How to Get Business Cards Made for Cheap

Going to a professional to get your business cards made is not always necessary. While experience is one of the big things you are paying for at a company, firm, or freelance graphic designer, experience is not what you are looking for the majority of the time. You are looking for creativity, excitement, and for your graphic designer to be open for the vision you may have for your cards. Some of the professionals think they know what is best for you, and that is never true.

Things You'll Need

• Listings for local colleges
• Telephone
• Organized layout for your business card ideas

Instructions

1. -- Find Interns and Graduates --

   The best place to look for excitement, creativity, and an open mind are recent graduates of graphic design. Many of them are either involved in internships or are looking for them, and are happy to get any type of work that will help them get their name out there. So locate them, either by word of mouth from asking around, or by calling a local college and putting your name on their new bulletin as looking for graphic designers.

2. -- Interview --

   Interview the prospects you end up talking to, and ask them why they enjoy graphic design so much. This will demonstrate to you their excitement for their work. If they do not seem excited, move on to someone else.

3. -- Look Over Portfolio --

   Although they may or may not have years of experience, they will have portfolios put together. Go over them and see if the work they have done impresses you and will work for what you are looking to get done.

4. -- Talk About Your Ideas --

   Go over the ideas you have for your cards with the person you chose to work with. Be specific, but let them know they have room to take your idea and run with their creativity. You will be surprised the excitement and dedication may follow when you let someone brainstorm their own ideas into something.

5. -- Pay Them --

   The best option in the end is to pay them accordingly based on the work they have done for you. What is nice about this arrangement though, is that they are happy for any work they receive because it allows them to get their name out there, while you are able to take advantage (in a good way) of someone with amazing potential and creativity, without having to pay top dollar for experience. Experience, in the end, is not always worth as much as they charge for it.

6. -- Order Them --

   When the layout is finished and you are ready to order them, you can order them through online venues for great prices. I have a few of these web sites listed in the resources section.

Resources

• Gotprint
• Vistaprint.com