U-Printing contacted me and asked me if I would like to giveaway business cards to my readers. Why yes I would indeed. There will be 2 winners and each winner will receive 500 business cards.
There are so many more ways of using business cards these days than just for giving out your business information. Do you have a blog? Design a business card with your blog information and include your URL, email address and a little bit about what your blog is about. Put them in your purse and hand them out to friends and anyone you meet. Leave them at the library and on restaurant tables. If you run giveaways on your blog, and send out prizes, put them in the packages you send to the winners.
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How to Enter:
To get one entry: leave a comment below giving another idea of how you would use 500 business cards.
To get a second entry: write a post on your blog linking back to this giveaway post and linking back to www.uprinting.com
Please make sure you leave your email address when adding a comment or I will not be able to contact you if you win.
Rules: This giveaway is open worldwide but shipping costs will only be paid for US and Canadian residents. All other locations get free product, but must pay shipping. Ends on Friday, May 22, 2009. The 2 winners will be randomly chosen and contacted via email. The winners have 48 hours to respond to my email. Please make sure you check your junk mail folder. Winners will also be posted on Sweeties Sweeps.
I would use them to giveaway at the conferences I go to but I used to use them as a seller on ebay. I would include them in the item they bought from me:)
Another idea of how 500 business cards could be used is….A mommy card…How many times do moms write down there childrens name and phone to give to another mom to schedule a play date?? I do it all the time. I would get a business card that states mommy to and name your children and then put your name and contact information. Thank you Ana
I want to give business cards to my mom. She continually is trying to raise money for different charity events and I feel this would help her professionally.
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I would love a set for myself. My blog is not established at all but I would love to further develop that, and having the business cards will allow me to network in my community. Interestingly, I had designed some free business cards for my Stepdaughter, who has Aspergers & PDD, and this made it so much easier to pass out at church and her group meetings, and got people to read her blog. So, I saw first hand that it was a great tool!
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Perhaps one of the best yet potentially least creative ways to use business cards is for self-promotion in a job hunt. The business card could link back to your simple website. The website could then include an online resume, accomplishments, pictures of past successes, links to any professional blogs, etc…that a person has. The added bonus to this strategy is that it allows the person to have a professional email address, as opposed to [email protected] or yahoo.com or whatever.
My wifes massage business is very card intensive and always needs a down to earth card of different types, networking with other massage therapists is a must.
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I would use them to advertise my daughter’s new Virtual Assistant business!
I would use them as mini-resumes. As a Landscape Architect, most of my work is very artistic. One side of the card could be different (mini) examples of past projects and the other side could have contact information. This would be very helpful especially in this job market.
I would use it for networking–personally & professionally! [email protected]
I would use them to make 500 miniature paper airplanes.
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Hello, I recently lost my job after 10 years. I have started my own business and would like to enter this contest to help me promote my new business. [email protected]
I just started a new job so I would start givin’ them away!
I’d use them to promote my new small crafts project business making dog jackets and other cool stuff for dogs.
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I would put my emergency contact info for me, my husband, and mom to give to my teachers kids or friends moms. It would be great for overnight or long distant field trips, or sleepovers to have all of that info handy to give out.
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I would use them to promote my tutoring service at a college university; this is helpful as I am self-employed
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I would actually have these done for my soon to be fiancee. She is starting her own business, which has been her dream since she was a little girl. Its finally coming to fruition, and these would be the cherry on top.
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I would use them to place in the fish bowls at restaurants to try and win more free stuff
I would use them to network with some of the students who show ambition in my classes. Fall is my last semester before I get my BS and I have met some people who would make great connections.
I could really use these right now! I sent most of mine out for Swag Bags for BlogHer and now I have some prizes to mail out but I don’t have enough cards per envelope. I would use them as networking tools!
I would use them for an internet business my husband and I are starting up involving swim teams. We go to lots of meets with our kids anyway, and handing out cards could be a great thing!
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I would use them for my business of permanent cosmetics/ paramedical scar tattooing. I am always meeting with doctors,consulting with them and business cards are a must!
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I would use the business cards to let people know that my dog, Oliver, is a certified pet therapy dog. Oliver and I visit nursing homes together and he spreads his pug joy to everyone.
Denise
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I would use them to promote my abstracting business that I just started.
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Wendy, if I win, I would use the business cards to find a job! I thought this might be a more creative way for people to remember me! LOL Thanks for this opportunity!
Barb in Jax FL
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