Are you getting the most out of your cards? Ask yourself:

• Is my business card easy to read? - When a potential client looks at your card can they find your name and phone number without squinting?
   
• Can a potential client find your main phone number on the card? Do you really need all those phone numbers? If you get 1 fax a month, dump the fax number off the card. If you don't have a storefront, consider dropping the street address.
   
• Is the information correct? - Don't cross out and write over on your cards, spend the money and have them reprinted. It makes you look unprofessional.
   
• Should I print on the back of the card? Be careful if you use the back of the card. Many people like to write something about you on the back. Leaving it blank also gives you a spot to write something pertinent or use labels to promote different specials or products.
   
• Is the text readable? If you vary from a white background make sure the text color is still legible. Black letters on blue backgrounds don't make for easy to use cards. And don't use scrolled fonts or italics, both of which can make text difficult to decipher.
   
• Are they standard size? Some people are ordering them just a bit larger, hoping they will stand out. The problem is they don't fit in the standard places people store cards. Be aware. You might do better by having the color "bleed" off the edges so in a stack yours has color instead of plain white on the edge. Ask your printer.
   

So you ordered 1000 cards because it was economical, but now you are wondering what in the world will you do with them? Make it a goal to hand out 100 cards per week and watch your business grow!! Count out 100 cards and carry them with you at all times. Can you be done with them by Sunday? At that rate you will be reordering in less than 3 months!

And don't EVER leave the house without cards. You never know when you will be standing in the middle of a business opportunity.

Following is a list of the many places to leave your business cards. Send us your suggestions and we'll add them on!

1. On bulletin boards in stores, restaurants, coffee shops.
2. In fish bowls at trade shows.
3. Inside the pages of library books for the next user to find 
4. On the tables of fast food restaurants. 
5. Inside magazines at the Dr's offices.
6. In the pouch on the airplane seat in front of mine.

In addition, hand out cards to anyone you meet during the day. Use the blank back to write "Call me" or "Nice presentation" or "Thanks". 

And give them two, one for them and one for them to pass on.

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