Plain Business Cards or Picture Cards

• August 16th, 2008
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Today my order of business cards arrived. I decided to go with the cards that feature pictures of the products rather than the pink cards. The new designs feature a different product and each card has a different color background. There is a card that features the men’s line, for example, that has a blue background. Another features women’s fragrances with an orange background. A third features the skin care with a pink background. Finally, a design features lipsticks which is also on a pink background. The plain pink cards feature the company logo in silver foil.

Previously, I had the plain pink cards. The first year I joined I opted for cards featuring the products. Eventually, I felt they were too overpowering with the products. I can’t explain it well. Maybe I’ m a weirdo. My next few orders of cards have been the plain pink cards. Now that I have those and the picture cards (I’m not quite out of my pink ones yet, but I’m close) I’m thinking I like the pink ones better.

The pros of plain pink:

• The foil lettering used for the logo
• The general layout of the card (I like the placement of my name and title and the placement of my address and contact info)
• The plain pink keeps it simple and my information is easy to read
• Better fonts
• All print is relatively bold and my name appears boldest

The cons of plain pink:

• It could be viewed as plain
• I only have one con

The pros of picture cards:

• Variety
• Visibility of products is good for those unfamiliar
• Product pictures bring awareness of new products and fragrances
• Colorful backgrounds are eye catching
• They’re pretty to look at

The cons of picture cards:

• The font is not as nice (and I’m not sure but I think they have changed something about the fonts on all cards. My friend has the plain pink ones and hers do not look like mine)
• Because of the colored backgrounds and the font being lighter, I think the new design cards are more difficult to read; especially with those who have vision issues
• No foil logo
• The layout of the information is plain and kind of jumbled together. It’s not separated like on the plain pink cards.

My final verdict is that I do think next time I will return to pink cards and I hope to see the layout the same as the current pink cards in my possession. I ordered this set in 2006 shortly after getting married and changing my name and all that fun stuff. I would love to hear others’ feedback! I’m going to email corporate my thoughts on the fonts.

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