bla.st Business Card Directory thing…
If you haven’t seen it yet, bla.st has a business card directory that is a mixture of the business card museuem and Google AdWords. Pretty cool actually.
The premise is this. Upload your business card and people will see it. That’s about it. You can also pay (the AdWords part) to have your business card listed higher. I don’t know how much traffic this thing gets, but in 6 days I have not received 1 visitor from the site!
Pay at your own risk. Oh, here’s the link to my business card at bla.st!
Did I mention how very Web 2.0 this thing is? I don’t know why except that it has bold lines for a background and uses what looks like Arial Rounded for the font!
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Business Card Sells for $560 on eBay!
It is true, a metal business owned by the famous Steve Wozniak sold on ebay for $560. During the auction, “Woz” offered to sign the business card and return it to the new owner. Once the bidding finished, Woz did just as he said, and the new owner now has one of the only, if not the only, metal business card signed by Steve Wozniak.
Then again, he also has one of the most expensive business cards ever sold!
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Metal Business Cards
Metal Business Cards are one of the latest ways to enhance your marketing with business cards. Metal business cards can be shaped and sized any way you want them. You can get double size metal business cards, half size metal business cards, metal business cards with holes, engraved metal business cards and any other type you can imagine.
Another of the benefits of metal business cards is that they stand out prominently to potential business prospects and customers. Customers and prospects are not likely to lose, or forget about you because of your business cards.
Unique business cards are especially useful at trade shows and events where there are competitive companies. Metal business cards help you stand out at events like this. When a customer gets back to the office and pulls business cards out of his or her pocket, yours will be the obvious choice to look at first.
Metal business cards are so visually and physically impressive that many customers will want to know more about the business cards. When they ask, you can tell them you have the contact information at the office and that they can call you anytime and you’ll give them that info. This leads to a very easy, no pressure, first sales contact with your prospect.
Most metal business cards are made from stainless steel with a thickness between 5 mil and 8 mil. Nickel and Chromium help provide a longer life to your business cards with carbon can oxidize (rust).
When deciding between regular business cards and metal business cards, weigh the advantages and disadvantages.
The disadvantages include not being able to write on the back easily. Metal business cards can be difficult to store. Metal business cards can be 4x the cost of a regular business card.
With that said, metal business cards can make your business stand out to consumers. To carry that through, you need to stand out as well!
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Plastic Business Cards
Plastic business cards are a relatively new marketing tool that go great with various marketing styles. The benefits to plastic business cards are the same as most unique business cards.
Plastic business cards will get you noticed. They will get your business noticed, and plastic business cards will create a memorable meeting between you and a potential client. If you are a online company, plastic business cards would do wonders for the marketing of your company.
If you are a design company, you absolutely must have some sort of creative business card, whether it is a plastic business card or a metal business card, uniqueness and creativity are vital. How can you claim to be a cutting edge design company when your business cards look 10 years old?
Most plastic business cards are the same size and thickness as a regular business card. Plastic business cards usually have rounded corners.
Plastic business cards can have multiple colors, including logos, gradients, pictures, gold and/or silver writing, and every color of the spectrum.
Plastic business cards are translucent and are just see through enough to help your marketing message stand out while still offering a unique medium to deliver that message.
If you are looking to enhance your business with a professionally designed and unique presence, look to plastic business cards to provide the physical aspect of the way you see your business heading in the future!
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Chocolate Business Cards
I encountered an interesting business card today. It was made out of chocolate but otherwise looked like a regular paper business card. This chocolate business card made a great impact on me because of it’s uniqueness.
In order to pass this awesome business tool on to you, I have found a company that can print your business card, or logo, or just lettering in chocolate for a small fee. The company is The Chocolate Vault. This isn’t an affiliate link, so please tell them that Business Cards Free sent you!
Here are a couple quick benefits to having some chocolate business cards made for you.
1. They are VERY unique.
Right now, chocolate business cards are unique and can be conversation stoppers. That means that when someone sees a chocolate business card for the first time, they will forget what they were talking about to question the chocolate business card. Eventually chocolate business cards will not be as unique and this benefit will be gone.
2. They are inexpensive.
In terms of promotional pens and other promotional products, chocolate business cards are not very expensive. This benefit will only get better. Eventually more and more chocolateurs will begin making custom chocolate molds and will make chocolate business cards.
3. They are functional.
This one is an obvious one. Chocolate business cards are not only good to look at, but good to eat as well!