Shanta R. Nathwani, B.Com., MCP

Tag: business cards

  • Crowdsourcing My Next Business Card Picture

    Crowdsourcing My Next Business Card Picture

    Last year, if you may recall, l posted about my business card experiment. Thanks to everyone who read the post, participated and listened to my story. Most successful experiments have a great story. I’ve determined which photo did the best (in terms of getting traffic to my website),  which ones were taken most often and which one didn’t do so well. l will post separately on my findings, but I need to find a new photo! I’m going to remove this photo:

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    Keeping in mind that these are the three  photos that I’m keeping:

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    Which of these would you use? I’m still working out some issues with photos uploading/displaying properly in WordPress over the last few versions, so I apologize if you can’t see them all that properly. Would welcome any comments as well!

    Click HERE to go to the POLL!

  • A Little Experiment

    I have a hard time making up my mind when it comes to my own self. I can suggest three things to a client that they should do or recommend that they go a particular course. I’ve never been one for logos or tying myself to any one particular image. There are many facets to what I do, so why not have a few? And why not let the community help me decide?

    I’ve needed business cards for sometime now, but don’t consider myself a designer. I love photography, so I’m using four images on the backs of my business cards:

    HK Signs
    HK Signs
    HK Buddha
    HK Buddha
    Tiny Sun
    Tiny Sun
    Tiny Feet
    Tiny Feet

    I’m basing this experiment after seeing Alex Blom with his three different colours of cards when I first met him a few years ago. Why not try this with my own photos?

    There are a few things that I hope to find out from this little experiment:

    1. Which card appeals to everyone? The one that I run out of first, is the most popular.
    2. Which card gets the most click-throughs? Each card is coded with a different QR code that links to their respective campaign in Google Analytics. The one that gets the most click-throughs, might be my second option.
    3. I’m also curious to see which people pick which photos. I have a small theory about which ones women will pick over the men, but I’ll share that once I know the results to see if I’m right. Don’t want to skew the results.

    Anything else I should be finding out? What do you expect to see?