So many people talk about the different things that you can get online for free or no cost, did you know that you can get free business cards online?  If you run any type of business this is a great way to save money, try new things, and make interns feel special!  The great thing is you can use these free cards for other things that the standard business cards.  Many people use them for Branding Cards, Calling Cards, or Sales Pitch Cards.  Recently people have been seeing them promoting upcoming products that just give a website address which asks them to subscribed to a newsletter.  This way they build a pre-launch market for their product.
So how do you get this killer deal? Well you can’t go local!  The printers won’t look at you too kindly when you walk in there and ask them for their business card for free! Many local places card between $40 – $60 for even the most basic designs… if you want color raise the price. So you need to go online to get the best deals.
There are essentially two ways that you can get these free cards

1. Use a Service like Free Cards to have them printed and mailed to you
2. Design and Print your business cards at home

Free Business Cards Online

The best way you can acquire your business cards is by using a service like the one we provide. We recommend our service for simple reasons: You get a professional printed product, a plethora of pre-made business card designs, and the ease of ordering. These cards aren’t going to look cheap and they are not going to feel like they were printed on notebook paper.  This is a product you can be proud of and know that other business professionals will treat them, and yourself, with respect.

Since these cards are no cost to you there are ENDLESS possibilities to their uses.  You can easily use them to promote small part time jobs, give them to your kids for lawn mowing business, sell homemade jewelry, promote upcoming shows, help sell houses, and more!  They can also be treated as personal cards instead of “business cards”. Meaning you just hand them out to people you meet on the street, in personal settings, or at church.  It’s a great way to keep people “mentally aware” of who you are.  These are a great way to help you appear to be a more professional person.

When you use our service you are guaranteed to find something you like or create it yourself. It’s as easy as choosing a design, entering the info you want, reviewing, and entering shipping info. They arrive fast and will leave you wanting more cards! We have over 20 different personal cards lying around that we use for tons of different ventures and promotions. Go find out what goes on a business card.

Home Printing

Another option to getting business cards for free is to use home printing. You can do this by having a high quality printer, buying thick printing paper, and making a custom design. There are lots of templates out there but you must make sure that they are compatible with your computer, software, and will look good on the final business card. The big downside to doing this from home is that you sacrifice on quality.  The cards will not have a crisp look of a professionally printed card and will possibly have tear lines and other “tell tale” signs of a cheap job.  These may be fine for home use but they should NOT be used for professional business interactions.

So if you are ready to make the jump, and be a pro, then try out our free business cards today!

Free business cards are huge deal in the country of Japan. The tradition name for a Japanese business card is “meishi”. This name is from a history based in calling cards when phones came to japan.  To understand what it means we must break down the word.

Mei:

This word is the first Kanji character in the word and it is the word for name.

Shi:

The second Kanji. It is often misunderstood and believed to mean paper, however this isn’t true. The shi syllable in this form means flower thorn, and it also means to poke. It’s use in the Japanese “business card” comes from the history of persons of upper class asians cities, mostly in China, left a calling card in what we would know to be the letterbox of another businessman.  They would poke out the letterbox with their card.

It is very important to understand the Japaneses culture and the methods they hand out cards. The Japanese have a strict and formal method of presenting business cards. The person presenting the card holds it with both hands at the top corners and facing the recipient so that it can be easily read. It is customary that the presenter then tell who he or she is. Then the getter of the card should again use both hands to accept it, ensuring that all the writing is still visible on the card. Leather cases are carried around by many Japanese to hold their business cards – it is considered bad manners to place someone’s business card upon receipt into a back pocket. In general, the business cards of those introduced to somebody will be put at the back of that person’s business card case. Folding over or writing on business cards are also considered insulting.

Other Conventions of the Japanese and their Business Cards

If individuals are exchanging business cards in Japan, it is considered ill-mannered for the junior person in the introduction to extend his or her business card so that it is above the senior person’s card. During table meetings, business cards shouldn’t be filed away in the business card case, but rather placed atop the case on the table until the meeting is complete. The person of highest rank who has presented a business card at such a meeting should have his or her card placed on top of the case, and those of lower rank kept on the table beside the case.

Less Traditional Methods of presenting Business Cards in Japan

Most of the Japanese youth often don’t adhere to the strict conventions of business card exchange in Japan. Frequently, for example, they will pass a card to a new acquaintance with just one hand. It is normal for the recipient may also take it in one hand. However, it is still somewhat impolite for the recipient not to give the business card the attention that the presenter might expect. The recipient will “formalize” the receipt of the card by taking it in both corners, with both hands, and perusing it closely before filing it away.

There are many other traditions concerning Japanese meishi. It is remarkable to consider that in a culture that prides itself in being so advanced technologically, there is still a prominent place for free business cards in social exchanges.