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At the party you went to last weekend, you talked to a freelance editor, a freelance photographer, and a waitress who wants to be a freelance writer. And today at lunch your friend the publicist told you she's leaving her job to be a freelance cartoonist. Is everyone you know going into business for themselves? Your friends may be following their dreams, but they're leaving behind important things like pensions, health insurance, and... business cards.
Don't laugh; business cards are the key to networking and are crucial for freelancers, but when they're just starting out, most don't have the time or the resources to have them made or even think about designs.
Enter you, the thoughtful friend. With a little time and a decent printer, you can give them a stack of personalized business cards and help their business grow. Avery makes sheets of cards you can print on (we particularly like model #8879 because they don't show any perforations once they're separated) and has templates you can use with either Word or Photoshop.
Bonus Tip: Have a niece's birthday to go to and don't know what to take her? Business cards aren't just for grownups; make some nice pink cards that trumpet her status as the queen of the neighborhood or an official fairy-princess and you'll be the talk of the tea party.
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Oh and which nieces might YOU be thinking of? ;-)
I'd love a set of business cards...
(I hope this post actually posts. I've tried posting before and it never works.)
Posted by: Jen at September 22, 2005 11:01 AM
