Biz Cards (freelance)
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- Corvo2
Do you have any strategy associated with their dissemination apart from the obvious hand-to-hand presentation?
As in... forgetting some in certain spots (a bit trashy?), throwing them at people in pubs, etc? Littering the streets? Physically spamming mailboxes? Gluing them on people's furry coats?
I never did any of the above, so I have no idea what gets you more return.
- monospaced0
when a hot girl bends over I like to slip one in her coin slot
you'd be surprised how much business we get with this method
- round edges then, I ponder?Corvo2
- That's how I got the job from your MOmz.peezum
- you spelled "penis" wrongscarabin_net
- monospaced0
- Paper cuts.Jnr_Madison
- I thought low-waist jeans were discontinued and not fashionable any more?Corvo2
- ewwwHurley
- beforeHurley
- dropdown0
I used to collect peoples cards and keep them on me until I had to poo in a public restroom. When I was done, I'd stick the card in the bit sticking out of the water, and not flush.
- MSTRPLN0
- 100 bucks well spent. f pockets!baseline_shift
- lol. unfortunately I live in the woods. I might just append some to some chestnuts.Corvo2
- hahahahahahaMeeklo
- Corvo20
Given my whereabouts I guess I'll just stick them on a wood log with a fluorescent pin haunting all of these man-forgotten wilds.
- ideaist0
Simply have a card you're proud of... carry it in a monogrammed case... and hand it out at the end of enthralling conversations with individuals you feel you'd like to work with in any capacity... you only get one first impression...
- http://www.michaelle… <- the two sides of my card actually form the building blocks to my site...ideaist
- It's not quite done... ; )ideaist
- This is good.Corvo2
- Thanks pimp... been q while in the works... and my brand has developed since college days...ideaist
- I mean, your idea about cards is good, and your site is very good also.Corvo2
- Dancer0
"Do you have any strategy associated with their dissemination"
Fuckin'ell that's a new way of putting it.Normally I give them out at meetings, or when I meet people who are interested in what I do, sometimes a mate wants my contact details. I never use it as a marketing tool, afterall, it's a business card...
- I understand. The notion of a personal card does not cope with a marketing tool, else risking loosing it's character.Corvo2
- jamble0
I got 500 cards 2 1/2 years ago and I've given out about 20 in that time and I find I'm using the rest of them as roaches in my roll up cigarettes.
Money well spent.
- <^ That was my question. If you print, say, 300, 500, how many are you keeping still?Corvo2
- I screen printed 250 on a nice cotton stock; they are each 50-75 cents so I treat them well...ideaist
- + I always receive compliments on the printing method / stock from people I end up working with...ideaist
- I see it as testing the waters of people's general appreciation for design/taste; online and offline...ideaist
- That's fair reasoning, all right.Corvo2
- digdre0
go sit somewhere, look around, and after a while, think again where you looked at the most... some spot on the table, the wall, .. and go stick some there.
also, place some on things people use.. like on a restaurants toilet... or on peoples car
- Corvo20
@Dancer.
I work on small gigs/projects presently. Design is not my first profession nor a full-time freelance gig. So my idea was to turn the business card into a representation of my engagement (which cannot be too big at the moment).
I'm working on Training right now, but design driven. After I complete this project I'm working on, I'll have a full EU recognised training model that can be applied to a company of my own.
At present, I'm just gathering assets and exposure, and trying to encompass a multidisciplinary work model that will answer to certain outputs (which I cannot give details right now). Broadly, it involves learning and publishing and some other surprises.
It looks a bit foggy right now when I explain it, but there is a plan I'm working on.
My main purpose is to devise a structure independent enough that doesn't need any State or bank support. As you may know, that's not that easy in mainland EU.
- Dancer0
Which is all fine Corvo but I believe that (for a designer) you should not rely on your 85x55mm card to market your business, this is what a website is for. Clients do not want to see you squeeze a message on just to fulfill your entire misson and output.
If you want to do a small piece of marketing, create a concertina or a small leave behind , don't just rely on your card for the sake of cost and usability.
Less is certainly more in this case.
I currently print my own business cards, TBO I should get them done professionally really as I have been a freelance for 3 years, but I only give out a handful every year. Mind you I have never actively gone seeking for work
- Hurley0
- AfterHurley
- That's not sexy - not even in an afterworld.Corvo2
- muffin topuberdesigner
- Corvo20
Hearken, Dancer. Thank you.
- Dancer0
*googles Hearken
I now know what you mean. Learn something new every day.
:)
- Corvo20
None such. Thanks for your in-sight.
- Scotch_Roman0
I wonder if tacking them to bulletin boards in coffee houses would yield results. Haven't tried that one yet.
- tack them to people in coffee houses insteadscarabin_net
- guaranteed impressionsscarabin_net
- scarabin has a much more down to earth approach.Corvo2