Brian Yerkes is compiling a collection of business cards of bloggers on his site, and I thought I would throw mine into the pile. I happen to have a business card because of my design business, and my blog is listed prominently because it’s sort of “Randa Clay Central” when it comes to my design work.
Would I have a business card if my blog was about something like basket weaving, for example? Yes… here are just a couple of reasons:
ProBlogger lists business cards as the #1 way to increase readership through offline methods.
Chris Garrett notes in a recent post from SOBCon that he seemed to be the only blogger there without a business card. These are some of the most successful bloggers in the business, and they all have found value in having business cards.
Business cards for your blog do not have to be expensive. For months I have been meaning to get some MooCards for my FreeStuff4Kids site. I run into other parents all the time at parks, doctor’s offices, etc. who would be potential readers of the site. Having some cute little MooCards to hand out would be ideal. (Now I just need to get my butt in gear and get them printed…)
Do you have a business card for your blog? Have you found them to be useful in building readership? Be sure to stop by Brian’s site to get inspired as the collection of business cards grows.
By the way… if you were thinking of dropping by for a visit at the address on the card, you’ll not find me there- we’ve moved. Thought I’d mention… just in case. 
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Want to encourage people to follow you on Twitter? Here are some free graphics to put on your site for that purpose- just place the image on your site and link to your Twitter profile. On the left are PNG files on white background, and on the right are transparent GIFs. (IE6 doesn’t handle transparent PNGs of course, so if you need transparency and you still get a lot of traffic from people using IE6, choose the GIF) If you’re wondering why they look slightly different, it’s because I forgot that transparency might be necessary for some until too late, and had to go back and recreate the GIFs! Hope you like them!
(Please do not link directly to these images, but rather download the one you want to use and save it wherever you normally host images for use on your site)
By the way… want to follow me on Twitter?? Click here.
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When I was working a regular day job, some years ago now, I read a book by Steven Covey called “First Things First”. I really enjoyed the book and totally agree with the principle that in order to be successful, you have to continue to make the most important things a priority. Angela Stevens recently wrote on her site about “Blog Snobs“. There were several definitions of “blog snob” offered, but the one that hit home with me was the tendency of some bloggers to stop interacting on other blogs in the way they did when they were working hard to build up their sites in the beginning. Once they reach a certain plateau, such as page rank or traffic levels, they have little motivation to participate in the discussions going on elsewhere.
This got me thinking about the last several months, and how little I’ve been commenting on other sites recently. Is it because I think I don’t need to anymore? Is it because I’ve become a blog snob? Hardly… there are so many people who do a much better job at this blogging business than I do. I have no illusions about my place in the blogosphere. I’m happy to get a decent post up once a week these days, and grateful that you take the time to read and comment.
What’s the reason for my slacking off in such an important area then? It’s because blogging has been such an effective tool for networking and building my business that I’m simply overwhelmed. Things I enjoyed and had time for a year ago, or even 6 months ago, have fallen by the wayside as I’ve become busier and busier. It’s a circular problem: the more work I do to build my blog, the more design work it creates, the less time I have to continue to work to my blog. I suspect this is the case with at least some who are perceived to be blog snobs.
The thing is, some things are just too important to let slide. The excuse of “I’m too busy” isn’t really good enough, and I resolve to do a better job of putting aside time to enjoy participating on other sites like I did when I had more time.
What about you? Are there things you used to do when you started out blogging that have slipped as time has gone by and the busyness of life has sucked away your time? Do you think it’s okay to let some things slip as we take advantage of opportunities that come our way? How do you keep the right balance?
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