Cool Business Cards That People Will Never Throw Away
I’m looking for new business cards. In the past, I have made my business cards out of used Japanese telephone cards. This is a cheap (I’ve gathered a large collection of used telephone cards while living in Japan for free by simply picking them up when I came across them). These tend to stand out (most have very colorful photos on the front) which means that people will generally keep them and remember who I am. An example would be this phone card of Mt Fuji:
This is an effective and cheap way for me to give out business cards at conventions or other large gatherings. The phonecard is more rigid than a typical business card, but not as thick as a credit card. The cards are just unusual enough as a business card that it will prompt several questions, especially since it has holes in it and has Japanese on the back. This conversation reinforces me with the card. I think I have used these quite successfully, although they do take some time on my part to create.
The problem is that they aren’t very “professional” since I simply write my name, url, email address, etc by hand on the back. Thus I’ve been a quest to find a cool business card that people would never throw away that is a bit more professional that would still stand out. Here are some of the ideas I’ve found:
bottle opener business card
shoe scoop business card
