Business Card Design, Marketing and Printing Tips

It's about time we celebrated this humble marketing powerhouse. "Build Your Business with Business Cards Week" is both a great opportunity to examine existing cards for effectiveness, and a great excuse to mingle and exchange cards!

On this web page (and elsewhere on the site) you'll find articles, ideas and information to help you revitalize your cards and/or plan events for Business Card Week.

Promotional Freebies/Downloads
The following resources are free for your use, as long as none are altered in any way and any resource information, if given, is included and kept intact.

Share these with your friends - they'll thank you for it!

• Business Card Critique:
  Gather your friends, print out copies of our "Business Card Critique Checklist", and get some honest feedback on the effectiveness of YOUR business card.
  
  
• Article: "Business Card Design in 9 Easy Steps"
  Printable file; permission granted to use at meetings/gatherings. 
   
• Play "Business Card Bingo"
  If you're looking for an enjoyable way to meet new people or renew acquaintances at your next business function, why not play "Business Card Bingo"?

  The name is actually somewhat misleading, since no one actually calls out numbers or columns. Instead, a card which RESEMBLES a bingo card is given to each player. The particular card I designed has 16 squares. (Download sample as PDF file. This is suitable for printing on your own card stock or heavy paper. Two should fit side-by-side on 8.5 x 11 paper in landscape format.)

  Guests mingle for a designated time period and try to find people who have business cards with the characteristics mentioned on the playing board. They can either have the person with the card initial the space, or collect cards as proof. (If you do it that way, be sure to tell attendees in advance to bring plenty of cards.)

  Give a prize, if you'd like, to whoever completes the board first, or who fills in the most squares. It's also easy to personalize this game. Ask people to find someone from each department in your company, for example, or from each office in your state.

  This is a fun way to encourage people to mingle outside their usual circle of acquaintances, and is appropriate year-round.

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More Ideas:

• Get business cards made for your employees.
  
  
• Start (or join) a Business Card Exchange club.
  
  
• Have a customer appreciation contest; when they bring in one of your business cards, they're entered in a prize drawing.
   
  
• Redesign your company card.
  
  
• Order personal cards.
  
  
• Call everyone in your Rolodex or card file.
  
  
• Set a goal of giving out 100 cards this week.
   
  
• Read a book or special report about using business cards.
  
  
• Join the International Business Card Collector's Club
  
  
• Organize your cards.
  
  
• Buy a new business card case or business card holder.  Great ideas on this page. 
   

Contact me with your ideas and offers - and let me know if and how you're celebrating!  Would also welcome any publicity or mentions of Business Card Week on your website, blog or in your ezine.