Make Business Cards Free in Your Home

by Michelle Strait

Business cards are important marketing tools. You want to look professional, and give the impression you care about your business.

You can create attractive cards without spending a fortune on a professional designer. It's possible to make business cards free in your own home. If you can learn simple design skills and use design software, then you can create your own unique design.

How to Make Business Cards in Your Home

A business card says a lot about you and your business. A bad design can make a $10,000 a month business look like a $10 swap meet.

What would you think if a plastic surgeon gave you a business card that had runny ink and a blurry picture on it? You would think the doctor was unreliable. If she didn't care enough to make her card look good, then what would she do to you?

In business, perception counts for a lot. And all of your marketing materials should make a terrific impression.

So what can you do if you can't afford to hire a designer? It would be great to have that $2000 design firm create your card, but it's just not in the budget. And you've been burned by freelancers from online bidding sites. What can you do?

The answer: Create your own card.

Right now you're probably saying how bad you are with design or how you know nothing about it. A person with no design skills can learn to design simple, but attractive, business cards.

Here's how:

1. Learn basic design skills. There are numerous books and websites that teach non-designers basic design skills.You won't become a great designer, but you will learn enough to create simple business cards.

2. Study business card design books. These books contain pictures of some of the best business cards ever created. Just by looking at the cards in these books, you'll learn a lot about modern design.

3. Hire a professional printer. Sure, you can print your own cards at home, but you shouldn't. Business cards printed on home printers are usually flimsy and not the best quality. It's worth it to pay for professional printing.

4. Read articles about business card design. There's a treasure chest of articles online just waiting to teach you something. Don't overlook this free learning resource.

If you do the four things listed above, you'll be able to create beautiful cards. No one will know you created the business cards free in your own home.