A lot of people think that business cards are no longer important in this age where everyone is on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. But as a business and more importantly as an entrepreneur would be enough to give their social network credentials when you meet a potential client? What you need to do is to accept the new trend and create a social network friendly business cards.
Here are some tips in making your Facebook printing of business cards.
1 Gather all the basic information such as your name, position, address, e-mail address, phone number and your company logo. You can create business cards on your computer, hire a graphic designer or even embrace the Internet, making it yourself online. There is a popular web page just to let you do that is called Moo, a company based in the UK but they ship orders worldwide.
2 To this social network savvy, list down all your social network credentials as your Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn accounts. You can add your own icons, which can be downloaded via the Internet.
3 Now that you have all this information, you can even make your own Facebook printing business cards look more tech savvy adding QR codes. QR code is a bar code that is readable on any mobile device that has a bar code reader program installed and some of them are already bundled with new mobile devices like the iPhone or Android enabled phones. You can easily create your own QR code by going to sites like Kaywa or I-nigma. You only need to submit the URL of your favorite social network account, and presto you now have your own QR code. You can also do a search on Google and find out more information about QR codes and websites where you can create one.
4 You need to decide which of their social networks do you think is the most popular and beneficial to market your brand or business. If you can not choose one over the other if Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn is a place where beauty Moo comes in, they allow you to print double sided business cards which means you can create different sets of business cards with one set for your Facebook account, another set your Twitter account and one for your network account.
5 Make sure you proofread all the basic information on your business cards, and QR code that you create links to your favorite social networks such as your Facebook account.
6 Also add a tag line below the QR code to remind people to scan the bar code with their mobile device.
Now you say you're the proud owner of Facebook friendly business cards and it is something to post to your Facebook profile.
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