Question re Business Cards: What's on yours?

[JerseyGirl]

With a little traction in the Affiliate Marketing front, I’m looking to get a batch of business cards made up. What do you put on them, though, when you can’t identify your website(s)?

NAME
COMPANY
ADDRESS
PHONE
EMAIL

Anything else? Do you have a blurb in there that identifies what you do, specifically (e.g. Affiliate Marketing / SEO/ et al.)

What grabs your attention when someone hands you their business card?

 

[aim]

... when you can’t identify your website(s)?

You don't need identify your personal / marketing websites, but you can put together a corporate site and put that url on your card. JerseyGirlMedia.com or whatever.

What grabs your attention when someone hands you their business card?

I can tell you what doesn't grab my attention:

• Handing me a card as the conversation begins (You may be wasting your time)
• People who talk about themselves first (Show some etiquette)
• Networks who have nothing substantial to offer (You have FlyCell and True? Awesome.)
• The word "Expert" anywhere on the card (No, you're not)

 

[-Bill-]

I can tell you what doesn't grab my attention:

• Handing me a card as the conversation begins (You may be wasting your time)
• People who talk about themselves first (Show some etiquette)
• Networks who have nothing substantial to offer (You have FlyCell and True? Awesome.)
• The word "Expert" anywhere on the card (No, you're not)

Haha, well put AIM

 

[andyt]

Any recommendations on where to go to get business cards? I need to get some made as well!

 

[trigatch4]

VistaPrint has good deals on business cards

If you're wondering what TITLE to give yourself, after a lot of searching, thinking and debating I think PRINCIPAL is the best choice if you're coming from a "Corporate Identify" standpoint.

 

[nachoninja]

doesnt matter whats on your card as long as the words super or uber are present

 

[AdExhibitJason]

doesnt matter whats on your card as long as the words super or uber are present

What about ULTRA.
Can I be Ultra instead.

 

[Sonny Forelli]

I have about 6 sets of cards, the most popular that I use however is really simple:

First Name Last Name
"ridiculously arrogant quote" (ie 'Global Domination' / 'iMarket' / 'real results' etc)

Then in the lower right hand corner email (firstname@lastname.com) and cell phone.

I use these for both personal contacts and business contacts 75% of the time.

They're printed on navy blue stock in gold and are irregularly cut. They stand out. Most every card I've been handed from a celebrity/someone who's in a real position of power/wealth have next to nothing on them, I decided to replicate that and it's worked well.

 

[theNOTO]

They're printed on navy blue stock in gold and are irregularly cut.

Do you have an example? I am not sure what an irregularly cut business card looks like.

 

[ladesignz]

I love overnight prints! Good Quality Cards in my opinion are important as first impressions are everything.

 

[finspin]

Any recommendations on where to go to get business cards? I need to get some made as well!

I've heard good things about moo.com. Never used them though.

 

[kyleirwin]

I love overnight prints! Good Quality Cards in my opinion are important as first impressions are everything.

ditto on overnight prints. their cards absolutely kick ass. feel better than any card i've ever held.

 

[HarveyJ]

This is kind of sad, but the paper stock is what impresses me more than anything else.

Card has a texture to it. That texture gives it a look and feel.
Gloss lamination & Satin Varnish looks cheap, and feels unpleasant to touch, where as something like Papyrus or Cotton paper makes the card look almost like a victorian era calling card AND is pleasant to touch.
For most people, they subconsciously register that pleasing sensation of touch with the card** and therefore the information on the card. It's a very powerful psychological tactic, and I've found it working on me even when I know about it.
A slight perfume to the cards also works very well, provided it's a VERY subtle scent, and it's a natural one.
Men respond especially well to vanilla. Women respond well to the smell of dried leaf matter (apparently... It's a sort of cinammony smell).

I don't use scented cards, but I do use Marble textured paper.

As for what to put on it, I go for stuff like this:

AFFILIATION CASH
Online Marketing & Revenue systems
Harvard Jackson - Division Manager*

email address_____________Phone Number
website____________________Fax Number

*(we like to make up titles for ourselves)
**I got this one from a Rushkoff book. Forgot which one. Probably Coercion
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[erect]

my avatar

 

[nickycakes]

Ok, I used to work for a company that did professional stationery and business cards, so here are some tips for you to follow when making your cards:

Don't get some tacky ass glossy card with graphics on it and bullshit. Keep it simple. Raised thermography print on a good cardstock like Strathmore or a good linen stock look great in white and natural-white(off-white or whatever).

Glossy business cards full of graphics are tacky and unprofessional unless the graphics are like a branded recognizable logo like ebay,ms,etc..

Keep it simple.

I like linen card stock, you can see texture a little in this pic

I debated putting something like Affiliate Marketing on there between my name and my website, but I didn't want to pigeonhole myself, and I occasionally do things other than that.