The fact that your business card can be a very efficient marketing tool is ignored by many. Reinvent all your business cards and transform them from a mere piece of paper into a promotion instrument.
Read on to discover 30 ways to use your business cards. ... full article

You've had one thousand of the finest, most eye-catching business cards printed. Now, what do you do with them?
Networking with business cards is one of the most cost effective means of marketing your business--and yourself.
Get those business cards out!

Don't leave them sitting in the box, they do you no good there. Get them into the hands of your prospects! If you think of your business card as a mini-billboard, you'll realize that you need people to see it in order for it to be effective. Here are a few ideas to get you started... ... full article

Now that you've had colorful new business cards printed, and have been distributing them diligently, what do you do with the cards you collect from other people?

If you're like most people, you have a stack of rubber-banded cards floating around your desk. Or you have been using them as bookmarks, toothpicks, and used gum wrappers and they are all over your office, car, wallet and purse ? But that doesn't help you build your business.

Without a good filing system, the information on those cards is useless. So clean out your desk and develop a system for prioritizing, managing, and following up with those contacts. ... full article