A business card is a small piece of paper that is professionally designed for members of a company in order to introduce themselves to their business partners. Though there is no fixed layout for a business card, you can freely make a unique one to impress your customers. Below is a standard layout for a professional business card that is widely used:

1. Size: the popular dimensions of a business card is 3.5 inches x 2 inches.
2. Content: A business card must have the following information: logo, tagline, names of the company and the card owner, position of the owner, contact information of the company and the card owner, illustration, etc.
3. The Color Scheme: It is often the brand color scheme.
4. The Fonts/Typography.

Besides what should be on a standard business card in order to professionally present a business or a member of that business, there are also things that should not be included as well. All of that information will not only negatively affect the image of the card owner, but the business reputation as well. Here are some unnecessary information to put on your business card:

1. Outdated contact information
2. The typos and misprints
3. Too tiny or unreadable prints
4. Too much distracting visual content
5. Too harsh color schemes
6. Weird design/illustrations
7. Private information

Of course. For a very long time, a business card has been a formal way for a business or a person to introduce themselves to their business partners in a face-to face meet up. In a higher level of meaning, exchanging business cards has become a tradition in every professional meeting in many countries for it represents the meaning of a successful cooperation between businesses. And that tradition is maintained till today.

Nowadays, although online working and meeting has become more popular, business cards still play an important part in communication between people in building, maintaining, and being the most fundamental part in developing the strong relationship between people.

The best colors for a business card are the brand color scheme of the business itself. Each business has its own brand guidelines that includes the brand story, image guideline, logo, typography/fonts, tone of voice, and color scheme. The color scheme that your brand uses must be consistent throughout all promotion activities on every platform and usage. And one of the usages is the business card.

There are many platforms on the internet that enable you to make your own custom business cards. However, a business card is a professional way of representing your brand, you would want to make it as perfect as it should be. So the advice is to hire a professional freelancer designer, who has an exceptional design skill, together with years of experience in the career in order to follow your brand guideline and make you the most stunning one that could leave a good impression right at the first time your business partners receive it.