Modern Mini Business Cards

Business Cards

Business cards are an essential tool for all business owners and serious entrepreneurs. It is a way for you to introduce yourself to others, while giving them a keepsake with your business, title, and contact information. Though business cards have been around for a long time, strategies to keep introductions fresh and memorable often reintroduce business cards in new forms.

Job of a Business Card

Your business card should work for you. It should be a low-cost marketing tool:

• Small enough to fit inside a wallet or a pocket
• Contains your business information
• Represents who you are
• Sticks out amongst other business cards

With all the competition, being remembered is one of the driving forces behind modern mini business cards.

Modern Mini Business Cards

There are different forms of mini business cards. Some are half sized business cards which offer a magnetic backing, while others offer a CD Rom disk. However, one form of mini business cards is becoming a much talked about topic and conversation starter.

Moo Cards

Though popular along online communities, this new version of your not-so typical business card, called Moo MiniCards, is beginning to grow in popularity for other businesses. Everyone wants in on the new “fad” of business cards.

The MiniCard uses your personal photos or text phrases and combines them into a thicker and glossier mini calling card. The business card is thinner then a regular sized card and is long and narrow. Your photo is on one side, with your contact info on the other.

The cards are:

• 28 mm wide
• 70 mm tall

Other facts to know about the cards before ordering are:

• 100 cards come in a pack
• They offer a matt laminate finish
• Heavier paper makes them thicker than a regular business card
• The cost is $19.99 for 100 MiniCards

Moo is an online publishing company that allows you to use images to create personalized products.

Not Your Typical Business Card

On a typical business card, you include your name, title, address, phone number, website and email address. Since MiniCards have a different look and feel, the content on the back varies from your name and phone number, to a catch phrase with a website. You can include up to 5 lines.

Popularity Through Free Cards

In a marketing attempt to spread the word and become the new “hot” item, Moo offered over 1 million free Moo MiniCards over the last six months in sets of 10 at a time. The stunt worked, and customers have been coming back for more. Moo cards are now found in over 120 countries.

Flickr

To upload photos and create your Moo MiniCards, you need to have a Flickr account, which is free. Flickr is an online community where personal photos are shared.

For about $2 a month, you can upgrade your account for unlimited storage and uploads.

Flickr is not the only photo sharing company Moo partnered with. You can also use:

• Fotolog MiniCards
• Bebo MiniCards
• Habbo MiniCards
• SecondLife MiniCards
• LiveJournal MiniCards
• Vox MiniCards

If you do not want to join a photosharing website, you can upload directly to Moo.

Not Just For Businesses

Though MiniCards are making their way into the business world, they are also being marketed to kids, teens, and even sports teams as a way to share who they are with others.

Some other ways mini-cards are being used includes:

• Club cards for organizations
• MVP cards to share your favorite sports team
• Bookmarks
• Luggage Tags
• Collector cards
• Organizational or non-profit cards
• Invitations
• Thank you cards
• Games (like matching)
• Rewards and incentives

Other Modern Mini Business Cards

Though the Moo MiniCards are the most popular, there are other mini business cards you can utilize for your business.

Mini CD Biz Cards

If you need a business card that doubles as a sales tool, mini CD business cards may be the answer. Biz Card CD’s have your business card information on the labels and come in a protective vinyl sleeve.

You can include any information you want on the CD including flyers, your catalog or products, company information, or a PowerPoint presentation.

Mini Magnets

Mini business card magnets make a great giveaway at booths. Traditional business cards tend to get lost or misplaced. By adding a magnetic backing, this small business card can be placed on a filing cabinet or refrigerator so clients can find your information easily. These make great promotional business gifts. By making them mini-sized, you can save money on your giveaways.

No matter what form of business card you decide to use, you want a card that your customers and colleagues will hold onto for future contact.