Welcome to the world of networking. Business cards are the most inexpensive way to get your name out there. They are small, thin, and easy to give out. Your name, contact, website, and slogan tell the prospect all they need to know about you and your business. You can get 500 for less than $60 in colour. This means when you have successfully handed out your 500 cards, that’s 500 people that didn’t know about you before. There’s no telling what this can do for your business. If you try these 39 ideas on a regular, you’ll see more traffic to your website, and more referrals coming your way.
- Post them on community bulletin boards (churches, laundromats, grocery stores, etc)
- Place them in thank you cards, birthday cards, anniversary cards to your clients with your handwritten notes
- Make sure you have more than enough to hand out at networking events
- Attach business cards to all your bags with products
- Place them at the bottom of gifts
- For an event place them in goodie bags to hand out
- Punch a hole in the corner of each business card and attach them to sucker to hand out
- Look for businesses that have a community table where you can place a stack of business cards for their customers to take
- Deliver them to mail boxes
- Before presentations, attach them to each folder
- Make sure you have an electronic copy as your signature of each e-mail
- Use your electronic copy as a banner for your social media platforms
- Place them on windshield wipers
- Place them in bathroom stalls
- Add them to your invoices
- When you are out running errands, use this opportunity to meet new prospects and exchange numbers. Hand out your business card
- Have a card display attached to your car with your business cards
- Attach your business cards to balloons at an event and hand them out
- Keep samples in individual bags with your card in each of them. Get their information in exchange for your samples
- Have a referral system with professionals similar to you but are not your competition. You keep their cards, and they keep yours and together you spread your business
- At networking events have your card in a clear plastic name tag
- At an event, hand out water bottles. Punch a hole in the top right hand corner of your business cards and tie with a string to each water bottle
- Glue your card to clothes pins and pin your card everywhere
- Stick your card onto a magnet and hand them out
- Give a few cards to friends and family to hand out for you
- Ask your good customers for referrals. Give them cards to hand out for you and for every business transaction that comes from a customer, give them a discount.
- Throw a party, hand out your cards to your guests
- Place them in individually wrapped bags with candy and hand them out
- Get mini cards and hole punch them for your customers to add to their key chains
- Canvas to restaurants and small businesses, and introduce yourself and your products
- When you leave a tip, give your business card with a thank you note
- Give your child(ren) to hand out your business cards at events. No one can resist cute children!
- Wear a clear lanyard around your neck at all times with your business card
- Keep business cards in stands on tables or counters from businesses in your area. Make sure you make good connections with these business owners and recommend their business whenever you can
- Place them in books at your library related to your business
- Stick them in free newspapers
- Go door-to-door and introduce yourself with your business cards and products
- Stick them on a hat as a creative way to attract interest to you
- Bring a brightly covered basket of your products in crowded places and when people ask you about them, give them your card
Hope these ideas will inspire you to get out there and meet new prospects! For more information call Jemi Echevarria at (647)785-5851 or e-mail her at jemiechevarria@gmail.com.