I think business cards are a great way to promote yourself and as you say it should contain all the relevant information about you, but it still has to maintain a clean look! Good post.

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Online, your business card is your e-mail and your website. I’m amazed at the number of people who make the same mistakes online that they make off line. Use every available space and opportunity to present yourself they way you wish to be seen.

I always put a link to my website in the signature link in my e-mails. I include my name, phone number and links to relevant websites. I actually have a separate signature link for every website that I own and I use the appropriate one sent from Outlook using the appropriate account depending on who I am sending an e-mail to. In essence, Outlook is my “one size fits all” business card.

If you carry business cards, I recommend putting a tag line or USP (Unique Selling Proposition) on it and using the back of the card. When you give it someone, give it to them with the back of the card showing (or upside down), so that they have twist it around in order to look at it. It’s a small way to grab their attention without being obvious about it.

Great post Jon!

Excellent post. Here is what I do to add to the power of my business card, which has information on both sides. I make sure when I give a busines card, I get one in return. And then the next day I send the card’s owner a “great to have met you” note and invite them to join me for coffee. To me, business cards are less about getting work today than about building relationships that deliver work tomorrow.