Consider your company’s business card as a pocket-sized billboard. It is often the first impression someone will have of your company, so you want your business card to be useful and memorable. Let’s start with some lawn care business care ideas, then we’ll cover some popular designs and styles.
Lawn care business card ideas
Examples of lawn care business cards can be extremely helpful. Good examples can provide business owners with great insight with colors, weight, fonts, and even the placement of a logo, contact information, and slogan.
Inspiration from business cards that you have received and that stood out to you will give you a better idea of what will serve you best as a design.
Lawn care and landscaping business cards can range in size, style, and price based on a person’s preferences and budget. The cards themselves can have different finishes, usually either glossy or matte. Cards come in every color, material, and thickness, giving you plenty of business card options for lawn care.
The number of options to choose from can be overwhelming. There are endless amounts of business card generators online that you can explore and test out before you commit to producing a mass amount of cards. Doing so allows you to narrow down your selection by explicitly looking for companies that sell the type of cards that meet your list of requirements.
Size of lawn care business cards
The standard size for business cards is 3.5 by 2 inches. Micro-business cards are usually 1 by 3 inches. Some companies offer larger sizes of business cards than the standard size but you don’t want your card to be so big that it resembles a postcard.
The 3.5-by-2-inch business card can neatly fit into a plastic protector or the card slot of a wallet where it can be repeatedly seen and reviewed.
Style of lawn care business cards
Styles of business cards vary by industry, and by personal preference. From minimalist to bold and modern, you can choose what looks good to you aesthetically.
You can decide which type of material you want the cards to be made of, too. Some companies offer non-traditional materials such as wood and plastic as choices for their customers to select.
For example, if your are focusing on eco-friendly lawn care, a plastic business card would not reinforce your green message.
Varnish finish of lawn care business cards
You can add a dramatic touch to your lawn care company’s business card by using a unique finish, which will change how it feels in the hands of your customer. The varnish finishes chosen by most lawn care and landscaping business cards is typically glossy or matte.
In some cases, you might choose a semi-gloss or semi-matte finish. To better understand the difference between the two, glossy has a sheen to it while matte does not.
The print finishes are now a big part of making a business card extra special and one of the biggest tools to enhance the design.
Here are some other ways you can make your lawn care business’s business care stand out:
You can use varnish and spot UV, which is an ultraviolet varnishing to enhance certain areas of the card making the color appear richer and shine with the varnish coating feel to it.
Die cutting, the simple process of cutting the card into different shapes, is becoming very popular when creating business cards. Foil bloquing is the process of pressing a colored foil into the card paper with a heated die and is mostly used to enhance typography and logos.
Some businesses also use prefolds with their business cards, to give double the space to put more information on the card and an extra touch of uniqueness to it
Lawn care business card templates
Lawn care business cards ideas can be put into a template and adapted to your liking rather quickly. It is much quicker to try this method than to design a card from scratch.
Changing the font style, color, and size is relatively effortless, too, thanks to the template and its straightforward way of being used.
Moo, Vistaprint, and Zazzle are examples of websites that provide business card templates for people to use. By selecting the style of card you’re interested in, you can customize it to your liking so that it benefits your lawn care business entirely.
A lawn care business card template saves time and money by eliminating the need to hire a graphic designer to come up with a card design.
Templates are easy enough for a novice to use. You don’t need to have any knowledge of design to use a template. Instead, you adjust the card’s pre-set details until they look like something that your company would use.
A change of the font style or size may be a big enough difference to impress potential customers.
Having options such as templates available prevents the frustration of not knowing where to start with a business card design. Within a few minutes, the cards get customized and ordered so they can be shipped and received in record time.
Examples of lawn care business cards
There are many places to find examples of lawn care business cards. You can view them online, order sample kits from printers, and even collect cards from other businesses. Having a collection of cards for ideas and motivation can help you find the exact look that you are hoping to create for you lawn care business.
Things to pay attention to
Quantity and pricing of business cards
Some companies will send sample packs so you can compare quality and print. These companies usually require orders in large batches (50 or 100 usually) and prices range depending on the customizations you have selected (example: $x for 50 cards).
Before committing to large bulk orders, make sure you are satisfied with your design options. Some companies may offer discounts or subscriptions for refills. Avoid incredibly expensive business card designs unless you have a marketing plan to heavily utilize your cards and make them a staple of your business image.
The readability of your business card
Does your business card instantly state that your company is a lawn care business? Is your contact information clear and easy to read? Is your company name easy to look up or inquire about with family and friends?
Business cards should be legible and easy to understand. They shouldn’t have so many details that the central message of the card gets lost.
The colors used on your business card
How do your business card colors look? Is there a difference between a glossy green card and a matte green card? Which looks best? Is one harder to look at because of the light reflecting on it outdoors?
Most lawn care companies use green in their logos and business cards. Is there another color that is just as effective?
The feel of the card
Does your business card feel luxe? Is the paper thick or thin? Does it feel cheap? Does your company’s business card feel like something that can withstand being carried around in someone’s wallet or placed on their fridge? Is it semi-matte, matte, semi-glossy, or glossy?
The placement of lawn care business card slogans
Is the logo large and prominent on the back of your business cards? Or, are your logo and slogan small and placed underneath the contact information of the lawn care company? Are they above the name of the business owner or below it?
Does your lawn care company slogan catch the customer’s eye right away, or is it something that blends in with all of the rest of the information?
How to Choose the Right Business Card
These tips should help you determine what will be valuable to include on business cards for your lawn care company. You will come across examples of well-designed business cards and ones that aren’t good at all.
Knowing ahead of time what to put on a business card will save you time and effort. There are so many considerations to make when owning a lawn care business.
Marketing tools such as lawn care business cards are an important resource that will allow you to extend your reach and remain at the forefront of potential clients’ minds whenever they need lawn care services performed at their homes or businesses.
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