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by krapp 3370 days ago
A screenshot likely doesn't tell people anything valuable about the app - it's not visually appealing, details would be infeasibly small on a business card, and a screenshot is impossible to search. As soon as you change the look of your app, all of your existing business cards suddenly have negative value.

Also, you're paying more for higher quality printing, and most people you give these cards too to will wind up forgetting about them or throwing them away. Maybe, instead of a screenshot, consider hiring someone to create a simple infographic better suited to the format, that could communicate the concept more clearly, and look good on less expensive stock.

1 comments

Thanks for your impute. Looking at the iPhone 5s screen, it is just a tad bigger than a standard biz card. I was thinking of showing about half of a screenshot expanded just a little.

I agree that graphic would be better. I just wanted something I could pass out for next two weeks while I workout a better way to present the app on the card. It would be better to personally talk to everyone but for some events that would not be possible.