Business Cards

How to Find a Colour Scheme for Your Business

A common source of consideration and thought is how you can make your business look good and be memorable, when it comes to starting a new business, or if you are updating your look. Find a consistent Colour Theme One of the best ways to do this is to find a brand that follows a consistent colour theme, will project well and will also be appealing to your customers. If your company is a conservative business such as Law or Accounting firm, you wouldn’t want to…

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Why Simple Business Cards Are Best

Simplicity : the quality of being easy to understand, or use : the state or quality of being plain, or not fancy or complicated : something that is simple, or ordinary but enjoyable Throughout my whole life, I have increasingly learned to appreciate simplicity and minimalism; spending time in nature, versus the city, brought out this appreciation for anything less than busy, cluttered, confusing, or unnecessary. As an avid researcher and university paper writer, I have had to channel this…

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So you Started a Business … Now what?

Entrepreneurs often seek us out at Hucul Printing when they want to order an assortment of printed supplies for their new business operations. Many new business owners are confused about which products would serve their needs the best. We can help them sort out what would be necessary in their starting out phases. The Essentials There are a few essential items that every business needs.  After that, the needs vary widely depending on the nature of the business. Business Cards The humble business card is…

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How to Use Business Cards at Networking Events

Every business has business cards (and if you don’t,  you should), and in the day-to-day grind in your shop their place is usually sitting at the front counter, dormant and inactive. This is a good place to keep them when your customers are in the context of being in your shop. But what about that situation where you are outside your business, one-on-one, at a networking event? How do you actually use your business cards? When is it appropriate to exchange them?…

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Do Business Cards need a QR Code?

Have you ever seen one of these? This gaudy looking, ‘ink blot block’ of black & white is called a QR Code. They are actually quite an interesting invention, with the potential to be very handy under some circumstances. These codes behave in a similar way to bar codes, except that you scan them with your smart phone. You can go online to a webpage like this, and program a QR code to do many different things including, sending you to a website, putting…

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When Business Cards Are Overkill…How to Solve the Problem

When I was in business school, I attended regular networking events where business professionals, free-lancers, and students  mingled together, conversing about projects and business ideas. In this environment, we learned the social skills of being polite and courteous, and the value of exchanging our personal information. If we were colleagues, this was easy;  we passed each other our smart phones. However, exchanging information this way lacked sophistication and we needed to exchange information in a more traditional and professional way. Business Cards are for Business Naturally, the next best…

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