About 5 years ago I started selling Avon as my first job. It didn’t work out well and only lasted a few months. It was so bad that I sometimes forget it is considered a job. Looking back I realize I made a few mistakes with that job. One being I wasn’t aggressive enough. Everyone and their aunt sells Avon and I couldn’t bring myself to take customers away from other people. I’ve learned since then that you don’t always have to. Sometimes people shop around, sometimes they will send you business if they like you.

Another thing I did not do is use business cards, now I get business cards online. I prefer using vista print as I have ordered many times from them and have been very happy with the product. I have 3 different business cards from them right now and I have found that switching them up a little will make people pick up the card again and maybe check it out. One women I talked with found my design blog when I left a card at her salon. The first time she looked at it, thought is was interesting and lost the card. The next card she picked up because it was the same one. She then forgot to check out the site. The third time she noticed the name of the site on a different designed card and made sure to keep it. The moral of this story, change a few things, but keep the information the same and keep trying to get that information out there.

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I love using different things to advertise my websites. I have banners and other types of online ads. I also have business cards and flyer’s. Something that I have heard of but have not done yet is sending postcards out to people on mailing list inviting them to join your site.

Now the site I am working right now to advertise is my forum, but I don’t know how well this would work I would have to find a list of bloggers to send this out too. Of course anyone doing paid blogging would be easy to find, but it’s the others who don’t do paid blogging that may have a great input into the forum. That is who I’m looking for now. Of course I also wouldn’t mind some more paid bloggers and a couple of pro bloggers, but I think thats just wishful thinking at this time. I don’t have the advertising money to spend right now to get those types really interested. Actually I don’t have the adverting money to get anyone interested right now!

I think I will still try this out when I get enough cash. I already know where to get them, Vista print offers great postcard printing and the prices are great. I get my business cards from them and I love those so I think I will love these too! I’ll probably have to order another set of business cards now. I start classes today and I’m almost out, college campuses are a great place to leave those things!

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