SkillsUSA Officer Meeting

Wednesday, Morning

Volunteers, Fields of Faith

Business Cards

Business cards are cards bearing business information about a company or individual.

They are shared during formal introductions as a convenience and a memory aid.

What are business cards?

A business card typically includes the ◦ giver's name ◦ company affiliation (usually with a logo) ◦ contact information ◦ street addresses◦  telephone number(s)◦  fax number◦ e-mail addresses ◦ website

What do they contain?

In the old days business cards performed a simple task◦ To inform people of your name◦ Business◦ Address◦ Phone number

Old Days

3.5 × 2 in

89 × 51 mm

Standard Cut Size

3.5 inches

2 in

ches

Since around 2000, they include a website and/or e-mail address

NOW?

Abnormal

is a file format standard for electronic business cards

Attached to e-mail messages can be exchanged in other ways on the Web Now they contain photographs, and even

audio clips!

vCard

Barcode

CD-ROM Business cards◦ Presentations◦ Movies◦ Audio

Setbacks?◦ Don’t fit in slot insert drives

Other formats

If your business is not on◦ Facebook◦ Twitter◦ YouTube◦ Linked In

Web 2.0

What’s going to

happen???

http://www.abnormalmarketing.com/2010/10/social-media-mobile-business-cards/

Mobile Business Cards