Business cards are more often connected only with the contact information they provide rather than the images you put on them.

Part of this comes from viewing business cards purely as a means of helping someone contact you rather than with anything having to do with marketing yourself. The best business cards are going to be the ones that have personality.

Don't just look at normal business cards when you have a whole slew of custom business cards open to you to create if you just know what options are out there and how to best capitalize on them.

So, what are those options?

I couldn't even begin to list them all here, because they're limited largely by the imagination. Printing technology has advanced enough to ensure you can have some very nice images on your business cards.

I've seen people who have pictures of themselves on the card. These are people who understand one very important aspect of business cards: people might have your name and number, but what good is that if they don't remember who you are?

By providing your actual picture you're not only making your card more unique, but also giving people a visual to ensure they'll remember exactly who you are months after you first talked to them.

That is the significance of all great visuals on business cards, and it doesn't always have to be a picture of yourself to work.

I've seen business cards with reproductions of paintings on the back of them, or a very large, prominent logo on the front. These unique images provide a distinction between their card and all the others I see.

Put a map on your business card showing people exactly where your store is, or provide a picture of what your building looks like to help people identify it when driving down the street.

I could go on and on when it comes to the various images that are open to you. The best thing you can do is figure out an image that will accomplish two primary goals.

The first is to be unique specifically to you. When a person sees that image they'll know exactly who you are because it hooks directly to you in some way.

The second is to be sure that your image is different enough from everyone else that it will be that much more memorable. To take one of the previous examples of a map showing where your store is. Well, if everyone started doing that it would obviously become less memorable and do nothing to help someone remember you.

Take the time to look into the various options you have for custom business cards. Make sure that when you hand someone a business card, they'll be sure to remember you.