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Do Bloggers Need Business Cards? – CONTEST!

Posted by John Saddington on Jan 11, 2009

moo-mini-cardsSomething fascinating occured a handful of times at Church Tech Camp : Dallas:

A few bloggers busted out business cards.

Which got me thinking, “Do I need one?”

Well, honestly, it got me thinking: “Do I need one?” or “Do I really want one?”

minicard_cutoutThe question isn’t settled in my mind yet, so I thought I’d pose it to the ChurchCrunch Community here:

Do Bloggers Need Business Cards?

Go ahead and throw down your comments and thoughts below… but also, if you think bloggeers should carry one (and you don’t have any) here’s an opportunity to WIN a few:

The “I’m a Blogger and I Need a Business Card!” Contest

Here are the rules and how to enter:

  1. Blog about why you think bloggers need business cards and why YOU want one.
  2. Make sure to link back to this blog post.
  3. Comment below with a link to your post.
  4. Begin thinking about what you want on your business card if you win.
  5. One Entry will be picked randomly.
  6. Contest Submissions end January 18th, 2009.

What you will win:

  1. Digital props of EPIC proportions!
  2. Guaranteed coolness-factor wherever you go!
  3. A Box set of 100 Moo Mini Cards!

So… what are you waiting for?  This is what I might rock if I were to get them…

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John Saddington

John is the Chief Editor @ The 8BIT Network and Senior Blog Junkie here at ChurchCrunch.He enjoys Triple-Tall Americanos, developing Wordpress Themes, and a few other Random Things.

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34 Responses to “Do Bloggers Need Business Cards? – CONTEST!”

  1. Ancoti
    Sunday, January 11, 2009 at 10:41 am

    Why not? I have one that says Business Consultant and Seminarian.

    Reply
  2. ryanbrymer
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 2:11 am

    My modest thoughts on changing the world
    http://ryanbrymer.com/2009/01/13/my-own-coffeehou...

    Reply
  3. Ancoti
    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 3:32 am

    Here is my contribution to the greater collective mind:
    http://thenarrowroad-andyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/o...

    Reply
  4. Joseph Rueter
    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:20 am

    I thought this very thing not long ago. It is part of the reason I started http:/www.extendr.com. Check out our cards here http://www.extendr.com/getcards.More designer cards coming soon.

    Reply
  5. JasonTheDCE
    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 10:06 am

    Interestingly enough, I wrote about this topic before reading this post. Here's what I wrote. Essentially, I chose to make my "business card" digital at <a href="jasonthedce.com>JasonTheDCE.com and then have"traditional" business cards printed that just send people to my digital one. The digital site allows me to update which services I'm currently invested in without having to redo my business cards. My website essentially becomes a portal to all thing me on the web.

    In other news, the comment box is way to small and I'm unable to resize in Firefox. I can only see about 3 lines of this comment and then I'm typing in the dark.

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:50 pm

      forgot to close the <a> loop… :)

      Reply
      • JasonTheDCE
        Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 4:04 pm

        Curses! Not my first time, that's for sure!

        Reply
    • human3rror
      Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:50 pm

      oh, really? huh.

      Reply
  6. Joseph Rueter
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 2:09 am

    What do you think? Maybe they are not "business cards" but rather "personal cards."

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:51 pm

      hmm. perhaps. serves the same purpose, right?

      Reply
      • JasonTheDCE
        Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 4:08 pm

        My blog readers thought the same as well. "Personal Cards" was a more apt name for it. Increasingly, however, I'am seeing an increasingly blurred line between "work" and "personal" in my life. I "work" and "play" in many of the same sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Email and Blogging. I also do more personal stuff at the office and work stuff at home since it's coming in via social applications.

        Reply
  7. human3rror
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    ah, there. thanks!

    Reply
  8. human3rror
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:50 pm

    sweet, let me check that out.

    Reply
  9. duregger
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 9:56 pm

    he he… here is my post and entrance into this contest: http://www.duregger.net/blogging-for-business-car...

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 5:27 pm

      sweeeeeeeeeeet. hehe.

      Reply
  10. James
    Friday, January 16, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    Human3rror, thank you so much for bringing my attention to moo.com! I love their cards, so cute! and they seem to be a lot cheaper that most business cards.

    Moo have a 20% offer till the end of Jan if you use the promo code GE6X8C

    Reply
  11. Graham Brenna
    Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 6:59 pm

    I have a business card that I created myself in Photoshop. I've decided that I need to re-do it as it is too busy and it doesn't have my blog on it (created after the card).

    I agree with http://thenarrowroad-andyc.blogspot.com/2009/01/o...and think that they are a way to communicate on a personal "hands-on" way with people. I hand out my business card all the time because not everybody carries around a BlackBerry where they can input all the information. Plus it is a visual reminder to contact me when they're emptying out their pockets at the end of the day. I think they are still relevant in today's "online world".

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 7:11 pm

      yes, i think it is still relevant.. and apparently it works…

      Reply
  12. josephrueter
    Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 2:05 pm

    We at http://www.extendr.comthink cards on some level could be helpful. See post here. http://blog.extendr.com/

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Sunday, January 18, 2009 at 10:47 pm

      thanks joseph! great stuff…!

      Reply
  13. aaronmonts
    Monday, January 19, 2009 at 6:25 am

    Personal Networking Cards… this is what I've thought about and created based on a conversation with a friend over a year ago:

    http://aaronmonts.com/2009/01/12/new-ways-to-conn...

    Reply
    • human3rror
      Monday, January 19, 2009 at 11:20 am

      thanks for this. very cool!

      Reply
  14. human3rror
    Thursday, January 15, 2009 at 3:49 pm

    ?

    Reply

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