{"id":9513,"date":"2015-02-04T06:30:48","date_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/?p=9513"},"modified":"2015-02-04T06:30:48","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T14:30:48","slug":"business-cards-vs-bidniz-cards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensettle.com\/blog\/business-cards-vs-bidniz-cards\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Cards VS Bid&#8217;niz Cards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I attend one of the local entrepreneur meet-ups here in\u00a0The Burgle, I always (always!) get handed at least a few business\u00a0cards. And, in many cases, the person mindlessly handing me their\u00a0business card asks if they can have my business card.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, I don&#8217;t have a business card.<\/p>\n<p>(Never needed one.)<\/p>\n<p>And, in one case last year, some chick even tried to debate me on\u00a0why I &#8220;need&#8221; one, and how I&#8217;m missing out (something like that &#8212; I tuned\u00a0her out the second she handed me a business card for\u00a0something I am not even remotely in the market for).<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, these people used to annoy me.<\/p>\n<p>Now?<\/p>\n<p>They amuse me.<\/p>\n<p>And, it will further amuse me next time someone tries to shove\u00a0their damp business card in my hand while asking for mine, when I\u00a0say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;I don&#8217;t have a business card, but I dominate the first two pages of Google for my name&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heh.<\/p>\n<p>The way I see it, there are two kinds of business cards:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. A regular business card (like you see people hand out)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">2. And, what I call a &#8220;bid&#8217;niz&#8221; card:<\/p>\n<p>A dominate presence on Google for your name. Or a best-selling\u00a0book. Or a popular podcast. And the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, just something to think about.<\/p>\n<p>On to other news:<\/p>\n<p>One of my &#8220;bid&#8217;niz&#8221; cards is my podcast.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s called:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>&#8220;The Ben Settle Antipreneur Show&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And, for the next few days I am having a contest where the 3 best\u00a0reviews (as judged by Producer Jonathan, not me &#8212; so it is at\u00a0least a little less biased&#8230;) will get:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. The Agora tapes downloads<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(a series of trainings I did for $200 million publisher Agora\u00a0Financial last year about infotainment, email marketing, and\u00a0selling with stories &#8212; these are not for sale anywhere for any\u00a0price, you can only get them by winning this contest)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. My &#8220;Crypto Marketing Secrets&#8221; book<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This is a physical book.<\/p>\n<p>(That I mail to winners, at my expense)<\/p>\n<p>It is a compilation of the 30-issue run of my old &#8220;Crypto Marketing\u00a0Newsletter&#8221; that ran from 2010 to 2012. Each issue was $27, which makes this a for-realz $810 retail value worth of prizes.<\/p>\n<p>(Not to mention the value of the Agora tapes).<\/p>\n<p>Want to win these goodies?<\/p>\n<p>Then here&#8217;s what to do:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">1. Go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n2. Listen to some episodes<br \/>\n3. Leave an honest, helpful (to would-be listeners) iTunes review<\/p>\n<p>Producer Jonathan&#8217;ll pick the winners next week.<\/p>\n<p>If&#8217;n you&#8217;re one of them, the above goodies are yours.<\/p>\n<p>But, you best hop to it.<\/p>\n<p>iTunes sometimes takes time allowing reviews through (especially if\u00a0it&#8217;s your first iTunes review). So if it&#8217;s not up by Sunday at\u00a0midnight, yours won&#8217;t be counted no matter how good it is.<\/p>\n<p>So chop! chop!<\/p>\n<p>That review ain&#8217;t gonna write itself&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.BenSettleShow.com\/antipreneur<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ben Settle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whenever I attend one of the local entrepreneur meet-ups here in\u00a0The Burgle, I always (always!) get handed at least a few business\u00a0cards. And, in many cases, the person mindlessly handing me their\u00a0business card asks if they can have my business card. Of course, I don&#8217;t have a business card. (Never needed one.) 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