"Business cards?" I'm sure you're thinking. "Why do women who stay home with their children need business cards?" I heard about this idea a while ago, and I thought it was a great one. Whenever you meet someone new, someone that you would like to reconnect with later, you just hand them one of your cards instead of hunting for something to write with and something to write on. "What a great idea!" I thought. The only problem is that I rarely meet new people since the church to which we belong is rather small.
Now that we're moving, however, I thought it was time to revisit this idea. Instead of writing down my new Florida address umpteen times to give to people who want it (assuming that anybody does!), I can just hand them a card. After we move, and I start (hopefully!) meeting people at our new church, I can hand them a card with all of our contact information on it, too. How easy!
What information do I have on my "business" card? Here's my list:
- All of our names -- just in case people forget
- Our address -- mostly for our old friends who might want to send us some snail mail (hint, hint!)
- My email address -- my email address seems to be the permanent one in our family. Also, email is my preferred method of communication, so this information will be good for our new friends (I hope!).
- My blog address -- I included this information mostly for our old friends who may want to keep up with us after our move.
- Our phone number -- obvious reasons
I don't plan to show you a picture of my card because I don't want most of this information posted out there on the internet...even though I know most of it already is. But I think you get the idea.
I got my cards from VistaPrint because they offered free business cards. Of course, I still had to pay for shipping and handling which was a little more than $5. But since I will receive absolutely nothing if you order your own from VistaPrint, I really don't care where you order yours from, if you order any.
So, if you have to write down your personal information very often, you may want to think about getting your own set of "business" cards.
What do you think?
I just discovered on MoneySavingMom that you can get 100 free black and white business cards at Staples. Here's the coupon.
3 comments:
Yes,I agree! Great idea! I have "mommy cards". With the boys startingto school they are becoming quite handy! :) Have a great day! Blessings!
This is a great idea! I'm going to tuck it away for future use. ~Nikki
Good idea Nikki. We meet many people through various homeschool social groups (play-dates, ect) and I almost always forget their information. My husband could print some for me for free since we have all the supplies here already (He's in the printer business). I like the idea of "mommy cards", I just never thought of it :)
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