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Business Card Star Makes At-Home Card Printing A Snap
11:00PM Kevin Purdy | Think about the per-card cost of most commercial business card printers, and you’ll likely feel a bit taken. Business Card Star makes designing and printing a professional, eye-catching card at home a viable alternative. More »
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Distinguish Yourself With A Social Calling Card
12:30AM Lifehacker US Edition | While it has been quite some time since anyone has placed gilded calling cards into the hands of waiting butlers when calling upon the home of an acquaintance, the use of social calling cards has become more popular. In their modern incarnation, calling cards offer an alternative to the dry formality of a business card. The Art Of Manliness blog says: During the heyday of calling cards, using a business card for a social purpose was considered bad manners. Today, while business cards are great for making business contacts, they still aren’t really suited for social situations. They probably have your work number and work email, and not much else on them. Think of all the times you meet someone you’d like to see again. Handing them a business card is too stiff and formal. Ditto for simply having them put your digits into their phone. More »How Do You Make Conferences Worth the Trip and Time?
1:45AM Kevin Purdy | We all know that networking can be vitally important, especially for freelancers and those with a bit of salesmanship to their jobs, but gigantic conferences like SXSW Interactive or O’Reilly Emerging Technology can seem like imposing behemoths, and even smaller gatherings can be frustrating if your crowd-working skills aren’t up to snuff—which certainly holds true for your morning editor. There’s always another chance to book a room and pin on a name tag coming up, though, so I turn to our more networking-savvy readers and ask: How do you set goals or keep focused on getting something worthwhile out of your time at conferences and seminars? What kind of must-have goods do you bring? Do you plan to meet certain people ahead of time, or are big gatherings a chance to play it by ear? Let’s hear your advice, war stories, and suggestions in the comments. More »
How to print your own business cards
3:50PM Sarah Stokely | When you run an online business you don’t have much call for business cards – your URL is your business card. However two days before I had to attend a real, live ‘networking’ event I thought I’d better get some business cards organised. Leaving it to the last minute meant that I had to do it myself. Hit the jump to read how I did it.
More » Use a card trick to give away your business cards
1:32PM Sarah Stokely | How To Give Your Business Card – video powered by MetacafeFreelance Switch today has an awesome post showing off a bunch of smokin’ hot business card designs, and as a bonus, they pointed out this video demonstration of a sleight of hand card trick you can use to give away your business cards in a memorable way! Fun stuff.
18 Smokin’ Hot Business Card Designs [Freelance Switch] More » 
