Justin: Do you still have the design files for the sign you made for the front door? If I recall correctly, it has pretty much all the info we are looking for and looks pretty good too.
https://twitter.com/uberben/status/270256465808343041 I feel like hours for things can be left off. There are so many regular events that happen (Tuesday meetings, Thursday hardware nights, Friday hangouts, hackathons, etc), if there is a conversation and one of those things interests the person, they can write that event on the card or look at the calendar on the website. On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 4:37 PM, Roswyne <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Jay! Your feedback is really helpful. I've never thought of these > as being personal in any way, so I hadn't considered room for a name or > personal contact information. > > I was hoping to use the "knowledge.information.technology" logo, which > doesn't leave much room on the front for any other text, but might leave > enough room for a handwritten name/phone #, if we leave the remainder of > the front white, instead of filling with black. > > I think we could reasonably put the address, website, etc. on the back. > Double-sided cards really aren't much extra, and this would let us use > larger text for clarity. > > Here's my latest concept. I agree that QR codes aren't useful, and am > willing to trust that anyone who wants to contact us via Facebook/Twitter > etc. can darned well go to our website. however, it seems redundant (given > what I assume to be our target market) to list both the website and email > address, so I just put the general email address. > > On Aug 30, 2013 11:54 AM, "Jay Smith" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ditto to what Justin said. Business cards work better as a reminder than >> a stand-alone sales pitch. The idea is that I - the loyal SkullSpace >> member - will meet and talk to someone interested in the organization. >> During the conversation, I will give them a business card. The card >> gives them a simple reminder of the conversation, as well as gives them >> the information they need to follow up with me. >> >> I can't speak for everyone, but this is what I need when I'm >> networking/promoting with business cards: >> >> - Website >> - Organization name >> - Organization address >> - My name* >> - My email* >> - My phone number* >> - General branding: Logo, colour scheme, and >> knowledge.community.technology >> >> Optional: >> - Hours for the general weekly meeting >> >> What I don't want on a business card: >> - ANYTHING ELSE. Especially not advertisements for free business card >> companies. >> >> *For general non-personalized SkullSpace business cards, the email >> address should be [email protected]. However, the back of the card >> should be left *blank* so I can write in my own contact info or the >> contact info of one of the board members. >> >> With that in mind, I'm going to spend my lunch break shamelessly judging >> the business cards of the other hackerspaces :D >> >> 1) ENTS: Absolutely perfect for a non-personalized business card. Clean >> design, on point branding, and the back is left blank for personal info. >> >> 2) Protospace: Winning when it comes to pretty design and branding, but >> not as functional for facilitating follow-up. No website link, no room >> for personal contact info, etc. In a world with google this isn't a >> problem for prospective members, but media contacts and non tech people >> might be irked. Some may argue that the QR code is as good as a website >> link; I personally would like to meet someone who still scans QR codes >> after the novelty wore off. >> >> 3) Scoperta: Fail on the branding. I seriously have two other cards with >> the exact same free business card design in my wallet *right now*. I >> have more at home. This card will blend right in with them. However, it >> is still quite functional and has everything needed for follow-up >> contact. The design is a terrible shame though, especially since >> Scoperta itself has some nice branding. >> >> ... I can't believe I just spent the first half of my Friday lunch break >> on a long-winded email about business cards *facepalm* >> >> - Jay / @Sporked >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > SkullSpace Discuss Mailing List > Help: http://www.skullspace.ca/wiki/index.php/Mailing_List#Discuss > Archive: https://groups.google.com/group/skullspace-discuss-archive/ >
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