Social media is everywhere now. From schoolkids to grandparents, everyone documents their lives on it, and most of us spend more time than ever on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok — sometimes hours a day.
For a small business, social media is a direct line to a huge pool of potential customers. The trick is making yourself easy to find. That's why putting social media icons on your business card is such a low-effort, high-return move: one glance and people can jump straight to your accounts.
Here's how to add those icons to your card without any fuss.
Where to get social media icon files
The hardest part for most people is finding a high-resolution icon — though for those of us in print and design, it's no great challenge. We recommend Flaticon for social media icons: downloading the 512px PNG is free. Just type the name of the platform into the search bar and you'll find the icon ready to grab.
If you need an SVG vector file instead, you can pay to download it or become a member for extra perks.
Adding social media icons to your card
Once the icon is downloaded, the next step is placing it on the card. If you work in Adobe Illustrator, simply drop the PNG into your file and add the text. But if all you have is a JPG or PDF of the card, you'll need an online tool to help.
Using Canva, the online design tool
If you'd rather design your card in Canva, take a look at our guide, Design Your Own Cards: Using Online Tools to Create Print-Ready Files. If you've used Canva before, you can drop both the icon and your card image straight in and be done — the whole thing takes under five minutes.
How social media helps your business
It opens up more conversations
On social media you can post plenty of content tied to your company and your industry. That not only lifts your brand image, it also shows customers how well you know your field. People take a social post far better than a hard sell — nobody wants to be marketed at every single day. When a post genuinely resonates, the conversation opens up on its own.
It's easy to get people talking
In the past, all we had was printed flyers — and as you know, a flyer only goes so far; sparking real word-of-mouth was a long shot. A social post, by contrast, spreads easily: one tap and it's shared. For a business, all you really have to do is get the content right.
Multi-channel promotion is the future
Every company is pouring effort into being online these days, and standing out among countless social accounts is no easy task. To leave a lasting impression, pair offline print with your online push to amplify the whole campaign — the omnichannel approach the market has been championing as "Retail 5.0".
Ready to put those icons on a real card? Order your business cards with Printing Banana — we deliver across Hong Kong and Macau, and you can WhatsApp us any time at +852 3001 5678 (English is fine).