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Personal Business Cards
Personal business cards have an interesting story in history. Before I tell you where you can create free business cards, let’s take a moment and find out where these slips of paper came from, and where they are today.
The business card started out in China of all places, somewhere back in the 15th century. At that time they called it a visiting card.
About the 17th century, these humble items started turning up in Europe. The runners of the royalty and aristocrats would give the servants of their visitors. This was so they could make a make a big occasion about their pending arrival.
The cards got very elaborate with engraving and cool coats of arms. They became a form of proper etiquette with some very sophisticated ways to handle them.
Later on in the 17th century something new turned up in London, called a trading card. They were used by merchants as advertising and maps to their locations. Since this was back before the advent of street addresses and numbering, customers needed some kind of map to find the merchants.
Today’s Personal Business Cards
The actual business card of today is kind of a combination of the visiting and trade cards.
From the plain white card with the person’s name, to very fancy, glossy with foils of gold and silver, personal business cards come in all styles.
Some have custom made logos to brand the business; some are designed to create sizzle and interest. Yet others are very proper and professional.
The sizzle card is used as what they call a drop card to leave in places where people will see them and pick them up. Think of it like a 100 dollar bill on one side and your business information on the other. Most people would pick that up and see what it was and that is the idea.
Then there is the professional business card for lawyers and such, or business people with name address and phone numbers on them. You will see plain, very classy and everything between.
If you have a home-based business, you will need to use both the professional business cards and also the sizzle drop cards to share your ideas, products and opportunities.
And here’s some good news — you can create either inexpensive business cards or even ones for free!
Something to consider is the kinds of free business cards you want to create. Remember the professional and the sizzle? Considering the cards are inexpensive or free, it’s wise to get some of each.
Have fun creating your own personal business cards today!
Online Travel Agents Thrive with Us
by Matthew Willis
The most effective way to grab an all inclusive travel package is by visiting your local travel agent or going directly through the hotel. Online discounts are mainly given for airfare plus hotel stay. If you want to get the penthouse and spend your money frivolously, that is certainly your decision. But, if you want to skimp on your costs, you can find some awesome deals directly through the hotel sites.
We have programs that will work for either direction you choose to move, home or office. If you truly have your heart set on starting your own home travel business, you will find the method that works best for you. It is extremely simple to turn your passion for travel into a profit-making opportunity.
You can create a full service travel agency right in the comfort of your home using the internet. You very easily can start to receive a commission for all the travel that you refer to your company of choice. Take the time now to discover how travel can be an integral part of your future.
We have a home travel business opportunity that is suitable for any generation who wants to start their own business. This is a great way to start the cash flow for your new business, or enhance any business income you might already receive. You can have success with our plan, and we are willing to show you how.
We want to give you all the details about what we have to offer, including the startup costs involved. I had always wanted to become a travel agent, and this company allows me to fulfill my own dreams. We are not your typical travel membership, we like our members to think out of the box.
You can work this home travel business idea independently, or build a team of members who will help you earn a larger amount of income quicker. That is the allure of home business ownership, making loads of money quickly. It won’t happen overnight, but certainly with your efforts and the combined efforts of your team, you should see it within three to six months. It is all about your dedication, your efforts, and your reinvestment of funds into your business.
About the Author:
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The History of Blogging 2
The History of Blogging; 2001 and Beyond
On this history of blogging page, we’ll cover blogs from 2001 and up to the present. (Here’s the other blogging history page, covering up to 2000.)
The Stage is Set: 2001–2004
American blogs hit the scene in 2001. Around this time we started seeing the blogging how to manuals. Another funny thing schools of journalism started looking at what was different between blogging an journalism.
Starting in 2002 we started seeing blogs about Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. This created some problems by some of the things said when bloggers broke the story to the media. Bloggers start a political problem that caused Lott to step down as the Majority Leader.
For some strange reason this gave some credibility to blogs as having the real story. But it is the bloggers that light the way to the public and the mainstream media. It also works the other way around with the bloggers adding to the stories of the mainstream media.
By 2002 blogs are breaking and shaping the stories of the day. Back then the bloggers created their own view points on the Iraq war. Making something different than the left-right and political views.
Going back to the second war in Iraq you could say it was the first blog war.
Bloggers of Iraq got a big readership. We even had blogs started by soldiers in the war. We even got a new word “warblog” presented people with another first hand view to the realities. The public got for the first time a very different viewpoint from the official sources of news.
An almost instant commentary provided by bloggers on televised events. This process was referred to as “liveblogging” kind of a real-time commentary.
The History of Blogging: 2004–present
Starting about 2004 blogs become the main source of political consultants and candidates. The new services available and popularity allowed them to be used to form both popular and unpopular opinions.
By 2004 in the summer the Republican and Democratic Parties bloggers blogs turned into a standard publicity tool. The high profile commentators on television created their own blogs. In 2004 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary claimed “blog” as the word of the year.
It was a blog that brought to light “Rathergate”. Bloggers brought evidence to prove the documents Dan Rather used to “prove” his news report were forgeries.
Blogs have become the primary news sources some of the high profile cases were the Tsunami of Dec 2004. Another was Hurricane Katrina Aug 2005.
Fortune magazine provided information on a number of blogs the people in business just could not ignore.Code of conduct for Bloggers was suggested by Tim O’Reilly in 2007.
2008 and On: The Future of Blogging?
There had been speculation that blogs will have reached their highest numbers in 2007. The thought process was that more and more people were building websites as opposed to blogs. And also, the rate of “dead” blogs would offset new blogs. So far, there’s not any indication that blog building is slowing down. In fact, many people add blogs to their website!
In addition to the text blogging we know, podcasting (audio blogs) and vlogs (video blogs) are getting more and more popular.
Where will the history of blogging be in another 5 years? Given the rate of technology growth, you can be sure of one thing; it won’t be what we predict today!