Marketing Services
Business Card
Create business card details that align with the website, phone, email, address, and brand identity.
Overview
Business Card explained
A business card is a small but powerful brand touchpoint — often the thing a customer keeps after meeting you. A good card carries the right details, matches your wider branding, and makes it easy for someone to contact you later.
The key is consistency: your card should use the same logo, colours, and contact details as your website, email, and Google profile, so nothing feels mismatched. Cockatoo helps you pull these details together so your card lines up with the rest of your presence.
Keep it simple, accurate, and easy to read at arm’s length.
What to check
Key points
- A card should match your website, email, and logo exactly — no mismatches.
- Include only the details people actually use to contact or find you.
- Legibility matters more than cramming in everything you could fit.
Before you start
What you'll need
- Your business name, logo, and brand colours.
- Your name and role, if relevant to the card.
- The phone, email, and website you want people to use.
- Your address or service area if customers visit or you travel to them.
- Any extras worth space, such as a QR code to your site or profile.
Process
How it works
- Confirm the contact details exactly as they appear elsewhere.
- Apply your logo, colours, and fonts to match your brand.
- Lay out the front and back so it stays clear and uncluttered.
- Proofread every digit and letter, then check it on a sample.
- Order a print that suits how often you will hand cards out.
Avoid these
Common mistakes
- A phone or email on the card that differs from your website or profile.
- Cramming in so much that the text becomes hard to read.
- Using a different logo or colours than the rest of your brand.
- Skipping a proofread and printing a typo across the whole batch.
Common questions
Business Card FAQs
What details should go on a business card?
Include your business name, logo, your name and role, and the contact details people will actually use — phone, email, and website. Add an address or service area if relevant. Leave off anything that clutters the card without helping customers reach you.
Why should my card match my website and email?
Consistency builds trust. When the logo, colours, and contact details on your card line up with your website, email, and Google profile, you look established and reliable. Mismatched details make people hesitate or struggle to find you again.
Should I put a QR code on my business card?
A QR code can be handy, linking to your website or Google profile so people reach you with a quick scan. Only include one if it points somewhere genuinely useful and you have tested that it works. A broken or pointless code does more harm than good.
How do I avoid printing a mistake?
Proofread every digit of your phone number and every character of your email and website before ordering. Have someone else check it too, and review a sample if you can. Errors are cheap to fix on screen and expensive across a full print run.
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