10.5 Unique ideas for 250 FREE Business Cards

What creative suggestions do you have? These are just a few....  1. Use them to promote a limited time special where it doesn't make sense to get thousands printed up. 2. Use them as loyalty cards or punch cards for your customers to track purchases. 3. Customize them to use them as holiday or gift hang-tags 4.  Membership or affiliation cards.  5. Have a quote printed on them and tie them to goodie bags to leave with customers or prospects such as "Thank you for meeting with me today!" 6. They make great "new service" or "new item" announcements. 7. Put an inspirational quote and give them to clients as mini-bookmarks. 8. Create a coupon and give them to a referral partner to distribute to -their- clients. 9. They make great Save-The-Dates! Whether it is for a sale event, a service promotion or even a personal event such as a wedding, simply attach a magnet to the backside and you have a frugal but fabulous item!  10. With a little creativity, one can create a template for a name-tag where event attendees fill in the blank.. 10.5 To promote your blog or e-newsletter! :)

Penny pinching without the sacrifice

As business owners, we have a responsibility to ensure that we use our money wisely regardless of how well we may be doing. I have found several great deals that I believe will be of great value to our readers as listed below.

Business cards - you need them. Period. 

Vistaprint offers a very economical solution to those who want cards but aren't ready to commit to a large order... So economical that it's FREE! They offer a variety of other printing options. I have used their low-cost cards before and they were just what I needed - fast turnaround time and extremely affordable. 

  

Now, when you need something a little nicer in larger quantity such as a 5000 piece postcard order, Overnight Prints was our tried and true savior. Their pricing was unbeatable and the gleaming colors and high glossy coating consistently generated positive feedback from our clients. 

  

Lastly, when establishing a business, especially in this era, one must have an internet presence. For that, we have always relied on Lunarpages. Their customer support has been top-notch and their pricing is hard to believe for such good service. 

  

Back to Business Networking Event for Atlanta Business Women!

Due to the incredible response from our first quarterly afterhours mixer, we are having another one! We are excited to share that we are hosting a LARGE open, evening networking event; we had 65 at our first one and we are hoping for 100 this time (hopefully with your help and word of mout promotion.) (Of course, the more, the merrier) We will see old faces, new faces, new business owners, new residents to the area and more...

Business women from all over are invited; Atlanta, Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth, Mableton, Buckhead, Stone Mountain, Ansley Park, Midtown, you name it, you are all welcome to come!! 

There will be excellent food, a cash bar, door prizes (donations are always being accepted so please let us know if you or someone you know would like to donate an item) and more. Women in any industry are invited to attend.

$20 early registration. $25 at the door.

WIN members pay only $10. 

Please note that the registration fee is non-refundable.

Directions:
Directions: From Metro Atlanta - Take 75N to Windy Hill (Exit 260). Exit to the right (east). PASS Pappasito's. Go to the 2nd light which is Interstate North Parkway. Turn Right. You will see Midtown Athletic Club on the right. You can call them for directions as well - 770-953-1100.

If you are traveling south on 75, take exit 260 (Windy Hill). Go left and pass back over the highway. Pass Pappasito's. Go to 2nd light (Interstate North Parkway). Turn right. You will see Midtown Athletic Club on the right. Again, you can call them for directions - 770-953-1100.

We've been blogged!

I am so excited to share that we've been officially BLOGGED... by someone else! This is an exciting and pivotal moment in the world of Women Intelligently Networking (WIN!), a premier networking group in Atlanta for women.

And now, for the illustrious blog post... click here! . The blogger is Elizabeth Gordon, founder of Flourishing Business and author of The Chic Entrepreneur: Put your business in higher heels.

WIN!

Women Intelligently Networking, an Atlanta business networking organization designed to help women connect with other professionals for the purpose of business and self development, is excited to announce the unveiling of its own social networking site located at womenwin.ning.com. This site will provide members with the opportunity to have their own web profiles, event posting, email capabilities, blogs and more as part of their membership.

This is an extremely exciting time for WIN, an organization that just celebrated its one year anniversary in March. Networking luncheons are held the first three Thursdays of the month.