Got a stack of business cards in your drawer with a rubber band around them? Flip through them to see how many stand out as memorable?

What if your card was in somebody else'sstack. Would it stand out? Here are links to articles that address the best way to create and use business cards. Each description is hyper-linked to the entire article for you to free with no sneaky tricks or memberships.

Clicking the link will take you directly to the article on a site that has hundreds of valuable small business articles. You'll be a business card expert in no time at all -- with a solid plan for a new box of effective cards.

Here are my best articles about business cards.

Do You Have a Business Card?
Yeah, I gotta card somewhere - lemme find it! What good does it do to go to all the time, trouble and expense to have really neat business cards printed if you can't come up with them when the time is right? Goto Article

Does Your Business Card Whisper or Shout?
Business cards are the most underutilized and misunderstood marketing tool in business today. Many people spend the bucks for cards and don't make the effort to get them into the hands of those who can hire them or buy from them. Money down the dumper. Your goal is to design and use a memorable card and get so many delivered you have to re-order. Goto Article

What Does Your Business Card Say?
Your business card can speak volumes about you when you are nowhere in site. The impression your card makes can be more important than the information on the card. Put your best foot forward Goto Article

What Does The BACK of Your Business Card Say?
More than 80% of the cards you have stacked up in your drawer from others will have a blank backside. It costs only pennies more to print both sides. Don't miss this wonderful marketing opportunity. Goto
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What Should You Put ON Your Business Card?
Your name should be the biggest thing on your business card. Right there where the eye can pick it out without searching. Avoid the old trap of name and phone number in 6 point type in the lower right corner. Goto Article

How Much Stuff is On Your Business Card?
Your card's purpose is to get people to remember YOU and contact YOU. So put YOU in the middle, and don't be shy. A fancy company logo is not you. YOU are the most important element of your business card. YOU do not deserve six point type (smaller than a phone book) in a corner. Goto Article

Your business card is your most powerful marketing tool. Keep it sharp and in good working order at all times. Using defective tools can be dangerous to your business.

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