Several design elements and features can increase the impact of your business cards. You can choose the paper thickness of the card and the texture of the paper. You can also choose to have raised print, glossy or colorful print, or a photo background. All of these options will help to grab potential customers' attention.
You will definitely want to order business cards with your company's logo on them, along with complete contact information (address, phone, cell phone, fax, e-mail). The logo helps to increase name recognition of your company and increases customers' memory of who you are and what you do.
Another interesting option is to order magnetic business cards. They will then easily affix to customers' fridges, filing cabinets, appliances, lockers, or vending machines. Customers tend to keep magnetic business cards around, since they serve the dual functions of keeping your company's business information handy and holding up other pieces of paper on the filing cabinet, etc.
You can choose either to order your business cards online or to go someplace in order them in person. If you prefer to see the look of the cards before you make a selection, the second option will be for you. Kinko's, Staples, and Office Depot are the three giants of the office supply industry, and chances are good that one of these has an outlet near you where you can go to cards. Many people prefer to favor smaller, local businesses with their card orders, as well.
Increasingly, however, people are equally comfortable with online ordering since it is faster. Vista Print is probably the best-known online printing company, and completes orders for 7 million people each year. However, Vista Print also has dozens of competitors that also do wonderful job on business cards.
GreatFX Business Cards was recently rated #1 by PC Magazine for overall quality and value among online business card companies.
Business card printing companies generally charge modest prices. Business-Cards.com offers 1000 full-color business cards for $69. GreatFX Business Cards offers 1000 raised print cards for $48, or 1000 glossy color cards (with photo background, etc.) for $69.
Many companies also offer sales on business cards periodically, or provide your first batch of business cards at a discounted price.