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Using Business Cards
Does it help your business a lot to use business cards? Do you leave several in various places of business or just hand them to people you meet?
I have ordered some business cards but haven't received them yet. I'm not sure how I intend to used them. How do you distribute your business cards? Are they worth the expense? |
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Ozzie,
How you use them really depends upon what line of work you're in. They're great to include in sales proposals, etc... Even better to have on you when you meet someone who is a potential networking connection.... And best of all to hand to people who will be able to give to their friends. For example, I recently moved and had such an incredibly great experience with the realtor, I asked him to give me a stack of his cards. I always carry 3 or 4 with me, just so I can pass one along to anyone I meet in the area who says they're interested in buying or selling a house. |
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ozzie
Distributing business cards is a bit like standing at the edge of a pond and tossing a pebble in. You never know where the ripple will contact the shore. Everyone wants to be "in the know". Let's use an example to illustrate. You are at a convenience store. You give the clerk a business card. At some point the clerk is in a situation where someone is talking about the product you sell. Wanting to be "in the know" the clerk takes out your card and says, "Hey, I have a friend who does that." Business cards are inexpensive. Leave one everywhere you go. You never know where it will turn up. Best of luck in your selling efforts.
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You can never get what you want until you help others get what they want http://www.masteringselling.com |
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To All
While replying to Ozzie about business cards I was reminded of a story I heard years ago. Do not know I can vouch for the validity but it makes an interesting point. The story goes that Tom Monhan, founder of Domino's pizza, worked at the Detroit Tiger baseball games as a vendor. Before he opened Domino's the story says he ordered 50,000 business cards with the name Domino's Pizza, a logo and a phone number. According to the story he went to the upper deck and started throwing handfuls of these cards into the stands below. The rest is history. |
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I know that many salespeople hand their cards out to anyone and everyone but that's not for me. |
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what do you think of postcards? as a form of publicity...? instead of busiiness cards.
the only thing is..is that you cant fit them in your wallet...:S |
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Using Business Cards
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If you were going to mail the postcards it could be pretty expensive. I always look at the back of postcards to see what it's all about. I think it would be an effective advertising campaign.
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