More Branding?

(*Note: this is not a sponsored post. Yes, I got something free and it is really cool, but the blog post was my idea, after the fact. That said, I did get something free and I am propping that service here so... I don't know what that means, I just wanted to add some legal mumbo-jumbo to, you know, CMA and such.)

Okay - so - here it is: How do you like my new business card?


Kinda sweet, eh? You know Netter has written before about getting free stuff because of Twitter and I was always kinda jealous. Not anymore. I got some free stuff of my own this time.

My friend Cheryl Harrison tweeted that @4SightGraphics was giving away 250 free business cards to their 200th follower. I had a little time so I jumped over to their Twitter page, hit refresh a few times, and Winner, winner, chicken dinner - I had myself some business cards.

A few messages back and forth and I had a mock-up from Brett at MakeMeCards.com. It had a lot of MJB Foundation info on it though, and I already have an MJB Foundation card so I talked to Netter about an idea I had, then I asked Brett if we might come up with something with all my Social Media information, maybe ghost in the MJB Foundation as a background image. A few messages later I was in receipt of the image above, and a short time after that the very nice, high-quality cards were delivered to my door. It was an incredibly easy process. Brett was terrific to work with. Thank you Brett!

To answer a few questions:

No, I'm not really sure what I'll do with these. I've been handing out a few to folks who I want to find me online, (Did you hear that out-of-town family?) and I do wish I'd had these cards for my first two speaking gigs last year: Social Media for Your Business, and Using Social Media For Your Job Search.

Who knows... maybe I'll get some more gigs. I hope so. I've got these cool cards to share you know.

7 comments:

WineLover said...

very cool - they look great!!

Brett said...

Great post Jim! You were an absolute pleasure to work with and hope we can do more for you in the future. Thanks again for being my 200th follower, after all its all about networking right? :)

Cheryl Harrison said...

Loves the cards! And Brett :-D

Jim Brochowski said...

Thanks everyone!

Absolutely about networking Brett. I plan to use the cards for that too. :-)

Cat Herself said...

Very nice cards. I love the bold color - says a lot about you that's great!

Jim Brochowski said...

Thanks Cat!

I'm very enamored of the red color from my blog. Really glad Brett pulled it for my cards.

It does feel very personal. :-)

Lori said...

Very cool business cards!