So one of the points of going to Conventions and Conferences, regardless of what kind, is to make connections. I think the bloggers have figured out a great way to manage those connections, as far as physical items go. Every blogger comes to a conference prepared with a stack of their own business cards, a one hole punch, and a binder ring. Then, as they receive business cards from their new besties at Conference, they punch a hole in one end and slide it onto the binder ring, maybe making a few notes about the person on their card.
I think this is brilliant. Like a portable, cheap rolodex. Cathe Holden made a great tutorial on how to do this, which inspired me to make the following little tutorial:
materials – business card sized cardstock, Post-It tabs, washi tape, hole punch (doesn’t have to be as cute as mine). Not pictured: binder ring, scissors, pen
printed dividers – I printed a set of 8 business cards using Avery Design and Print online.
attach tab to front – I love these tabs!
label tab – you can also write on the tabs themselves, but you can only use ballpoint pens, I think. The felt tip Flair pens I was using smeared, so I used my handy dandy labeler.
cover back with washi tape
punch hole
covers (2 business cards washi-taped together), pre-made dividers, blank dividers (notice I cut the tabs in half to make finding a particular section easier)
finished book – just thread everything onto a binder ring
I know that the vendors will all have business cards. I know that some of the ladies I meet will have business cards. Business cards are kind of like upscale SWAPs. 🙂
I have already started looking into make some business cards for myself. Cool ones, not boring business-y ones. But not too “out there” either. Ones that will say, “I’m a Girl Scout Leader, I work with girls AND adults, I have a sense of humor, and I get things done.”
I think I have decided to go with Jukebox. I got one of their sample packs sent to me, and the cards are really nice quality. I have read very good reviews concerning their quality and customer service. Normally for my more artsy business cards, I use Moo because I love the ability to have 50 different cards in a pack of 50 cards. But that pack of 50 cards costs $15 even if it’s all the same design. With Jukebox, I get 500 cards for $53. The same order at Moo would cost over $100. And 500 cards does seem like an awful lot to me, but I figure I’ll give away 100 at Conference, maybe another 50 every year during recruiting to new leaders in my Community, and after I’m no longer in my current position with my Community, they will be SWAP fodder. 🙂
samples from Jukebox
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