A normal business card, no matter how well you design it, has it’s limits. Everything considered, it is just a card the size of around 4 inches by 2 inches and you can only insert that much information into that tiny piece of paper. Nevertheless, the business card remains the singular most important piece of document that any businessman worth their salt cannot do without.
In days of old, a business card will contain 2 pieces of the most important information. The name and the contact number or the person giving out the card. When the Internet was invented, another 2 piece of information was added and that was, the email and if the person has one, a web site URL.
After the Internet became a part of live and every goddamn living person has a computer, business cards to started to evolve into something high tech. The future lies with the guy who can come out with the first touch screen smart digital business card which can store data like a mini computer. Everything concerning the company can be stored and displayed to anyone holding such a card. Before you know it, the card will have the ability to access the Net and by using the card, one can get into direct contact with the company.
Now since this is a few years down the road, the best alternative now is of course a web site or a weblog to display all those info. Under normal cases, the URL printed on a business card will lead to a normal company website. As this site is the front line of doing any business today, companies pays thousands of dollar for professional web designers to implement the mots presentable site they could afford.
But what about those budding businessman with a shoestring budget and who could not pay such enormous fees? Most make do with a cheap blog or a site designed by themselves. Like it or not, a cheap looking site does more harm than good for your business. It hurts your reputation to the core.
There is hope yet.
This is in fact the latest WordPress Theme from Elegant Themes.
BusinessCard is a simple jQuery-powered, one-page theme that allows you to provide your visitors with clean and concise information. BusinessCard transforms your blog into an easily customizable website complete with enhanced javascript effects and a fully functional gallery. Despite its unconventional appearance, BusinessCard is quick and easy to set up and a breeze to manage.
They are very right when they describe the Theme or the business card as unconventional. I certainly have never seen any WordPress Themes designed this way and just for this purpose. Such a perfect way to advertise your business.
This BusinessCard Theme is strictly for business people who cannot afford a designer but needs a site to introduce their business. Members of Elegant Themes can download this Theme and about 30 more professionally designed WP 2.9 compatible Themes for free.
Excellent points. The simplicity of the Business Card theme is its brilliance.