From Home Businesses | Construction Business Design And Branding

If you are like many starting out in the construction business, you are interested in promoting your business as much as possible. You probably realize that you want professional, well designed letterhead, stationery and business cards that say something about your business. If you are looking to make a great first impression with customers, then one of the most important tools you can have is a properly designed business card. Your construction business card, like any other card design, needs to look the part.

Fortunately, any new start-up can now use the power of the internet to buy cheap business cards that will wow your clients. For those new to graphic design, the best option might be to use a pre-designed template. Most online business card companies offer some kind of template library where you just pick the color scheme and graphics and add your custom text. These can be bundled with a print package of 1000 cards for under $100, which is incredible value.

If you are a little more skilled at graphic design, you can use a design program like Photoshop or the free alternative GIMP to construct your business card. Just be sure to ask your printer for their file specifications in advance. Some printers will offer you a file with crop and print marks to make sure your layout is right.

If you are new to business card design, it is worth reading up on some basic design principles first. It’s easy to go off the rails and get carried away with lots of fonts, graphics and colors, when in reality the most effective business cards are those that convey information cleanly, and are memorable for their simplicity.

Remember that your business card is what identifies you to your customers. If you think about what people want from a construction company, what might they list?

• Reliability
• Efficiency
• Honesty

With these values in mind, we can see that your construction business cards should be straight forward and uncluttered. Use a little color to show that you can be creative, but don’t litter your car with logos and mottos.

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