Why you should buy Moo Cards
(originally posted at CristianoBetta.com)
I saw so many people at BarCampLondon2 with their own Moo Cards that I decided to ditch my old business cards and get some myself. I really loved the idea of personalizing your cards, and not having 250 cards with the same design. So I ordered 100 (minimum) with some of the nicer images in my Flickr feed.
Now, I learned a wise lesson with my last business cards that made it very worthwhile to buy only 100 this time for the same price (19.99 euro) as the 250 I bought before. The whole idea of buying a lot of equal business cards is just ridiculous unless you are a sales person. For the rest of us fewer is better because we are (A) not popular enough that we would be going to run out of them soon and (B) if we will, we are probably popular enough that the important people manage to find you without.
Now if you think you would eventually definitely run out of the cards, it is still good to only by a few. I for example ordered 250 a while back, on which most of the information is now outdated due to my move to the UK. Buying less cards makes it easy to update your information and maybe once in a while chose a fresh design.
alper http://alper.nl
March 10th, 2007Reminds me, I need a set of these pointing to my Flickr stream. If you photograph people you don’t know, it helps to give them a memento proving:
1. You’re a serious photographer dude.
2. Give them a place where they can find their pictures afterwards and contact you.
Cristiano Betta http://www.ibbydibby.com/
March 10th, 2007True, you can print much more on the card like the URL of the feed, etc. I don’t want to use them (yet) to show my photography skills, but I agree that showing your own photos brings just that extra social feeling.
Reinier http://zwitserloot.com
March 10th, 2007As business cards I don’t like em - there’s not enough room to scribble.
As a tool for e.g. Alper or Eelke to toss at people after taking pictures; 20 bucks for 100 of em is an excellent deal and exactly what you’d be looking for.
Eelke http://blog.eelkedekker.nl
March 11th, 2007Another great idea debora pointed me out:
Using the different cards for different contacts:
Especially when you’re a designer for example, and do t-shirt design, motion design and print, you could give each contact another card, showing your specific skill they’re interested in.
Same might count for:
“Developer, presenter, entrepreneur.”
Okay, but what do you do best?