Something that’s been working for me at agile2011 are these business cards.
By putting the same image of the samurai on the card that appears on my book, without saying a word people instantly know who you are (if they’ve read your book).
For you authors out there who are looking for simple, fun way to promote your book, invest a couple hundred bucks, get a good designer, and get some good high quality cards made (because after all you’ve written a high quality book).
Here is a card Andy Hunt gave me after his presentation.
It’s good. It’s simple. And it’s an easy way for Andy to market and potential make contact with new aspiring authors.
So if you’ve invested all that time in writing a great book and you are out their attending conferences, get some good business cards to back it up.
And if you think you’ve got something to say, contact Dave and Andy and inquire about writing for the prags. They’re the best publishers out there and will support you all the way.
Aug 10, 2011 @ 15:04:52
OMG! LOVE THESE! Great example of use of business cards. w00t
Aug 10, 2011 @ 16:20:28
The book was great – one of the great factors was simplicity. Same applies to the business card. Visual context cuts it to most of humans. Simplicity works because of the information overload we’re all going through. Great path!
Aug 21, 2011 @ 21:56:37
Typo. Ouch.
Aug 21, 2011 @ 21:57:20
…but it’s otherwise cool!
Aug 24, 2011 @ 18:47:35
I know – how embarrassing! Must fix in next batch.