Self-Employed? How do you sign?

[mraikes]

I dont even have name on business cards never mind a title.

card promotes the business not me.

I'm 1000% for promoting the business rather than an individual, but people expect a business card to include the name of the person giving it to them.

When I get a business card with no name I assume the person who gave it to me is brand new to their company OR unlikely to be there long term so it's not worth printing cards with their name on them.

Hmm . . or they want to be sneaky-anonymous.

 

[ComputerPro]

We have 'company cards' on our counter and personal cards also. Not sure we agree with your no-name = sneaky company view.

Most clients interact with our receptionist who, bless her heart, is also a pretty good tech, a great sales person also

But a lot of customers who come in the shop either take a card or a pen just for the contact info. They aren't looking for a 'certain tech' per se.

This is a common practice especially for us and it works out well.
But time and place come into play also. If we just left a meeting and a person asked for 'our' card, then a named card would be the only appropriate choice.

But for generic counter cards to put the CEO's name, owners name or one of the random techs names would be a little weird.

You wouldn't want every customer who called to ask for a specific tech, or worse the owner. It would get unproductive very fast.

My 2 bits.
Terry

 

[mraikes]

...snipped... They aren't looking for a 'certain tech' per se.

...snipped... If we just left a meeting and a person asked for 'our' card, then a named card would be the only appropriate choice.

But for generic counter cards to put the CEO's name, owners name or one of the random techs names would be a little weird.

You wouldn't want every customer who called to ask for a specific tech, or worse the owner. It would get unproductive very fast.

I completely agree. Someone picking up a generic card from a receptionist's desk, bulletin board or other common place is perfectly fine. And I didn't mean to imply that no-name always equals sneaky.

But as you point out as well, in situations where it's one-on-one with an individual (even if it's a tech) the person seeking the card usually has a reasonable expectation that the name of the "giver" will be on it.

 

[Tony_Scarpelli]

Depends

Brake fix retail doesn't matter.

Informal clients small consultant from your home....doesn't matter.

Formal clients Lawyers, accountants, insurance companies and larger companies it probably does matter and you should have one name on each business card.

Title matters less but like I said the more formal your most formal clients are the more formal you should be.

I have clients I can wear shorts to go service in the summer time. Other clients no way in hell.

 

[colonydata]

Director of Engineering

it makes it sound like i am part of higher up management. with management being plural