passed out business postcards in my neighborhood this morning

thenimirra

whew...man I'm tired...I passed out my new business postcards in my neighborhood this morning while I walked my dogs. I had a hand full of cards and passed them all out. I walked up and down about only three blocks, but I was done! I may have to pay someone else to do this!

I would appreciate it if you had to the time to see what the card looks like and tell me how I could improve it. I blogged about it this morning. Take a look at it here:

http://pictureyourworldphotography.b...-business.html

Tango

those are very nice!...you done yourself good.

if i could change anything i would not start with the first word as mundane...

maybe some more flare with a different font?

my .02


btw, i love your photography work!

thenimirra

hmm...thanks for that suggestion. I guess I didn't think that might trip some folks up, but I'm no good at the advertising slogans!

Tango

thenimirra wrote:

hmm...thanks for that suggestion. I guess I didn't think that might trip some folks up, but I'm no good at the advertising slogans!

think subconscious.....your setting a mood with the first word....does that trip people up...? im sure theres a study out there somewhere ....:D

Hikin' Mike

AaronNelson wrote:

those are very nice!...you done yourself good.

if i could change anything i would not start with the first word as mundane...

maybe some more flare with a different font?

my .02


btw, i love your photography work!

I thought the same thing. Not sure what I'd suggest though...I'm not very good with slogans either.

SloYerRoll

Overall, very nice

You could just swap the words Miraculous or mundane..? It would also capitalize the positive word and provide more impact.

I don't think your contact info has to be as large as the rest of the text. This will also give you more room to play w/ your text and make it pop a bit more.

Big ups on keeping the font simple and effective. Too many people use too many fonts.

Art Scott

SloYerRoll wrote:

Overall, very nice

You could just swap the words Miraculous or mundane..? It would also capitalize the positive word and provide more impact.

I don't think your contact info has to be as large as the rest of the text. This will also give you more room to play w/ your text and make it pop a bit more.

Big ups on keeping the font simple and effective. Too many people use too many fonts.

I agree......I would infact completely do Miraculous in all caps...
MIRACULOUS or .......mundane .......and in a larger bold font than mundane.........as Socrates (from the Way of the Peaceful Warrior ) states............Thre are no ordinary moments.......as I tell my clients.....doesn't matter what the event.....Everything in life is once in a life time................and should be treated so............Never to be repeated the same ever again.

thenimirra

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I really love that...."there are no ordinary moments." would you mind if I borrowed that phrase?

Art Scott

thenimirra wrote:

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I really love that...."there are no ordinary moments." would you mind if I borrowed that phrase?

That phrase is not mine.....it is from the book ("The Way of the Peaceful Warrior" by Dan Millman) / movie ("Peaceful Warrior "adapted from the Dan Millman book)

This is mine: Everything in life is once in a life time................and should be treated so............Never to be repeated the same ever again.

Since we are not in the same market area.....heck know I don't care if you use either one or both.......It makes people think about just how important each day {actually each second of each day} really is.

thenimirra

I pretty much wanted to be able to say that I shot just about anything, from casual to formal events. I liked using the alliteration.

Sam

Took a quick look at your web site. You are doing Soooooooooo well!!!!!! I am impressed.

Sam

ChatKat

I like your work too

Sam wrote:

Took a quick look at your web site. You are doing Soooooooooo well!!!!!! I am impressed.

Sam

Nice stuff. i looked at your blog to see the ad piece. Interesting way to promote your work. I don't think it would fly in my neighborhood. Too many old fogeys. Denver is a different market than Los Angeles (my huband is from Denver).

I like using color on my pieces to make them pop The text was great but needed some color - but then, that's my brand. ALso you need to track what business comes from that method of promotion to see if it was worthwhile. Perhaps have a code on the card or when you print them change one part so that it gives you a tracking method.

thenimirra

Sam wrote:

Took a quick look at your web site. You are doing Soooooooooo well!!!!!! I am impressed.

Sam

Thanks Sam! That means a great deal to me especially with the kudos coming from you! You were the one that really helped me figure out how to do my PS portrait editing. Now I actually get compliments about my ability to use Photoshop when before I was terrified of even opening the software!

Kat, that's a great idea for me to keep track of sales generated through the postcards.

I got 500 cards for $60 at printsmadeeasy.com but the shipping and handling was very expensive!