Business Cards

[coachjg]

I'm trying to decide between these two business card templates.

Which do you like, and why?

This one:

Comments

[bluehyacinth]

I like the second.
The design seems cleaner.
And I think vertical style, while cool conceptually, really just results in everyone turning your card.
But, there's no bad choice here.

[coachjg]

I like the first one conceptually too, but I worry it's too gimicky.
Thanks!

[art_wank_diva]

I vote #2. The horizontal arrangement makes the silly crown more prominent, plus it allows you to add "Ph.D." to the end of your name, better emphasizing the fact that you are not a lowly teaching assistant or secretary or toilet scrubber at Columbia. To make this card stand out from all the other horizontally aligned business cards, however, I think you should have yours printed on cardstock with a leopard or tiger patterned watermark.

[coachjg]

Well, it's all about those 3 little letters, right?

I'll look into the watermarks!

[sa_am]

a vote for #1

[coachjg]

I really like that #1 is different, but I'm not sure that's a good thing in a business card. I'm still torn...

[coachjg]

Apparently, that's the full name of the school, not exactly sure why. When they called to set up the first interview, they used the whole name, and I was like, 'yeah, I know where columbia is; i think people usually look that up BEFORE they apply to a job.' lol

I hadn't thought of that, but there are a lot of type a folks in this profession who might get annoyed by a vertically formatted card. i'm not sure whether i'm more or less likely to get that one now....

[scarletjinx]

The first one could function more like a bookmark.

[coachjg]

Well, who doesn't need more bookmarks?