If you had told me a year ago I would design my own business cards, I would have thought you were legit insane. I spent a lot of time looking for a template for my business cards that would fit my personality and online persona. I just couldn’t find one, and didn’t have a ton of money to throw into designing them. So I decided to design my owner freelance writer business cards, and it was way easier than I imagined:
Pretty cute, huh?! I think so! I have very little design experience. But like a lot of millennials, I can learn the basics of a simple software pretty easily. So that is why it’s so important to use simple, easy to use programs like PicMonkey, which is what I used to design these business cards, and I recommend you do too.
Why? Cause they have an awesome selection of fun fonts and their online tutorials are where I learned (in 10 minutes) how to overlay glitter and add a drop shadow onto my name like this:
PicMonkey also has a spectacular selection of other fun overlays to add to your cards. Here are the 2 I used (I love their nautical theme!):
and these simple ribbon graphics that you can write on for a professional look:
I won’t go on and on about how much I love PicMonkey- (it’s free to use, but if you sign up for their premium subscription through that link, I get a commission, so thank you for supporting this site!)
After I had my design all ready, I had to pick a business card company to go with, and I hands down believe my choice was far and away the best I could’ve made. I decided I’d be getting my business cards from Moo.com.
This is because I went with Moo’s Luxe line of cards, which is the single most dramatic part of these cards, the thickness:
Getting the Luxe version of these business cards has been a great decision. Every.single.person I hand one of my show-stopping business cards to reacts to the quality of the card, and that’s a great feeling; knowing you are getting a client’s attention right off the bat.
I was also allowed to choose that pretty stripe running through the middle of my card if you look at the picture above, so I went with green, but the bright pink was a VERY close second.
Moo.com has a ton of ready-made templates to choose from, too. But if you do decide to design your own cards, let me know how it goes. I’d love to see them!
So there it is, guys! That’s how I went from not having a business card to having show-stopping, beautiful freelance writing business cards, with the help of both PicMonkey & Moo.
Ready to get serious about your work from anywhere job search? I whole-heartedly recommend Flexjobs, the site where I found my first freelance writing gig. There are zero scams on their site and they have their own 100% remote team, too!
It looks great! What would you recommend including in the contact information?
Thanks Amanda! The pictures show what I used – I am not a phone person at all, so I just used my email address. This is just personal preference, and this way I can filter any salesy requests I get that aren’t legitimate business partnerships. If someone emails me, I can also vet them on the internet before I respond to make sure their intentions are genuine :).