How to Choose a Pre-Designed Business Card Template Design that Works with your Blog Brand

As you build your blog brand, and business, a well designed business card keeps your offline identity consistent with your online persona. The right business card will convey who you are in just a few seconds; while a quality business card will represent your blog as a serious business, and the card design will showcase your ability to keep your branding consistent.  

For those of you that work with a graphic designer this is fairly easy to do.  But, for the rest of us, we can personalize pre-designed business card templates.  Companies like Minted.com have more than one hundred card designs available for every design taste and business.

But, how do you pick a card that conveys your business while keeping consistent with your branding?

It isn't hard if you use the same five steps that I took to find my pre-designed business card template that best matched my blog brand:

1. Pick a design element from your blog, ideally your header logo, that you want to incorporate in your business card.  Find a card that has the same or a similar element, and feel of your blog. 
2. Choose a font that is similar in color and style as your blog copy for your business card contact information.
3. Choose a font that is similar in color and style as your blog header for your name (or blog name).
4. Pick a second design element from your blog that you want to incorporate on a smaller scale in your business card, or on the backside of your business card.  
5. Pick a second color to use as a "highlighter," or dash of color.

After your narrow down your business card selections to one design, layout your information and print a screen to "match" the card design, and color, with your blog."

Now that I have narrowed down my Minted.com business card this this design (Stem Striate), I am still a little up-in-the-air on the color I should pick.

What do you think?

This blog post is part of a Minted product review campaign on behalf of Southern California Lady Bloggers / #sclb.

Although I will receive complimentary business cards in exchange for this blog post, the opinions and ideas expressed here are my own. #sclb / @minted

We are Powerful, We are Strong, We are Beautiful

I was born into an athletic family.  My father excelled in track and field, soccer and even bicycling in his later years.  My siblings were all stars in every sport they joined, whether football, baseball, volleyball and even swimming.

Then there was me.

I was never athletic, and I'm definitely not graceful.  "Clumsy" is a word that is widely used to describe my ill attempts at running, swimming and any sort of organized sport.

I had literally given-up on sports, athletics in general, until I discovered yoga.

Yoga was my first step in entering a world that was, until then, foreign to me.  Day in, and day out, I was inspired, driven and motivated to be part of a world where a room full of strangers encouraged me to do my best.

That was 15 years ago.

Fast forward to now.

With everyone's busy schedule, including my own, encouragement and even connecting with strangers in a yoga studio, let alone a gym or bike path, seems to happen less often.

As much as we motivate ourselves, there is nothing like the friendly encouragement another woman can have in our life.

Until now.

Under Armour, the leading performance brand, unveiled it's new "What's Beautiful" digital experience and competition. The "What's Beautiful" campaign is a community and a competition that will redefine who the female athlete is - US!

By joining the "What's Beautiful" digital experience, you will receive motivation from hundreds, possibly thousands of women, that are going through the same thing you are right now: Working towards a healthier version of ourselves.

After nine weeks, Under Armour will nominate ten finalists based on the strength, drive and determination showcased in their stories and original submissions to be featured in the "What's Beautiful" homepage and mobile app.  Three winners will be selected at the end of the campaign!

The winners will be awarded a one-year "sponsorship" deal with Under Armour, transforming their lives with access to special events, training with UA celebrity trainers, gear for one year, nutrionist consultation and support, plus being included in the Under Armour women's marketing efforts!

For more information on the What’s Beautiful digital experience, visit whatsbeautiful.ua.com or follow Under Armour Women at http://www.facebook.com/underarmourwomen or @UAWomen. To view exclusive videos, check out the http://www.youtube.com/underarmour page.

Join me, join US, in this campaign whether solo, or with your friends (team), to complete our fitness goals: whether it's training for a marathon, or swimming more laps than ever before, together we can do it!

I promise that you will be motivated and inspired with the amazing women that are part of this campaign.  

Together we will conquer our goals!

This blog post is part of a paid "Fitfluential" Under Armour "What's Beautiful" blogging program. 

The opinions and ideas expressed are my own. #IWill #WhatsBeautiful #FitFluential