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 Post subject: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 12:40 pm 
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How Valuable are Your Business Cards?

This article about business cards values found from a blog by Christina Wilkinson. So i have decided to share this very useful article here.

Here are some great tips on making your business card invaluable:

1. Read the News! When someone you don't know gets a promotion, why not send them a greeting card congratulating them and be sure to include your business card.

2. Follow Ups. So you've met a possible client for a meeting. Don't wait weeks to follow up. Send a card thanking them for their time and be sure to include your business card. You never know if they lost yours and haven't been able to contact you or they just might pass your card along to someone who might use your service.

3. Business cards are like candy. Give your business card out to anyone and everyone who will take one, including family and your friends. You should carry at least 25 cards on you at all times.

4. Give and receive graciously. When you give a business card be sure to always ask for one in return. Look over all business cards you receive in person to make the person feel important. The more important they feel, the more apt they are to remember you.

5. Is Your Company Hiring? Instead, of taking this verbal approach, why not find out if your business card can be passed along to the HR department or given to somebody in that company for a referral. Most people are more than happy to pass along your information if you ask nicely.

6. Seize the moment. Mainly because you never know when you'll meet someone who wants your services. Don't discount those boring events filled with family and friends. They have jobs and know people who might need you.

7. Volunteer! Job fairs and conferences aren't always where you get clients. Especially if everyone there is trying to do the same thing with the same type of work. So make yourself more valuable by volunteering for an event or to work at a place where you help others. These are great places to pass out your business cards and gain automatic trust.

8. Don't be afraid to be different. Forget calendars, mortgage interest and tip calculators. When you get your business card designed, why not try something that hasn't been done in your field? Just don't go overboard; you just want your card to be memorable, not tacky. Some great ideas are: talk to your local coffee shop and see if you can print a coupon for .50¢ off a cup of coffee. The coffee shop just signs off on the business card and invoices you monthly. It brings them business and makes people keep your cards. Be creative!

9. Advertise when you pay your bills. When you receive an invoice from a company they sometimes come with ads in them, so why not reciprocate. Put a business card in every bill you've just paid and are mailing out. Not all companies use people to open bills so this is a hit and miss. But you just never know.

10. Last but not least. If you don't have business cards, you can't pass them out. So be sure that business cards are as important as your wallet and everything else you need to remember as you head out the door for your day.

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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Wed Oct 19, 2011 11:00 am 
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Business cards are the most effective and inexpensive way to promote your business. Business cards gives idea to people about their products and services. In other words business cards is identity of your business.






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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 11:48 pm 
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the business card should be simple and attractive and also it is not so colourful but it should be in two to four color because more color on the business card is not attract the customer and also it has all details on it.


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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:44 am 
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Certainly, since web-design is an original field, you’ll desire your business-card to serve-up as a class of small portfolio that shows your skills. You ought to put the similar time and power into designing your business-cards.

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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 10:13 pm 
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Business card are one of the most important tool for enhancing your business. You can reach to your target audience in very efficient way. For that you must be careful about different factor of card design like color combination, design, material used etc.

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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:39 pm 
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Business cards are perfect way to sell yourself. business cards should have all quick information about your business for quick reference.


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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:21 am 
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BizKey wrote:
Business cards are perfect way to sell yourself. business cards should have all quick information about your business for quick reference.


The biggest debate that I have never known up to date is the perfect size for a business card and the right orientation.
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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
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Thanks for the tips stevedecent! I feel like business cards are very important to anyone in a business and as a consumer I love grabbing business cards so I have a reference of who I talked to and the number to call again. Another thing I have found helpful is to ask local shops if you can swap a group of cards. You display their cards and they display yours, just make sure it’s not a business that’s competing with you.

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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 9:11 am 
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True, business cards do more than convey the information that's printed on the card. A card that's ugly, dirty, printed on perforated paper or full of corrections screams loud and clear that you're an amateur. No matter how many wonderful services you offer, if your card brands you as unprofessional, you lose business. A clean, creative, professionally printed and visually attractive card, on the other hand, conveys a positive first impression that lingers long after your initial meeting.


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 Post subject: Re: How Valuable are Your Business Cards?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 11:04 am 
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You business card must cover all this things:

Allows you to give your details to a potential client, employer, or just someone you want to know better.
More professional than writing it all down.
Allows the recipient to file away for when he may need your services.
Light and compact.
Eye catching cards leave a lasting impression.
They’re mini advertisements

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