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Flintstone

ive been to a meeting with a local printing firm to sort out some new quality business cards with the aim of handing them out more as I don't really do it, do you hand yours out a lot after a job etc ? I'm going for minimalist and quality.

Show us your cards!
 
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I know what your thinking...
How did I get such quality business cards.
Well....go to staples when they got an offer on and get 500 of them for £20 ...unfortunately no micro chip...🙁
 
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Just made me look in the glove box and realised I need to get some! I found a dirty old one in the bottom of the door pocket... Hard to see but there's a spot uv varnish on the background. And before anyone shouts at me, I had permission to say I'm Porcelanosa approved. Although I don'tmp_25979-20170518_125451820670598.jpg tmp_25979-20170518_125501-1422050336.jpg take many referrals now, and wouldn't bother getting it on new cards...
 
I'm going for the varnish on mine, one side plain black Matt with the logo varnished on to make it gloss black, subtle but still visible. What were the porcelainosa jobs like mark, do they pass your details direct to customer or do they have fitting teams and you do the job through them? There is a branch locally who asked me to call in for a chat but I've i haven't been down
 
I was told that they stopped having an approved installer list after an almighty mess made by a numpty in Manchester. But it worked well. Generally they are better off customers who appreciate a good job. And the tiles (usually) are good to work with.
I heard rumour of some back handers being expected at some branches but I never experienced that and wouldn't do it anyway.
 
I Got in with them by accident. I'd called in with my family one Saturday just for a look around, got talking to a guy installing a display, he was covered in adhesive and struggling. Turned out to be the showroom manager. I offered to do a couple of displays for free, after that I got loads of referrals, more than I could handle.
 
That was no accident then! Once I get my new cards I'll pop down with some and check it out. I guess they supply the customer with materials too. Often those sort outfits price the Tiling and fit and you can get a job offered with an expected price already in place
 
Localtiler said:
That was no accident then! Once I get my new cards I'll pop down with some and check it out. I guess they supply the customer with materials too. Often those sort outfits price the Tiling and fit and you can get a job offered with an expected price already in place
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Done a few jobs for them, they always supply materials and all Butech
 
I hand my cards out on every job and to other trades who are on site.
Not as good as your cards but it's got the info customer needs on it

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Cards arriving next Friday. There an online based company with a hq that does the printing, called printing.com but they use independent design places dotted about where you can go and have a talk and they design it etc and show you samples then send it off for printing. Fair prices too, worth a look if anyone is after some new cards
 
andy8758 said:
Not sure. I created the first version of this 5 years ago. It was a gimmick I thought would improve the professionalism of the cards. Some people comment positively about it, but never checked to see who uses them.
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I've considered a few times tbh, but often wonder if it would take more time for someone to launch their QR reader than to just put address in their browser.
 
QR really hasn't taken off and will end up disapearing like many ofher failed bits of technology, it's just no faster than typing in an address like you say.
 
Localtiler said:
Yeah I know what your saying, I'm happy with the gmail tho really
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Nothing wrong with it, and cards look great, it's just that extra bit isn't it.
Maybe look again when you need more cards.
Took A littl time to make transition when I did it, but I just kept the two running back to back in case old client emailed me instead of calling.
The biggest hassle is trying to get acc emails swapped over haha
 
I think you can yes, I've had gmail for a long time it's its direct to my phone and iPad and it's on line already in various places so just kept with it
 

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