Business Cards

This blog is meant to be a mixture of thoughts, ideas and my personal travel related experiences. Part of my goal from traveling this year is to meet new people and explore new business/employment opportunities. This made it (in my mind) imperative to get simple business cards that I can give to people I meet - especially since I may not always be accessible by phone/have a data connection at all times or in all locations.

I went with 2 simple designs - a personal one with my name, personal e-mail and this website, and a more professional one with my name, university e-mail and my LinkedIn page. I was able to find multiple free design websites online and created my design in less than thirty minutes. Finally, it was a matter of finding an economic way to print these. In Hong Kong, the easiest and cheapest option hands-down is Mah Wah Lane (near the Sheung Wan MTR Exit A2) - where there are a bunch of shops who just need you to send them an e-mail (or a thumb drive) with pdfs of your design and let them know how many cards you need. You can also select card thickness, but I have found that card thickness is definitely overrated. A little bargaining led to 300 copies of each of my personal and professional card designs at a sum total of HK$300 (US$38-39) at Po Wing Printing Co. (18 Man Wah Lane, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong).

I do plan to return to this post at the end of my travels and let you know if this was actually a useful investment, or if I found myself not really using them at all.

P.S. Here are the designs:

Personal:

Professional:

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