover at the point of exchange, rather than just 'thanks for your card, I'm unemployed', and part because in Asia, people take those things way too seriously.

 

[dcg]

Originally Posted by appolyon

I've been thinking of getting some made with just my name on them and then I can write the details I want to give on the opposite side. Interested to hear what others think about the personal card concept.

edit - sorry, I was just browsing DT a minute ago and forgot I was in a subforum where we're supposed to give real advice. I share Jodum5 and ter1413's reservations. I'd only do it if you always carry a nice pen and have good penmanship.

 

[RSS]

Originally Posted by imageWIS

Does anyone use a personal business card (calling card; visiting card)? If so, do you keep it very simple, black simple font on white or do you add a creative twist to it?
Yes, I have a "calling card." I keep it simple.

 

[mikeman]

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[imageWIS]

Originally Posted by Matt

I had SPB_Lady make up a personal business card that had her details when she was job hunting.

Expand on that if you please.

 

[Matt]

Not much to it. Basically looks like this

Name made up job title based on what she had been doing in Russia Russia phone, Vietnam phone Email.​

Printed on a nice-ish white stock in a nice-ish serif font.