A waste of money

Every semester, when I start talking about business cards, my students start bringing up all the wacky stuff that they have come across on the internet.  There are a million gimmicks out there for business cards right now, and they are all useless.  One of the most important things to remember with a business card is that it needs to be cheap to produce so you can hand them out like candy.  If you spend a lot of money on a business card, you will be less likely to hand them out.  If only the "important people" get your card, then you are shooting yourself in the foot.

Below are some of the stupid ideas people have used for business cards:

Overly die-cut card is overly die-cut.  Imagine trying to pull this out of your wallet. 

Metal cards are cool looking, but waaay too expensive

Business card made of meat.  Not useful at all.  I can't imagine eating it.