"What are business cards?"

1. Business cards

2. Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual. cc: Cristiano Betta - https://www.flickr.com/photos/45488928@N00

3. They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid. cc: ibm4381 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/13836948@N04

4. A business card typically includes the giver's name, company or business affiliation and contact information such as street addresses, telephone number, fax number, e-mail addresses and website. cc: jontangerine - https://www.flickr.com/photos/7770342@N02

5. Now they may include social media addresses such as Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter. cc: mkhmarketing - https://www.flickr.com/photos/93212162@N08

6. Construction

7. Business cards are printed on some form of card stock cc: Phil Gyford - https://www.flickr.com/photos/35034346050@N01

8. Some companies have gone so far as to trademark their spot colors. cc: Viktor Hertz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44302262@N08

9. Dimensions

10. There is no standard for the business card dimensions. cc: Sean MacEntee - https://www.flickr.com/photos/18090920@N07

11. Sharing dimensions with other cards makes storage easier, for example banking cards and business cards in Western Europe have almost the same size. cc: Sean MacEntee - https://www.flickr.com/photos/18090920@N07

12. It typically features the company name at the top in the largest print, followed by the job title and then the name of the individual.

13. Other important contact information is usually provided, such as business address, phone number and fax number.

14. Special materials

15. Apart from common business cards made of paper / card there are also special business cards made from plastic, especially frosted translucent plastic, crystal clear plastic, white or metallic plastic

16. Other extraordinary materials are metal, rubberized cards, rubber, magnets, poker chips, wooden nickels, and even real wood. cc: Florian Eckerstorfer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/15669293@N00

17. For the most part those special material business cards are of standard format, sometimes with rounded corners. cc: The Creative Exchange - https://unsplash.com/@creativeexchange?utm_source=haikudeck&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=api-credit

18. Business card software

19. Business cards can be mass-produced by a printshop or printed at home using business card software.

20. Such software typically contains design, layout tools, and text editing tools for designing one's business cards.

21. Most business card software integrates with other software to eliminate the need of entering contact data manually.

22. Web-to-print

23. Often this process is applied not only to business cards, but also to letterheads, notepads, labels and compliments slips.