Business cards are a very good way of advertising a business that you are just getting off the ground or for an old established business.
It is a very inexpensive way of advertising and the cards can be designed and made on a home computer and printed at home or in the office.
The success of these cards depends on the way they are distributed.
It must be an ongoing commitment.
Never leave home without your cards so that at any time you want one, you will be able to produce it.
See every passer by as a potential customer and hand your cards out with diligence.
You must adopt the habit of always leaving a card behind wherever you have been.
Leave it in a conspicuous place where it will be found by someone who is curious enough to pick it up and read it.
You could leave a couple in a restroom.
This is always a good place as there are people continually coming in and going out.
Some one is very likely to pick one up and take it with them.
Every time you go into a store leave a card on the counter or at the cash out desk.
There will be someone that is curious enough to pick it up.
You could possibly be contacting your future good customer.
A good idea is to magnetize your cards.
These magnets can be pasted on the back of the cards by your self to save money.
They now have extra value added to them and fewer people will throw them away.
They will be taken home and put on the fridge to remain for quite a while.
It will now be easier to leave a card behind.
Put them at eye level on metal poles and metal benches.
The wind cannot blow them away and they will remain there for people to read.
If you would rather have a more professional finish to your cards you can always start having them professionally printed.
This will cost a bit more but could give a much better finished product.
The printer could use paper with a different texture and different colors and this could make a huge difference to them.