Grunge Zebra Print Business Card

This was a fun design.  After creating my Best Zebra Print Business Card Lens, I was itching to create my own zebra print design.

I had used the grunge effect on my lens picture, so I thought it would be fun to use on my business card.  Then I played with the colours a bit until I got a great teal colour.  I used the same colour in my zebra print, then beveled the image with a drop shadow.  I think it looks pretty cool.  I'll play with the colours some more later to get other colours.  I already have a purple one ready to upload.  I think the longest part of this design was choosing my fonts and layout of the text.

Creating a Niche Lens

I've been told that it is a good idea to create a niche on Squidoo.  So what is a niche?  It is a compilation of related lenses that you link together.  I've been told it is good to make 6 linked lenses.

So far, I have made 2 linked lenses in the business card category.  My first was Best Business Cards Online, in which I focused on various occupations and focused my business cards on those occupations.  I noticed that the word top was searched quite often and someone was looking for masculine business cards.  This is the driving force behind my second lens, Top Masculine Business Cards.

It definitely takes awhile to make a niche.  Just one lens takes several hours if not days to make.  I say days, because I am constantly updating my lenses and making changes.  Yes, it only takes hours to make the initial lens, but for it to be a great lens, it takes so much longer.