Thursday, May 20, 2010

Can I insert my Business Cards in magazines?

I want to know if I can get in trouble for doing that.

Can I insert my Business Cards in magazines?
Possibly.. because the publisher didn't approve. But my husband (a car salesmen) sometimes puts his card on other vehicles for sale.. not sure there's much differnce there.
Reply:You can get in trouble with book stores. I had a friend who was told to do that by her upline.... Barnes and Noble called her and told her they preferred she not come into their store again.





Why be sneaky about it... some businesses will let you leave your cards out in a stack... If you start going to offices that have a lot of magazines and insert your card into more than one... the office staff is eventually going to catch on and start throwing them away...


~best of luck


~jennifer
Reply:Hm.. I think yes you can do that..
Reply:Yeah, why be sneaky about it? What's your cost to print your business cards? $50 - $100 for 1,000 right? So, what's the cost for a sneaky way to try and advertise? If you put a legitimate ad in a publication that reaches your target demographic with a good marketing message %26amp; call to action, you may be paying less than the cost of a business card with the amount of exposure you get.





For example, 1 business card might cost you 5 cents to print. But, an ad in a publication, or on a website or other venue that reaches your demographic might cost you only 2 cents per viewer.





Sinnary
Reply:Many people use their business cards as book marks ( I know I do). This is great as you can leave them hanging over the edge like you were reading that page. If anyone asks or complains, you were simply marking the page. You can even read an article from that page just so you would be honest when you say it.





But many offices that have magazines in them will allow you to leave a stack of them in their office if you ask them. That's what I do so that I can leave a lot more there. You may be surprised how often you have to replace them as they will go quickly.





I have also let my little granddaughter, who loves drawing (and very good at it) use my cards to draw on the back of them. Then, she gives the pictures away to her teachers and such. Of course, they are going to look on the back of the picture and see the business card!





There are many different ways to get your cards in front of others if you get really creative!





Best of luck!


Bonnie Ramsey

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