How effective is your Business Card?
Posted 23 Oct 2009 - 6 Gratefully received comments
When you hand over your business card to a prospective client, you need to be sure that it will perform it’s task in your absence.
At the risk of asking a stupid question (a risk I run on a regular basis): What is the function of a business card?
I’m still toiling away without a stable internet connection, so I’m still quite focused on my real world self-promotion efforts. Part of this is sorting out my own business cards. Since designing them as part of my identity I’ve had a few print runs, but I decided to refine this latest batch.
A few little improvements include heavier board and larger radius corners to give the back designs more of a playing card feel.
Please take a look at the self promotion page of my portfolio to take a closer look at the card designs.
My Life as a Cartoon #12
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My Life as a Cartoon #11
Posted 16 Oct 2009 - One gratefully received comment
Running a Business Without the Internet
Posted 09 Oct 2009 - 4 Gratefully received comments
Those of you that follow me on twitter (I realise that’s the minority), will know that I’ve been without an internet connection for about two weeks now. I don’t expect to be getting a connection for a further week, maybe two.
I have surprised myself so far by keeping my sanity, not killing the company representatives involved and continuing my self-promotion.
Admittedly, to begin with I did feel like someone had cut off a limb. I couldn’t check my emails, contribute to twitter or the various design blogs I frequent. Suddenly I didn’t have easy assess to a wealth of knowledge to aid me with research or when I got stuck on something.
The bottom line is that I didn’t know how dependent I had become on the internet.
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My Life as a Cartoon #10
Posted 02 Oct 2009 - 4 Gratefully received comments
Who's Ken?
I'm a freelance graphic designer living and working in Suffolk.
I've been using Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign & Quark Xpress since 1999 but I've been using pens, pencils, paper and most importantly my imagination for a lot longer. I'm always looking for new clients to work with and interesting projects to work on.
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