Why No One Cares About Your Business Cards...
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- Is that bone? This video is all about business cards, and if they are super pointless or not. Then Danny makes me feel silly for having fancy business cards, but I still like them.
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Is Danny (no last name) a pseudonym for SW?
I hope not, otherwise my whole life would turn out to have been a massive disappointment :)
👍🏻 😉
Omg! We now have a last name! Very sneaky C M
Hi Danny.
Hi Fran :)
Alternate Title; Simon defending his business card investment
U should've won top comment
Was littery thinking this haha
I never throw business cards in the trash. I carry them until I go to a restaurant that has the fishbowl with the sign that reads, "Leave your business card for a chance to win a free lunch" and I clean out my wallet.
You're a good person
Problem is, you are going to get a free lunch anyway. They want to sell you something. Or sell your info to telemarketers.
@@cweaver4080, I think you missed what he was saying. He doesn't drop his own business cards in the fishbowl. He hangs onto business cards that everyone else gives him and then dumps those in the fishbowl. He's getting companies to ad-spam anyone that hands him a business card.
@@---cr8nw Ah! That's brilliant.
Ohhhh that's beautiful amazing perfect.
And with the "ghost in the shell" ??? Laughing man??? As your icon.
Your are truely chaotic good
My son has a small roofing company. I always have some of his business cards in my wallet, and I have given quite a few of them out. About a quarter of the people I have given cards to have ended up hiring him. ( I never tell anyone that he is my son, because they could think that he might be a crappy roofer but I'm recommending him just because he's my son.)
If I am talking to someone who mentions that they need a roofer, it seems much more professional and legitimate if I tell them that I know a very good roofer who has done work for several people I know and hand them his card. I think it would seem a little sketchy to tell them I know a guy and scribble a name and number down on a scrap piece of paper.
I got super excited when Simon mentioned a fruit machine. Imagine my disappointment when I found out it wasn't a lever machine that dispenses fruit, but a slot machine. 😔
As a food lover, I was also disappointed that it was not at all what I thought it was.😣
Same. :(
Same.....
Um, just wondering 🤔 how fresh would THAT fruit be? Lol! You three really made me laugh 😃 had to share the obvious, pardon me, please don't be offended. It's cute that you thought that! Have a great day!
Simon: "mentions yet another channel*
Me: "Oh God, there's more!"
But seriously, we're going to need a Biographics video on Simon and every one of his channels one day.
It's gotta be an Autobiographics, because I still want Simon to narrate it. 👌🏾
@@LunaHarp91 A separate channel with a few videos about the staff? Yup. I'd watch it.
Perhaps a “Simon says” channel.
I agree, I want a Biographics on him
@@jessewilson8676 He was doing a personal vlog channel for a couple of years. That's probably along the lines of what you're thinking of.
Doctors and hospitals use business cards that double as appointment cards. That's extremely useful, especially when disabled.
This I agree as well. Also as someone who can't drive, I find it helpful having the address on the cards for when I set up my trips as well. Honestly I also don't really use calendar on my phone either though, so i bring the cards home and write my appointments there and hold onto the cards at least long enough to have the appointment, although I usually will keep at least one of each place so I have their address and other information.
In Las Vegas there are dozens of people along The Strip handing out "business" cards for certain illegal activities. These may account for a not so insignificant percentage of the printed cards. Also, legit companies like Denny's have printed business cards that double as coupons near the entrances. Business cards are evidently not just for professional individuals these days, and I don't see the concept dying off anytime soon as a result of someone's ingenious pivot for marketing other practical ways to utilise business cards.
I work in a specialist doctors office and if we didn't give out business cards with the patient's appointment I bet 50% would miss their appointment also the courtesy call the day before makes a bigger difference than you'd think.
This. I was going to comment about this. It works damn well...
Where do you do that? I’ve worked in a few states in Australia & I’ve never heard of that. It seems pretty unprofessional.
Simon must have found a way to harvest solar energy from his scalp. Sleep is for the weak.
it's how my batteries are powered.
His secret: hiring people to help with research, writing, and video editing.
...Or maybe it's the solar energy harvesting thing! ;)
As a fellow shaven, yes. Yes it is where we get our power from.
@@brainblaze6526 it's blow, we all know this
@@brainblaze6526 also copious amounts of cocaine.
Actually, a card with only your name and contact information used to be known as a Calling Card. I still call them that.
A friend of mine, who has since passed away, had calling cards made with all his supposed "areas of expertise" listed. One of them was...
Cunning Linguist!
And yes, he referred to them as calling cards.
(RIP Bear)
The owner of my restaurant just finally got a smartphone. He was so against them until he learned that its exactly the same as his tablet he had been using for years to navigate while flying..... he's rich... he ain't smart.....
Also also, my dad has business cards for being a real bearded Santa! He’s even gotten gigs at the local Bass Pro this year thanks to being able to pass those out.
If it's not too personal I am kinda curious how much a Santa Claus with an authentic beard makes compared to others with synthetic beards. Just ballpark numbers are fine, no need to be too specific.
Ya my step dad has one for each hobby lol. What local Bass pro? R u n Springfield, MO by chance?
Le' Cockaroacha Albeano Southern Indiana, so a fair ways away lol.
@@Caterfree10 Got ya. I was just curious. It used to be the pride of Springfield MO but then Memphis took that away... They built a pyramid. We are all sad now.
I’m an artist and I use mine as tags on my items. I also include a few in each of my online orders and give a few to each person who commissions me, in case someone asks “where did you get that?!” Then my customer can just give them a card and they have my info... and hopefully then that new person comes to buy from me.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love this show and I genuinely need more of it in my free time
Thank you :)
I've found this channel as well as Simon's others have become quite addictive. Other channels I watched religiously have been sliding by the wayside until I get my Simon fix! The only other I am addicted to is the videos on "Republicans Against Trump" and "The Lincoln Project" (also anti-Trump...see a pattern here?)
The Japanese. The Japanese use business cards and its mildy terrifying.
When I visited Japan, I was surprised to learn that even unemployed people have them. They reminded me of the olden days when people had “calling cards.”
There's even a special way, how to take them
I read this comment as “the Japanese are business cards” at first, and I was like “huh?” Lol
@@MrTommySixxx to them, it represents them. You don't put their business card in your back pocket
@@librasgirl08 Correct. You accept one offered with both hands, and treat it with respect. It's seen as an extension of the person, which makes sense. It's personal information. So you respect that.
Fruit Machines are Slot Machines here in the States
I’d be quite happy if the fruit machines actually dispensed fruit if you won.
They're slot machines because they would often feature gun or cigarette packets on the rollers as a loophole to gambling laws because there was a guaranteed "win" of a pack of gum or whatever else it was selling, plus the additional potential for winning money or extra gum, this not technically a gamble, just a gum dispenser that you can get a bonus
Not going to lie: when I was an awkwardly hyper-professional child in High School I made my own business cards to hand out with my personal contact info. When I was visiting the State Capital for a state government day with other hand-picked kids from the area, I was super excited to be able to be the only kid (14) trading cards with state legislator (or statme assemblymen). I remember being excited when one actually emailed me to say something along the lines of "it was a pleasure to meet" me lol Also, today I supplement my income substitute teaching, and by leaving business cards attached to my teachers notes, I've tripled my requests from teachers to cover for them.
Intriguing; thanks for sharing that! Might I ask how one becomes a substitute teacher?
@@3nertia it varies based on the state you're in. You'd have to apply for a certificate with your states board of education.
Here’s a suggestion for Business Blaze: The rise and fall of SEGA
Sega Saturn
-Fin
Thank you!!! I'm a SEGA kid myself! 😅
neoamaru the backstory of the console wars and how Sega USA and Sega Japan handled interpersonal drama is a really fascinating topic, and would change how we game (or PlayStation entirely) had there not been fundamental business hiccups at Sega.
My favorite console!
@@77sl33zy77 dreamcaster
I work in Security, and I carry around a stack of cards that just have the contact information for the Security Office in the building I work at. They're not totally useless.
As a hotel receptionist - I care! All the company info I need to give an invoice in a neat package - provided of course we don't already have it in the system. But still - useful ;)
I get good use out of them. I have a side gig doing repairs and remodeling for people. I get a lot of older clients who aren't great with their smartphones, are accustomed to business cards, and often when they're happy with the end product they'll ask for 5 or 10 and pass them out to friends, and it does result in more referral work than I have time to keep up with. They'd probably get in touch without a card most of the time, but it does make it easier for them and it's a nice touch that impresses people
offer your business card as a patreon perk
Only ridiculous ones though, “Simon Whistler” amateur Whistler.
@@user-me8hc3bs7i 😂😂😂
"That means like, 12% aren't thrown away " - Simon whistler
I have to say, I love the SW stylization. I’ve been admiring the light in the background for a while.
It's SW ooh.... For a good while k thought it said "VS" with a weird way.
This channel needs more love
Munk Creations: 3D Sculpting & Printing Let’s give it to it!!!!
I literally love all of you beautiful, wonderful people
Analytics are good. I imagine it's just a matter of time before TH-cam decides to send a bunch of people this way :). Seen it before a few times ;)
@@brainblaze6526 I like you in general, but not this channel because you read off a piece of paper which is kinda distracting.
@@noatreiman I like that we get Simon's reaction to what he's reading.
When we moved in to our house, a neighbour came over and basially invited himself in to give us a 'business card'. It was just a picture of him on his Harley Davidson with the line 'Riding is life' or some shit and his email address. That's the only interaction we've ever had with him.
I’m a contractor so My experience may be different then the average person but People ask for my card constantly, the plumber and electrician I work with carry my card and I carry theirs
Plus the cards are a write off
Interior design consultant here... Get asked for my card daily.
I'm a building contractor and a designer and most of all of my clients want to see and respect that you have a business card..... It shows some commitment to your business and that you are serious about your image.....
My Nephew showed me his new business cards for his contracting company, "Quailty Renovations", lol. Even auto-correct would have fixed it.
Dude this is my favorite Channel you do by far. Killin it bro
Simon is fun to watch and Danny does a brilliant job of writing, keep up the great work~ So manny smiles wayching Simon.
:)
I work for a printing company (not vistaprint....) and we print business cards all the time. A lot of larger companies order them all the time and for the most part you can thank sales reps for how many are ordered in the US. They go through those like hot cakes.
I am, perhaps, a very old fashioned person. The way I was raised, one of the accessories a gentleman carried was "calling cards." When a gentleman visited someone who turned out not to be at home, or when one met someone new whom they wished to stay in touch with, they gave them one of their calling cards which contained their mailing address and telephone number, which saved the other person having to search around for a pen and paper to write it down. I still carry calling cards, and have occasion to give one out every month or so.
My husband has cards - he’s a self published author, and it has a QR code to the Amazon page for his novel, which of course leads to his other works, along with contact info/social media.
He also doesn’t own a mobile. My phone is enough, apparently.
I think that maybe business cards should have a qr codes on them so things like email addresses can be added to contact lists
I did that with mine.
Business cards are still extensively used in the automotive support industry. This includes mechanics, tire shops, body shops, towing companies, locksmiths and mobile repair. I leave my towing cards at auto shops, hair salons, grocery stores, security desks of office buildings, etc. A $60 order for 1000 cards pays for itself with the first customer.
Adding a QR code on the back makes it super easy to add the contact.
Sorry for the long comment, but this is a hot topic for me. I think business cards are SO useful ... and not just for business. I think of them as the Swiss Army knife of paper (or plastic or metal). The problem is we limit our thinking about how they can be used.
1. Many years ago, I had a life coaching business. A prospective client called out of the blue. I asked him how he had found my number. This was his story (paraphrased):
He was having lunch or dinner alone at a restaurant. He looked across the room and saw a couple talking. When they left, the overhead light spotlighted a business card that had been forgotten on the table. He picked up the business card and called me because he wanted to be as happy as the people at the table had seemed. (Yes, that's actually how we connected.)
2. I've also taught adult learners and career changers. I always recommend that they create business cards for themselves. They can be business-like or express something about their personality (depending on their industry). The cards should include only the contact information they want to share with prospective employees or contacts. Sometimes that's only a LinkedIn profile.
It's also possible to create an email address that is only used for this purpose to avoid sharing a personal or work email. Just be sure to check this reserved email inbox periodically. There are various ways to provide a phone number without giving out your actual cell phone number.
The card may also include the title of their dream job or may have a call-to-action (CTA).
I also recommend that the card includes a profile photo. This makes it easier for people to remember who you are when you attend Meetups, conferences, job fairs, networking events.
It's easier and less intrusive to hand out business cards than asking someone to add you on their phone.
For Meetups, conferences, job fairs, etc., I also recommend that the event title and date is written or labeled on the back of the business card to give the recipient a reminder how they met you.
3. When I was helping to market some courses, I created business cards with the course title and a link to the info/registration page for the course. When I gave presentations about the course or simply attended Meetups and met someone interested, I handed out the cards. So much simpler than trying to add this to their phone or write on a napkin.
4. I read an article by a businessman who buys metal business cards that cost about $3 each(!). He's in a business related to metals and only hands them out to a select few prospective clients. He credits these cards (ha!) with breaking the ice at a first meeting and opening up doors that a standard paper business card would not.
5. My husband had a landscape business and he's way gregarious. He no longer has the business, but he's still a really friendly guy. So I made up "business cards" with his photo and contact info that he can hand out to people he meets. He regularly invites people to play pool, have coffee, chat philosophy, physics, or life, ... whatever.
6. I buy clear plastic, business-card sized sleeves. I stick these on notebooks, my tablet case, my laptop skin, etc. and use my business cards to identify these as mine. They can also start a "What a great idea. What do you do?" conversation when people see them.
7. Regarding potential business card printing disasters, some printers will provide a proof copy for your review. Still, I usually order the smallest quantity possible for the first order of any business card. Most people rarely need thousands of cards right away.
That way I can see exactly how the printed card will look with minimum risk, and also decide if I can really live with the design.
8. If I hate a business card design I've ordered, if there was a typo I missed, or if there is a print error, I use the cards as bookmarks, small index cards, non-sticky notes, to test if a pen is dry, jot down a quote I want to remember, etc.
9. There are now business cards that include a USB drive. I generally don't use or recommend these due to the risk of transferring malware or a virus, but these cards would let you include all kinds of digital information to help a prospective client make a buying decision.
I remember getting business cards in boxes of 500 or 1000. I'd be lucky to get through 20 before we had a reorg and I'd need new ones.
NFC - right direction, wrong implementation. Way too expensive for its purpose. If one needs digital friendly card, welcome to QR-code world.
I have never NEEDED business cards, but I've always liked the idea of them. About 15 years ago, I had a bunch custom made. I was working in retail for a big box store, so it was pointless to put anything about my job on them. I ordered nice linen cards with just my name and number and a border on them. The text and border were embossed silver. They were about $130 for a box of 1000. To this day, I carry five or six in my wallet and hand them out as the occasion fits.
I used to work for a company (I'm in Australia) and we did a LOT of work with Japanese companies. Our business cards had our names in English, position, company contct details, email etc on the front and then our names, position and Company name in Japanese on the back. It was also considered the best of manners to pass them out at the beginning of a meeting and to carefully read them and check the details before business could start.
I often used business cards to make notes on for example if we had discussed a particular project/item etc I could note it on their card so when I looked at it later I would know who/what/why/if I wanted to contact them.
I think we would all like to see a pic of young Simon with hair.
Plot twist, this is Caillou all grown up
I think he posted one on twitter, I remember seeing it. It was very funny
People used to call it my mane. It was full on, and unruly.
Damn really? Now I really want to see it.
@@brainblaze6526 damn really? Now I'd reallylike to see the difference.
if you panic when you are away from your phone you might be a millennial
I used to design business cards and logos by word of mouth during highschool and lightly through college. After college I decided I didn't like the idea of working for someone directly so I came back home and through CAD design and machining/milling/fabricating custom parts for cars, trucks, industrial/farm equipment, etc. I make more than enough money to cover everything and have a lot left over to invest into other ventures and hobbies.
I also hand cut/shape components for watches and clocks that I repair when it's time to slow down and relax without too much noise, which is generally when I watch/listen to videos like these. That or clockworks sculptures, kind of ironic since when I was a younger I studied electronic engineering/software design and now I make mechanical calculators and moving dolls when I'm bored.
Name changes are arduous in certain parts of the US. In Michigan, a COUNTY JUDGE has to approve it and it can take months to actually say it's changed.
As a side note, business-related name changes even happen in the music business sometimes. A Canadian guitarist named Rick Emmett dropped the c out of his first name when the record company misspelled his name on the liner notes of the first Triumph album. Not quite a business card story, but still a funny little example of how much publicity affects one's life, even when it's small.
A nice outing for the word "kerfuffle"
I believe that what you are talking about is called a slot machine in the US.
Bingo.
Aka, a one-arm-bandit.
All three terms are used in South Africa. (Although "Slots" is by far the most common one now)
fruit machines are popular and illegal in new york, but they are mostly video poker here.
@@brainblaze6526 you mean Jackpot
I work in a profession where exchanging business cards is very common.
The very first smartphone (that had Contacts) had a function that let you electronically share/transfer your info to someone else with just 2-3 button presses. This was in the early 2000's.
Yet I have never even once seen anyone use the simple phone-to-phone transfer. I do regularity astonish peers with an app I have that will take a photo of a card and OCR the data into the Contacts correct fields (very accurately), thus saving me the hassle of typing it all in.
Simon's comment at 8:10 reminded me of Michael McIntyre's Send to All game. If you're not familiar, look it up, it's hilarious. He basically takes a celebrity guest's phone, makes up some outrageous, nonspecific message, and then sends it to their entire contact list. XD
Unless you do business with Japan in which case they are 100% indispensable. Still.
I like this about Japan.
Simon has nomophobia. (The fear of not having a mobile phone)
No doubt.
@@brainblaze6526 don't feel bad, I'm pretty sure I do too.
@@brainblaze6526 me to . i dropped mine in the toliet last week watchin his videos. its glued to my hand....i need help 😏
Pretty sure like 90% of people do! :D
@@brainblaze6526 definitely
I received a small box of 250 business cards as a gift when I graduated college in 1975. I still have about 245 of them. Darned useful.
I work for a Japanese business paper. From my experience, if you don't have your card to exchange you'll be perceived as either unprofessional, unprepared, unwilling to keep contact (AKA rude), too unimportant in your organization, or too important and condescending. It was not a great feeling when people tried to exchange with me and I didn't have one so I keep several small stash everywhere ever since.
I gave out a metric eff ton of them when I managed a restaurant to make people that complained feel important.
Our company functions on business cards. Reps for suppliers leave them, and each department can add their info to their contact list when convenient. The reps in turn will meet eight or ten people when they visit our company alone - then another batch of people on their next stop. They need a card from each of us so *they* can add our info to their contacts when they get back to their hotel. Not ever single job in the world is "online".
The coolest business card I ever got was from a guy who works for Cisco. On one side it had a QR code that, when scanned, would enter his contact info directly into your phone contacts. Very cool use of old tech to make new tech easier. It's a bit wasteful because as soon as you've scanned it you don't need the card anymore, but it definitely makes the contact info much more likely to be retained and potentially used.
I’m a auto detailer by trade. I stick my business cards into the door jambs of random cars who may appreciate my services. Yes most end up in the garbage, but some actually end up in cup holders and gain me extra calls
I feel like auto detailing would be so satisfying... Making something so dirty into brand new.
I do have a Business Card in this digital era... I'm a Business Analyst for an IT company so I have a web page with all my information and my portfolio and, if you are on a phone, with just 1 click on a button I get added to your contact list. In the front of the card there is my name, email and a litttle QR code that the receiver can scan to access the site with all the information. In the back side I have a fancy black stuff with silver letters (my name 1st letters).
Fun fact: I can know, exactly how many of those cards were used to access the site in order to contact me. And can confirm they do help :)
My SO is an artist and he uses business cards as a little something to stick in the back of the canvases on his paintings so people can contact him for commissions if they ever want to. They are useful for that.
Also as a university student, a card that had my name, phone number and, email neatly printed on it would have been useful at least a 1/2 dozen times. When trying to connect with people for group projects, that sounds superior to the weird corner of a page that is torn out and had contact info scribbled on to hand to a classmate. But that situation doesn’t really require a whole batch of business cards. Probably just a few minutes in publisher or something and printing out like 16 on regular printer paper
I also was given a set of business cards from my grandparents when I was roughly 10. Which would have been kinda cool as a kid in school in the 2000s. I could give my classmates that I wanted to talk to outside of school a card that had my name and phone number and email. Fun novelty thing for kids. The problem was, the business cards only contained my first and last name. Nothing else. I think I taped like two of them to the inside of some books of mine as a nameplate. But for the most part they were entirely useless.
Roach material? Simon's a toker, has to have something to calm down.
The first thing I thought to myself
Was reading this as he said that
I don't even own a cellphone. We use a landline. I'm also American and well under 70.
Amish?
Business Blaze I'm thinking pompous, for some reason....
How paranoid are you?
Honestly, I think you're better off without a cell phone. I get tired of mine.
@@ariaalexandria3324 I don't even like my land line. People keep calling. It's annoying. lol
I'd just like to mention that I spend a TON of time at festivals DEEP in the middle of nowhere with sometimes 1000's of people and quite a lot of commerce but with absolutely no cell phone signal, and limited electricity.
I use quite a few business cards; but I'm not normally tossing them out to random people trying to pimp myself. For context, I work in insurance. Normally when I give a card out to an insured or claimant I am adding additional information on the reverse side like claim or policy information. When inspecting damaged property, more often on roofing, I'll tuck a card into a portion of the structure where I performed a square test almost like a Kilroy was a here sort of thing so that any subsequent person, contractor, carrier,, etc. who inspects would see evidence that I was there and could contact me if needed. We also use business cards to "sign in" to controlled scenes. So if I'm inspecting a controlled scene with an insured, engineer, and/or counsel each of us would provide our cards to whoever controls the scene and they attach them to a sign in sheet to keep a record of each person and company with all of our information available for reference.
But in some cultures in Asia it does really matter. Would be interested in knowing why, other than tradition.
www.businessinsider.com/japan-business-culture-etiquette-bring-business-cards-2017-1
I'm not the only one who wonders who designed Simon's monogram, am I?
That's a trade secret.
Business Blaze share pleeeeease
Well if you're not gonna tell, how 'bout a video about monograms?
Smith and Wesson.
I can answer Dannys question about this one, despite me being almost half a year late to the party: Who keeps consistently ordering business cards he asks? Local businesses is the answer (and Simon Whistler). For all my 1½ years at a local IT shops, I've never seen as many business cards being shuffled around. I've seen enough business card shuffling to make Los Angeles poker tables embarrassed to have even dared existing and make the entire LA look like childs play (I'm overexaggerating a bit, but the joke was good).
Watching a bit more of the video, I have this to add on Smartphones. I own one, yes. But given my tendency of straight up forgetting to carry it with me (yes, I know that's absurd in our modern age). I do actually often forget my phone, although that's primarily because no one I know seem too keen in actually sending me a message now and then 😅
Technically a Photographer by trade, half of my job is making cold sales visits to perspective clients. Cards seem very useful for sales, easily giving a client all your information with out having to hassle them over putting it in their phone. Also when actually walking in to a business, they are running on land lines that don't have any of the fancy contact sharing features. 90% of the time you won't even be able to speak to the person that makes decisions, but showing up in person is far more successful than making a call to set up an appointment and handing over a card helps make sure the decision maker actually sees your information. Especially useful in a niche market where the company name has some brand recognition while the sales person's name doesn't.
The cards are also very useful when dealing with individual customers as I just have to write a proof number on it and they have everything they need to get a print.
Hi Danny! Another great script
"Yes I would know if I was a security company!" The past 12 years I have been asked if I'm NOW an electric company in CA. It's my privet number and I'm in OK. Get calls yearly from the same 20 people.
Instead of having cards printed, i print them myself- i had a rubber stamp made for $6. The cards are printed on (free) upcycled high quality colored oak tag/cardstock from old filing cabinet folders i cut down on a paper cutter. The stamp does double duty on all my shipping and the bottoms of jewelry boxes i use in business.
They're vital to independent shops and businesses that work at conventions. I've commissioned out work to artists simply because they had an impressive business card that I was able to associate with their in person wares.
I haven't needed business cards since I got this QR code tattooed on my forehead. It comes in handy when I meet hot babes, they can scan me with their phones and get all my personal info.
Whoa. Did you really do that?
@@zellfaze Yes, of course he did.
Unfortunately he forgot to renew the contract on it and it was bought up by a porn company.
i care business cards make good finger nail cleaners
frep you I use the ones my Uber passengers give me to clean gunk out between the crevices of my dash. 😂
The really nice ones work well if you have something hung up in your front teeth too, oh and illegal drug things you don't want to mess up your debit card for and money is filthy... Ya know... Word on the street of course
Dognyres Mother of Pitbulls
Post it notes. Can be used to place “product” on & rolled up to “ingest” said product. Then flushed away. Useful in the club scene back in the day.
I find business cards are pretty helpful when you are in sales. It makes it easier for customers to get in touch with you with questions or orders in case they don't like you enough to save you to their actual contacts or they are using a land line for their business.
A business card is like an expensive watch. You get it out of self-importance like you mentioned, and when you present it to someone if they like watches they'll be impressed and talk to you more about it, if they're not into watches they still say it's nice and that's the end of the conversation.
Growing up (I am in my mid 30’s) I used to believe that I would have business cards with just my name and number on them, and I would pass them out at bars or social events to network or flirt. I think I thought it would be so cool.
They do that with great enthusiasm in the Village’s Florida. Known for its high rates of std’s and wonderful community
Desarae Coenen lol 😂 yeah .... yeah.... the 80s and 90s only taught us how to be douchebags.
Also, “the village’s Florida “? What’s that? (I am hoping someplace in Florida)
Simon, do you even sleep, you host so many channels per week lol
Julian - Have you not noticed the Cape?
@@Erin-Thor Actually, now you mention it.
I'm a robot sent from the future, no need for sleep.
@@brainblaze6526 everyone says that in all ur vids .lol.u have like many responses im sure
@@mattclements1348 It's the truth.
You have no clue at all how often I'm asked for my business card. They're still in use. A lot of use. I also staple mini sewing kits to mine. People asking for a card don't know this, but it makes them stick out when they do, and it's helped grow my business.
What is your business?
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@@brainblaze6526 I make fancy shit. aka I'm a couturiére and corsetiére. You can look me up at ariacouture.com and facebook.com/ariacouture When someone asks for a card, I give one with a little mini sewing kit attached. My cards stick out, and are more likely to be kept around a while, and this has resulted in people contacting me to commission things. I've also left them in random places, and since people like free stuff, they get picked up and have led to contacts as well.
Used well, business cards are still a fantastic tool, and this video hit it on the head about how they let people add contacts to their phone at their leisure. But when there's something that makes your caed stand out, they're more likely to recall you later when needing services you produce or when someone asks for a referral for services you provide.
That's extremely cool.
Do you have pictures of your cards with the kits attached? I'm very curious. Also, how do you carry them? Do you have a dedicated pouch or something?
Simon Whistler would be amazing to share a drink with and the subtle roasting of Simon by Danny was great.
So until recently I worked as an instructor for evening and summer classes for children in grade and middle school. These were usually held in local community centers, and parents could always get a hold of me by calling the center, but business cards presented a convenient way to give out my cell number to parents.
Typing stuff is so retro, i always feel like a caveman doing it. Have those people never heard about QR codes?
You can just print them on cards in the cheapest way possible, yes, really.
Used to print a QR code with my contact details on my resume.
People actually use those? I checked them out a few times but they always just brought me to websites that I would have found instantly anyway on Google so it seems pointless.
And if you add "Dutch" to the front of anything, it makes it sound rude.
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Real estate agents in the US use business cards a lot. Many places have huge locks on them that open with a code, inside is a key to the house so a visiting agent can show it. Professional courtesy is to leave your card there so the seller knows which agency and agent stopped by. If certain agencies or agents frequent a particular selling agencies showings, they tend to network and get together to boost sales and business.
Another time is "reenactments" or special events. I use to work at one of the worlds largest renaissance fairs. However during these staff do not often have a phone out to not break the feeling for those who attend. And many folks come in costume and leave the phone at home or other places as carrying an expensive phone in a pouch is a pain. Cards are a very fast and easy way to give order numbers or websites during the old days.
During SCA events its SO much easier to collect cards than get scolded for breaking character of an event!
For my current job (Utility locator) I give out business cards quite often when meeting with contractors since most of them are usually to busy to type your number into their phones right away. on a side note of the local printing companies here will print out metal ones and only at about a 20% premium over the paper ones.
Metal business cards with my contact info sounds like something I should do when going into job interviews(I am currently a college student majoring in metallurgical engineering) might help me to stand out.
@@garethbaus5471 That would be an awesome idea and actually sounds like a good business model, making business cards from material that reflect the occupation.
Yeah they’d be tops at airports
What you also missed while you were hyper focused on only the person to person interaction of transfer of the cards, is the fact that one card can transfer from one happy customer to a potential customer, to another. With my custom leather goods for example, I include at least 2 cards, because statistically word of mouth is still the most successful marketing. A customer being able to just hand off your info reliably to someone else is a huge benefit. Otherwise they have to recall by memory a name of branding that may otherwise escape them due to well.. the battle for name recognition of small brands..
As a live event lighting Designer, most conversations at conferences or meetings end "here's my card, so you remember what to Google to see my website"
I work at a medical office and we go through so many cards. We also serve a lot of older and/or underprivileged patients who may not have a phone or have no idea how to use their phones. I also keep my physicians’ cards to refer them to great medical care because good medical care is hard to find. Also a bunch from my tattoo studio because people ask all the time.
I work in a store. We/I don't have business cards. However we have stacks of cards left by local taxi drivers, locksmiths, car and tire repairmen that we give out as needed by customers
The utility of a business card is directly proportional to the amount of personalization. Business cards are near worthless without a pen. If you just hand out the cards and say "My contact info is there" people will just throw them away. However, if you pull out a business card that doesn't have your number on it, and write it on the card- now that person is special. They got info that no one else gets, I mean its not on the card. Nevermind that is the whole point of not printing your number on the card. Now, add a personalizing blurb next to the number... "Cool free-lance writer from the bar." Now, when that person runs into the card in their wallet 2 weeks later, they have specific reminder of who gave the card and when. Business cards are impersonal and forgettable. Unless you take the time to make them personal and memorable. People will react to that.
Yeah, but if you have business cards without phone numbers on it, what are you even really doing?
My old cell number use to be a fitness equipment repair company number. For 10 years I would randomly get calls about broken treadmills, blew my mind how many people bought and actually used those things.
Business cads are a respectful custom that isn't going away anytime soon. In fact, for some countries, the act of giving a business card, comes with a specific and mildly ceremonious ritual. Yes, there is a right and a wrong way to give/receive and in a meeting/conference room, display a business card. The Japanese are very methodical with this and many other nationalities take their cue from Japan. Same way with emails and letters. There is a specific way to address someone and relate a message. Doing the wrong thing can easily offend, especially if you are of the same nation. In such cases, you are expected to follow etiquette. Business cards can also be considered somewhat of a reward. There are those in a company who work their way to a position that may not require a card, but would also not be surprising to have one. Believe it or not, when someone is handed a box of business cards, they feel respected and that they aren't just another employee. I've given some people business cards they never expected and you'd be surprised at how much it means to them and when that happens, it means a lot to me, as well. For many, business cards are just another office supply, but to others, they are a symbol of success and recognition. Not just an antiquated way to ID yourself, but a valuable tool, that has deeper meaning, IMO.
I think part of the issue with cards is people don't have interesting business cards. I ran a reptile rescue for several years, and the back of my card was a gorgeous picture of a Brazilian rainbow boa. Eye catching, interesting, and relevant to what I was doing, when I first started I would leave a small stack of them at a local business or veterinarian, they'd usually be gone in two weeks, and I would get quite a few calls.
I am a truck driver there are a lot of businesses that I go into that they have huge signs on the door saying no cell phones allowed on the premises… So you have to leave your cell phone in the truck or car if you’re a visitor… So in answer to your question Simon there are a lot of places where you’re walking around without a cell phone
As a small remodeling contractor I had no Yellow page add and now web site. I would stick a magnet to the back of my card and tell people to put in there refrigerator or file cabinet. I would often get calls form people that kept the card 10 years or more.
Landscapers in my area throw small bags that contain a rock and a business card as a way of advertising. They drive around and throw them in driveways. They litter for the people. 10/10 Most obnoxious use of business cards.
So, with most of my customers, I have been interacting with through phone and/or email for weeks prior to meeting them in person. When I get handed a business card at the front office signing people in, I feel, "Oh, sorry. Mine are all at my desk. But, you have all my contact information anyway. This card is rather nice." I question their value. Especially that people leave the company with 990 of 1,000 business cards in their desk drawer.
I've repaired guns for some 20 years in a small town. Most of my clients are from the directed advice of the previous others who were introduced in person by a card, originally, from me. Many of these clients still appreciate cards, even while owning a 'smart' phone that seems to create the illusion of fulfilling every possible need of humanity.
"look at that off white coloring, the tasteful thickness of it. Oh god it even has has a watermark"
Okay I know there are several comments about this but Japan does because it’s a hierarchical society with different levels of polite speech. The business card streamlines the process of having to figure out how politely you need to talk to another person because it immediately tells you whether they are above or below you in a rank and by how much.
I put the fingerprint of one of my cryptographic public keys on my business card. People can use it to verify that a key they downloaded from a key server is actually mine.
Quite useful that.