New Business Cards

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Needed for an event next Wednesday

Linked to: https://github.com/dwyl/print-me/issues/7 https://github.com/dwyl/print-me/issues/18

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@iteles could you drop any old business card designs including the designs for #7 into this folder please?

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@markwilliamfirth Dropped in the whole file which has multiple png variations I toyed with. You'll also find the psd files in there, I created the originals in photoshop elements at the time.

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@iteles which psd is the most recent design?

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I don't actually like the old designs any more, I was hoping we could come up with a new one. Wasn't very clear about this on Wednesday it seems. My bad 👍

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I've also just had a look and there are 6 psd files in there:

• Front of landscape business card
• Back of landscape business card
• Front of websummit business card (exactly as above but with a different URL)
• Back of websummit business card (exactly as above but with a different URL)
• Front of portrait business card
• Back of portrait business card

So I guess your question is did we go with landscape or portrait? Landscape, as you can see from photo in the issue you referenced above: https://github.com/dwyl/print-me/issues/7#issuecomment-152782663

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@iteles ok to send to printers?

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@markwilliamfirth Thanks for this!

A few points:

• These need to say our organisation's name somewhere on them (not just the information)
• The column layout makes it feel like the things on the right are related to the things on the left (I was confused for a few seconds there) so I don't think it works as we'd hope
• Please remove 'time tracking software', that's not really how we want to market what we'll do and in the meantime we can make a small run of 50 to test the card which won't need this (i.e. let's put a little more thought into how we include our product side for the next round)
• We need a little more than 'Product Development' - I would suggest 'Digital product development' until we find a better term (hate 'digital'!)
• 'Agile & technical training'

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@iteles updated

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YES! :shipit:

Let's do a small round this time as we might need/want to redesign these in line with our new website very soon!

(if you use printed.com, I recommend starting at 50 and push up until the price changes - when I had invites printed, it was the same price for 65 as it was for 80)

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@iteles alternative version of front with company name - let me know which you prefer

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@markwilliamfirth Actually genuinely don't mind for this small run - if you want to test no name, I'm happy to go with that.

Should it be 'co-working space'? A quick google shows almost all results use that terminology.

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Note sure if you saw https://github.com/dwyl/print-me/issues/25#issuecomment-307752158 ? I'll be at Mindwave on Wednesday, so please ship there.

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@iteles yep - sorting printing now.

On the co-working point - I'm imagining 'Services' as being written after each service

Digital Product Development [Services] Co-working [Services] Agile & Technical Training [Services]

Co-working Space [Services] sounds a bit weird to me, co-working by itself sounds better to me, but can change if you'd prefer Co-working Space - they're your cards after all 😛

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Co-working by itself just wasn't making much sense to me which is why I suggested an alternative . Like 'we do co-working'. Does that mean you work with others? Don't we all?

Maybe co-working services more explicitly would make sense? As you prefer though :blush:

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Well I think co-working is explanatory enough, but let me know what you want it to say and I can make the edits

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Like I said - as you prefer! If you think it's enough, then let's go with that :+1:

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Sent for printing:

http://samedaybusinesscards.co.uk (domain of http://www.simplyprint.com)

Medium Press (80% quality of high end press with a risk of banding unevenness of colour on the solid background) 50 Business Cards Double Sided 350gsm Silk Price: £30+VAT = £36

Have requested test print before proceeding to ensure sufficient quality

Have ordered for collection from: Same Day Business Cards, 40 Bowling Green Ln, Clerkenwell, London, EC1R 0NE 7 minute walk from MV office

Alternatively delivery can be requested (£6) Order reference: T6120 support@simplyprint.com 0207 415 7014

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@iteles they are now ready for collection. Let me know if you want me to arrange delivery instead.

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@markwilliamfirth The cards or the test print?

I'll be at Mindwave on Wednesday and can pick them up 👍

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@iteles the cards are done! They sent me a picture of the test print and it looked fine. When we do the next (proper) batch we might want to consider going super high quality though

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Bulk order quote from simply print (for future reference):

Double Sided Business Cards

455gsm Silk 100 = £21.99+VAT 250 = £29.99+VAT 500 = £34.99+VAT

500gsm Matt Laminated – add £3+VAT to the above prices.

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These were pretty rubbish, let's not use this company again. (will add a photo asap)