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Other Added - Networking Your Way to Profit: Part 4; Business Cards Advice for Start-Ups
It is so easy to sit down to complete an application and suddenly your mind blanks. You can't remember dates or names or telephone numbers. If you have a varied work history, you can't recall which job came first. If you have worked for the same employer for years, you forget when your duties changed or when you received a promotion.Do your research on work-related paperwor
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Netwo
Material handling or bulk material handling is a branch of engineering that deals in designing equipments for transporting materials in large quantities in a planned and effective way. In simple terms material handling is all about creating the products that help in moving things from one place to another. However various other tasks such as assembly line management, waste handlin
Provided you’ve got the design and content right (see my article ‘Networking Your Way to Profit: Part 3: Your Hidden Marketing Opportunity’) it can be one of the hardest working marketing weapons in your arsenal.
But only if you use it properly to position yourself.
And that’s where the quality of the card you use counts. It speaks volumes about you and your business.
Start-up business people know they need business cards. But often they go for false economy by using the cheapest methods possible to get their cards organised. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying a fortune should be spent on cards. What I am saying is the card should look like a quality card – no matter where it came from.
Self-Print Cards
The entrepreneur, sole-trader and individual professional sometimes print their own business cards using the many ‘business card’ products available and an inkjet printer. Be careful…
* The cards are often flimsy in order to feed through the printer and consequently give the impression of ‘a business with no experience or history’. Handing these out at business meetings in particular can send out the wrong, damaging message.
* Inkjet printing smudges and runs if it gets wet – again giving a less than favourable impression to the people you want to engage with.
On-line Printed Cards
There are many websites offering free business cards. A selection of designs is available and you can add whatever details you want. The cards are often a good quality weight and feel good to hand out.
There’s just one thing that spoils these for you…
If you are only paying postage the company supplying the cards has to have some means of recompense. And they have… YOU are doing their marketing for them.
They print their website URL on the back of your cards, so every time you hand one out you are advertising their website and, by default, you are also implying you don’t consider your business cards important enough to pay for them.
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Networ
Knowledge is not intelligence. Knowledge is something you obtain after repeatedly performing a skill or being trained in a skill. Knowledge has nothing to do with intelligence. You can have an IQ of 212 but you would never have the knowledge about everything there is to know.But how do you obtain knowledge? Do you read books? Do you watch videos and attend seminars? Do you
Start-up business people know they need business cards. But often they go for false economy by using the cheapest methods possible to get their cards organised. Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying a fortune should be spent on cards. What I am saying is the card should look like a quality card – no matter where it came from.
Self-Print Cards
The entrepreneur, sole-trader and individual professional sometimes print their own business cards using the many ‘business card’ products available and an inkjet printer. Be careful…
* The cards are often flimsy in order to feed through the printer and consequently give the impression of ‘a business with no experience or history’. Handing these out at business meetings in particular can send out the wrong, damaging message.
* Inkjet printing smudges and runs if it gets wet – again giving a less than favourable impression to the people you want to engage with.
On-line Printed Cards
There are many websites offering free business cards. A selection of designs is available and you can add whatever details you want. The cards are often a good quality weight and feel good to hand out.
There’s just one thing that spoils these for you…
If you are only paying postage the company supplying the cards has to have some means of recompense. And they have… YOU are doing their marketing for them.
They print their website URL on the back of your cards, so every time you hand one out you are advertising their website and, by default, you are also implying you don’t consider your business cards important enough to pay for them.
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Netwo
There are a number of different businesses that may want to successfully offer promotional products to their clients of consumers in order to increase consumer loyalty or word of mouth about the company. However, some business owners may be afraid of the cost of this type of investment and they may worry that they will not be able to make up for the overhead that providing these
* The cards are often flimsy in order to feed through the printer and consequently give the impression of ‘a business with no experience or history’. Handing these out at business meetings in particular can send out the wrong, damaging message.
* Inkjet printing smudges and runs if it gets wet – again giving a less than favourable impression to the people you want to engage with.
On-line Printed Cards
There are many websites offering free business cards. A selection of designs is available and you can add whatever details you want. The cards are often a good quality weight and feel good to hand out.
There’s just one thing that spoils these for you…
If you are only paying postage the company supplying the cards has to have some means of recompense. And they have… YOU are doing their marketing for them.
They print their website URL on the back of your cards, so every time you hand one out you are advertising their website and, by default, you are also implying you don’t consider your business cards important enough to pay for them.
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Netwo
Have you been agonizing over how to raise money for your charitable organization? Here are five dependable fundraising ideas:1) Have a car wash. This is one of the cheapest fundraisers to setup because all you need is a busy corner and an ample water supply. Generally, gas stations like taking part in these fundraisers as they benefit in the added customer traffic coming
There are many websites offering free business cards. A selection of designs is available and you can add whatever details you want. The cards are often a good quality weight and feel good to hand out.
There’s just one thing that spoils these for you…
If you are only paying postage the company supplying the cards has to have some means of recompense. And they have… YOU are doing their marketing for them.
They print their website URL on the back of your cards, so every time you hand one out you are advertising their website and, by default, you are also implying you don’t consider your business cards important enough to pay for them.
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Netwo
Business is really easy. If you are not good at it is you can always cheat. If you are worthless human and lack any brains or skill then you can cheat and lie your way to the top. The easiest way to be unethical is to enlist the United States Government to help you. For instance you can use any agency or branch government. First check out the city level government agencies. Code e
If you don’t take your business cards seriously – why should anyone else?
By all means use these sites; they can be very cost effective. But, as a minimum, pay the small amount they ask to remove THEIR website details off the back of YOUR cards.
Of course if you’ve read my previous article: ‘Networking Your Way to Profit: Part 3: Your Hidden Marketing Opportunity’ you know what should really be on the back of your card, don’t you?
Test it for yourself: Close your eyes, and feel your business card. Does it honestly give the impression of quality, professionalism, trustworthiness and integrity?
If it doesn’t, you just might be throwing future sales away when new business contacts get the wrong impression about you.
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