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I have been asked about business cards and Where’s George.
BUSINESS CARDS
I still do collect business cards. I just have had a lot go on and haven’t got to keep up with it. I do hope that I will get back to counting the new business cards I have received over the last year I believe or so. So be patient with me and you will soon start to see my total of business cards start to increase on my blog. I keep my total there on the side bar of this blog. So please keep the business cards coming into me. If you include an E-mail address with the cards I personal send you an E-mail saying thank you for the business cards you have given me. I appreciated any and all business cards that you send!
WHERE’S GEORGE
I have gotten behind in doing Where’s George too over the last year. Lack of internet access is one reason why. Plus, lack of carrying cash. For those who are reading this blog entry and asking, What is Where’s George? Where’s George is a Web site where you can track your US Currency. (www.wheresgeorge.com). I do hope to be able to start to EMS again. EMS if you don’t know what that means is Enter, Mark and Spend! So if you see a bill marked for Where’s George, enter it! You never know, it could be one of my bills. But, if not, you will be making the day of some happy Georger (a person that uses Where’s George). I also hope to be able to start going back to some of the Where’s George gatherings. I am sorry I missed this past Knoxville gathering.
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Filed Under Business Cards, Media & News
According to the Vancouver Sun, a drug arrest was made using business cards. Can we say some stupid criminals handed out business cards to high school students. The smart students turned them in and led the the arrest of two men. (READ THE FULL STORY!).
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I while back I posted a blog entry about “The OvernightPrints.com and ShoeMoney’s Business Cards for Life Contest.” (VIEW THAT ENTRY) The winner is Chiwun Smith. They had over 470 entries for this contest. As I mentioned in the previous post about this contest, I didn’t have time to design and submit and entry. The winning design is a nice design. Very interesting, I wouldn’t have come up with that one. VIEW THE WINNING DESIGN!.
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Filed Under Business Card Tips, Business Cards, Facebook, Tips, Twitter, Web site, Work, graphic design
Creativity is the key to keeping a small business flourishing in tight economic times. And while creativity will make your business grow stronger, there are also other free tools and opportunities small businesses should use to their advantage.
Many resources are available for small business owners to develop a plan for success, says “Mr. AllBiz” Steve Strauss, author of “The Small Business Bible.” He shares some of his tips here:
Make your small business appear big.
You might not have a huge warehouse or more than a dozen employees, but you can still give your business the professional appearance of one 10 times your size. First impressions are important. Print some professional-looking business cards and pass them out, design a great logo for your company and put that logo on a sign where everyone can see it.
Smart business planning
Develop a Web site, and see if you can get it linked to your community’s Chamber of Commerce or city Web site. Join social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn to broaden your network of people who know who you are and what you do.
Get free help.
Organizations like the Small Business Administration and SCORE “Counselors to America’s Small Business” exist to provide assistance. They can give you help specifically tailored to your business. Also, retail organizations are creating tools for small business owners to find additional resources. For example, Office Depot has created “The Survival of the Smartest” Web site as part of its Small Business Self-Bailout Plan.
Included on the site at www.TheSurvivalOfTheSmartest.com, are weekly videos with smart tips, special product and service offers, small business resource tools, up-to-date news provided through feeds from small business Web sites and blogs, promotions specifically for businesses and expert advice on topics like how to connect your wireless network, how to save money while greening your office, information security and more.
Focus on your X Factor.
Recognize what you do and why you do it, and then research your competition. When you discover the factor that makes your business better and different from the competition, learn how to focus and multiply that “X Factor” to achieve success.
If you have a smart survival strategy that has helped your small business get through these tough times, you can enter the Office Depot Adopt a Small Business Contest. The company will recognize 500 small businesses nationwide for their smart survival strategies and award them each with more than $2,000 in Office Depot gift cards, tech support for a year and copy, print and shipping services. That’s $1 million in bailout money available. To enter, upload an original 2-minute video starting June 1 that explains the smart things your business is doing to survive these challenging times to TheSurvivalOfTheSmartest.com.
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If you need business cards, graphic design or even a Web site designed up, feel free to contact Stevez Designz. Stevez Designz is my freelance graphic design, photography and Web design business.
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Filed Under Business Card Tips, Business Cards, Tips, graphic design
Could color be the secret ingredient to helping your business survive in a down economy? Yes, according to a study on color and its impact on small businesses conducted by Xerox and International Communications. It found that color has a strong ability to attract new customers, make companies appear larger, increase customers’ memory retention and make marketing collateral and presentations more effective.
Leslie Harrington, Ph.D., director of the Color Association of the United States, has teamed up with color experts from Staples, Inc. to offer these tips to help companies make smart color decisions:
1. Know Your Audience: Research which colors are associated with specific emotional responses or meanings. For example, purple is often used to convey prestige, while green is seen more as a neutral color. Red is symbolic of leadership and strength; yellow is seen as intellectual and innovative. The color orange is vibrant, which is why it’s often used to represent cleaning products.
2. Present in Color: Color is the fastest and strongest touch point with people. According to the study, 90 percent of small businesses surveyed believe customers remember presentations and documents better when color is used. Other research shows that 60 percent of customers base their purchasing decision on color.
Research also reveals that readers decide whether to read or reject pamphlets and direct-mail pieces in just 2.5 seconds, and that 55 percent of people are more likely to pick up a full-color piece of direct mail first. Color can help keep your materials out of the junk mail pile.
Color also increases readers’ attention spans and recall by 82 percent and makes an impression that is 39 percent more memorable than black and white.
3. Get Creative: Some companies select nontraditional colors for their products to get customers’ attention. Think about how you can differentiate a specific product or service with bold, out-of-the-ordinary uses of color to make them memorable.
4. Less Is Often More: Color is a powerful way to communicate, so be careful not to overdo it. Use one key color and a few accents. Simple, strong color messages can keep your brand memorable. Work with no more than three colors to keep things clean and concise.
To give businesses innovative ways to bring projects to life through color, Staples offers a wide range of color printing services for everything from business cards to proposals as well as Xerox-trained color experts and Xerox equipment at 1,500 Copy & Print Centers in stores nationwide.
For more information, visit www.office.xerox.com and www.staples.com/copyandprint.
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If you need business cards, graphic design or even a Web site designed up, feel free to contact Stevez Designz. Stevez Designz is my freelance graphic design, photography and Web design business.
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What person wouldn’t want business cards for life? Now you have a chance to get business cards for life. OverNightPrints.com, a company I have used to print business cards that I have designed before in the past, is running a contest. You get to be the designer of Jeremy Schoemaker, Mr. ShoeMoney will carry with him on his travels. This contest ends soon! So get creative with designs. I wonder if someone I know will win? I would like to enter the contest, but at this present time, I don’t have the extra time to come up with a design, but it would be a great prize: Business Cards For Life. If anyone enters this contest let me know you did. Don’t show me the design, just mention I entered it. If you were the winner, please let me know too. The winner should be selected on June 26, 2009. Good luck to whom ever may win this wonderful prize. Please be sure to tell your friends that might be designers, they might like to have this challenge.
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Filed Under Business Cards, Famous Business Cards, Vols
Below are a couple baseball coaches from the University of Tennessee.
Todd Raleigh, current Head Baseball Coach
Rod Delmonico, former Baseball Head Coach
I am concerned about privacy. That is why I blur out any contact information on business cards I use on my blog.
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Filed Under Business Cards, Famous Business Cards, World Trade Center
Huffman Aviation (Venice Flying Service) business card
I have one business card that will be a part of history (pictured above). I have the business card from the flight school that was known to train the terrorist that flew into the Wold Trade Center Twin Towers on September 11, 2001. Huffman Aviation (Venice Flying Service) later closed down. I got this business card from a fellow collector that lived down by the flight school.
Triple Diamond Jet Center was the company that purchased Huffman Aviation in 2003.
We shall not forget!
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Filed Under Business Cards, Die-Cut business cards, Pop-up business cards
Below are some die-cut and some pop-up business cards that I have in my business card collection. Generally speaking, most die-cut and pop-up business cards are more expensive, because it requires a special score or cut to make them.
DIE-CUT BUSINESS CARDS
Circle Die-Cut business card
Light Bulb magnetic business card
House magnetic Die-Cut
Triangle Die-Cut business card
Shirt Die-Cut business card
POP-UP BUSINESS CARDS
A photo of a Semi-truck Pop-up Business Cards
I am concerned about privacy. That is why I blur out any contact information on business cards I use on my blog.
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