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Sunday, March 1, 2009

Business Cards Management to Get Real Business Results

Do you realize that your business cards tell customers and clients much 1970 71 Topps basketball cards than just your name, your business and contact information? Your business cards are actually similar to your sales representatives. They tell about your business, your expertise and if they are good enough, they will be able tobring businessfor you.

Just like a real sales person, if they are not equipped with a good sales ability and good product knowledge they will not perform well. That is why you need to equip them with those tools.

The challenge is how to get those things into a physical card? Maybe this would help.

First, I insist you to use good quality stock to print your business cards. If you use cheap-low quality stock, they will give bad impressions for you and your business, Donkey Kong I recommend and insist you to use good quality ones.You can addyour company logo and you can tellabout your business and your expertise but do not make it too much. Keep it simple and clear, and make Superman movie it is written in readable fonts and colors.

Then you should state your differentiation. Tell your difference Charlie's Angels the other competitors. Maybe you can offer the cheapest price, or maybe you offer the widest product varieties, or maybe it is your discounts, whatever your offers in your business that make you stand out from the crowd. You can add that difference with the shape or size of the card.You can use smaller size card or rounded shape card than squared one.You do not have to be the best. You only need to be different.

The last tip is to always bring your business card wherever you go. You will never know where you can meet a prospect or a client. If someone asks for your phone or mobile phone number, give your business card instead.

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The Celtic Rituals of Imbolc

The Pagan Sabbat Watchmen Imbolc

Imbolc is predominantly an ancient Celtic festival but is still an Dell comics Sabbat for modern day Wiccans and Pagans too. It is held on either oldest baseball card 1st or Wolverine of February - a healthy half way between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.

The very spirit of Imbolc is right there in the name, which can be translated as 'in the belly'. It refers to the first signs of the ewes lactating in readiness for their lambs, and people were delighted and relieved to see an end to winter. And what better way to make yourself feel better than a party!

The Goddess of honour for Imbolc was Brigid, the Goddess of fire. This gave way to some of the simpler Imbolc traditions, such as keeping the hearth alight all day as well as lighting and carrying candles. However, it was also important to honour and please Brigid in her other guise - as the Goddess of fertility. The girls of the village would make corn or wheat dollies the day before Imbolc and decorate them with shells and crystals, before laying her in a bed of white.

The next day, the doll would be carried door to door so that villagers could present gifts of flowers and crystals (and also food such as butter). In some areas, it has also been said that instead of a doll, Brigid would be represented by a girl carrying a Celtic symbol called the triskele.

A great effort was put into carrying out these traditions as if Brigid was sufficiently pleased with their offerings she would send the first signs of spring to them, and consequently, their other prayers would be answered. Cue many excited and hopeful young ladies of the village!

As with all good festivals, of course Imbolc was celebrated with a feast. It was a very family and friends orientated event, and songs, dances and poetry were performed into the night, although sadly no original versions of these have survived. You can however, replicate the feel and spirit of Imbolc yourself by using the associated herbs, incense or gemstones for giving thanks in your rituals. For herbs you will need angelica, coltsfoot, basil and/or bay, as well as the first white and yellow flowers of the onset of spring. Basil and bay can be used in incense form too and burning these as well as myrrh or cinnamon is a fabulously simple way to fit in a smaller version of an Imbolc ritual if time or circumstances do not allow anything grander.

Crystals, as mentioned, were often part of the decorating of the corn doll figures, made to honour Brigid and amethyst, turquoise or bloodstone are perfect for projecting the right message.

When we think of big cleaning and de-cluttering sessions, we think of 'spring cleaning'. But Imbolc was also used as motivation for getting homes in order, as well as putting the plans and preparations made over winter in to action at last. In fact, when spring truly hits there is too much to do, so don't delay!

Happy Imbolc!
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