So...you're looking for make a business card free. Let's face it...whether it is for corporate purposes or for your own - having the right business card is essential to make the right impression.

We've found that Vistaprint offer the best service online - whether you are looking for the usual corporate greeting and business cards, an Ecard or even a postcard for yourself or your clients...

Most business cards are printed on 80-pound cover stock and, of the three finished usually available - smooth, linen, and laid - the smooth finish is usually the most popular.

Business cards are much more than a convenient means to leave your contact information with a prospect. Today, a business card can be an ad...a mini-brochure...a discount card...or even CD-ROM presentation.

Choose your business card based on how you would like to project your overall image. What fits into your marketing strategy should take precedence over your budget. Simple business cards can be just as effective as a more complicated ones depending on your marketing needs...though cheap is not necessarily best.

For its size and cost, a business card is probably the most powerful part of any good marketing plan.

Your business card might only measure two by three inches, but it can send a message -- whether you like it or not! Some cards are tacky, others are striking. Some assault you with clashing colors and ridiculous phrases; whilst others suggest good taste and confidence. Some are uninspired and therefore make you look uninspiring.

Did you know that business cards with photographs are less likely to be thrown away, and more likely to be placed on top of any pile of cards? It's so easy now to just upload a picture and get your cards automatically designed online. Gone are the days of trying to get proofs done just for your business cards!

When thinking about a design for your business card, start with the style that best supports the image you wish to project. After all - your card is an extension of the product or service you provide...and it should support whatever image you desire for yourself and your business.

If you are not sure that your business card is getting you where you want, market test it. Give it to some friends and colleagues and ask them for their opinions.

Use a legible font on your card and keep it large enough to be read - nothing smaller than 10 points, if possible. Save the odd color schemes or clever graphics for another time - you take your business (and your profits) seriously after all...so your card should reflect that.

What you do with a business card (yours as well as others) has far more to do with the sales you generate than your card design.