{"id":1461,"date":"2011-01-12T10:33:02","date_gmt":"2011-01-12T15:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/?p=1461"},"modified":"2011-01-12T10:33:02","modified_gmt":"2011-01-12T15:33:02","slug":"do-business-everywhere-you-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acro.net\/blog\/do-business-everywhere-you-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Do business everywhere you go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a walking advertisement in order to be able to plant the seed for business deals everywhere you go.<\/p>\n<p>All you need is a small stack of <a href=\"http:\/\/4by6.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>quality-made business cards<\/strong><\/a> that you carry with you.<\/p>\n<p>You go to the mall for coffee and window shopping? Take the business cards with you.<\/p>\n<p>Attending a wedding or visiting your dentist? Take the stack of your biz cards along.<\/p>\n<p><strong>You never know when the opportunity will knock<\/strong>, but here&#8217;s an example.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday I was at Best Buy and while I waited my turn for the employee to finish with another customer, that customer saw me waiting and she commented on my patience.<\/p>\n<p>Little did she know that I was getting ready to leave. But I seized the opportunity and joined the discussion; she was on a quest for a new laptop.<\/p>\n<p>While I focused on giving her computer advice &#8211; <em>and essentially, helping out the Best Buy employee who seemed a little worn out by all this <\/em>&#8211; I was able to ask questions about her interests, type of work and subtly pitch my <a href=\"http:\/\/acroplex.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>web &amp; graphics development services.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being a Texan, she flat out asked for my business card, which I gladly produced from my wallet.<\/p>\n<p>So there you go. Print some quality business cards &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/4by6.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>I recommend 4by6.com<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; and go out as usual; you never know what will happen that will benefit your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&#8217;t have to be a walking advertisement in order to be able to plant the seed for business deals everywhere you go. All you need is a small stack of quality-made business cards that you carry with you. You go to the mall for coffee and window shopping? Take the business cards with you. 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