When I was laid off back in 2001, it was the first time I had to get a personal name card, with my own phone number and email address. I make the cards from companies like Vista Print.1 My first card looked like this:
Last year, I experimented with the “Google Me” template. This one works for me because, my home page was up since 2001, at least. Searching my full name in Google will reveal my website(s) as the top results. So I had this card for a while:
Now, I just found out about QR Code. I used the QR Code Generator site to generate this name card. It’s simply a card with a QR Code image that has a URL link to my home page. In this format, I can just use my iPhone’s camera to capture the image. The QR Reader app will show me the details and can even take me directly to my home page!
This stuff is nothing fancy, but it was fun to try out something different. For a bit more money, I can get other neat-looking business cards. Ok, perhaps they may cost a lot more than I’m willing to spend on name cards. But it’s always fun to see the creativity that goes into marketing oneself these days.
- Vista Print is still giving free cards. [↩]
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