How to personal brand yourself through your business cards
I decided that I needed new business cards for my personal use. Sure I have business cards through work but I felt I needed something better when I meet new friends, identified new business opportunities or when I needed people to email me on my personal email, and not the email to the company I work for. After all we don’t work at the same place forever.
I looked around all over internet and I found the most amazing company making business cards, Moo.com. I love their webpage and that everything is very professional. They have ready to go designs and several options to make your business cards just they way you like it. I decided to order the “You can quote me 3” design where I got 50 business cards for £20 including shipping. The cards arrived two weeks later and I was really amazed how good the are. I have used a lot business cards but these are the best ever. Why? Let me give you a list:
- They came in a really practical box that you can see on the picture below.
- The quality of the cards are like a deck of playing cards. They are coated and it gives a quality feeling to the cards. Normally business cards are made of paper and they may look a bit sloppy after a while. These cards look clean and fresh all the time. Even when they have been in my wallet.
- You can have as many different cards as you like. If you look on the pictures below you will notice that the back of the cards are different. This is a great marketing opportunity. I have different quotes but you can have different pictures, graphics, stories, etc. and use it to market yourself or your company better.
- It was really fast and easy to order. It only took me 10 minutes to do everything.
If you are considering to upgrade your business cards I really think you should check out Moo.com where you will get a lot of inspiration and you can either use their design or you can create your own. To brand yourself better make sure that your passion s visualised through your business cards.
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Daniel – thanks for sharing this. It’s a shame that Gartner have rather corporate/lame business cards ;-). If I had it my way, I would do exactly what you’ve done. In fact, I might just create my own personal Mohy Shams branded business cards! Great article – short & to the point.
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Mohy – I think a lot of businesses have lame business cards. They usually choose a paper that is medium quality and then a boring print. The business card is a really good opportunity to market yourself or your company and this opportunity is generally missed. One thing I do with the above business cards is that I let the person I give a card choose which quote he/she likes best. It is different and a little bit of fun.
I think you should get your own cool business cards. You have a great personality and working on your personal brand can help you to be even more successful.
Thank you for liking the article ;-). I really appreciate it.
