visiting card
Formal name paper
A visiting card is a small card bearing a person's name and sometimes address or title, presented when calling on someone or left as a record of having visited.
The practice belongs to formal social customs of the 18th and 19th centuries: She left her visiting card with the butler.
Now largely replaced by business card in professional contexts.
Prescribed conduct rules
- decorumFitting social conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- social codeInformal behavioral expectations
convention · manners · formality · respectability · refinement · tactfulness · graciousness · social custom
One issued plastic
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- seniorityRank from length of service
- faceHead's anterior surface
People you know professionally
- connectionsRelationships between things
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
- tradeshowsIndustry product exhibitions
- seminarsStructured educational discussions
meetups · referrals · introductions · handshake · prospects · clients · outreach · alumni networks
Identifying word for someone
- titleFormal honorific or name
- professionTrained occupational field
- phoneHandheld communication device
- emailDigital written communication
address · company · credentials · affiliation · designation · contact details · website · QR code
Rigid paper material
- embossedHaving raised design
- engravedCut into surface
- typographyArranging letters for display
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
logo · letterpress · gilt-edged · monogram · paper quality · font · minimalist · elegant
protocol
Prescribed conduct rules
- decorumFitting social conduct
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
social code · convention · manners · formality · respectability · refinement · tactfulness · graciousness · social custom · politeness
cardholder
One issued plastic
- reciprocityMutual exchange of actions
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
- seniorityRank from length of service
contacts
People you know professionally
- connectionsRelationships between things
- conferencesOrganized professional assemblies
- tradeshowsIndustry product exhibitions
seminars · meetups · referrals · introductions · handshake · prospects · clients · outreach · alumni networks · chamber of commerce
name
Identifying word for someone
- titleFormal honorific or name
- professionTrained occupational field
- phoneHandheld communication device
email · address · company · credentials · affiliation · designation · contact details · website · QR code · job title
cardstock
Rigid paper material
- embossedHaving raised design
- engravedCut into surface
- typographyArranging letters for display
layout · logo · letterpress · gilt-edged · monogram · paper quality · font · minimalist · elegant · matte
- correspondenceletters, letter, handwritten letters, family letters, missives
- desk accessoriesdesk blotter, desk set, desk pad, desk organizer, letter opener
- Victorian photographstintype, daguerreotype, ferrotype, Victorian portrait, studio portrait
visiting cardcold call
Uninvited sales contact
wave · nod · chance encounter · text message
visiting cardbusiness card
Printed contact information slip
trade card · corporate card · promotional material · advertisement · flyer
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