I've known guys like this
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JWSmythe
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I've known so many guys like this. No matter what, they're the latest, greatest, whatever who's so much better than you.
If you go to the YouTube page, it has a link for some marketing scam. The whole idea of this is, "I'm better than you, so I make better money, but you can buy whatever I'm selling and be like me."
If I met this guy at an industry convention, where I would expect to be talking and trading cards with people, I'd walk away from this guy. He's an ass. I wouldn't even want to do business with him.
I like his card idea. It's too big to fit in the Rolodex. Ya, it's also too big to fit in my wallet with the other cards I collect. It's too big to fit in my pocket. But one thing is for sure, if for some ungodly reason I ended up with his card, it isn't too big to flick into the trash.
I don't know, maybe he has the attitude because he is great at what he does. Really though, the people who are that great don't act like this. The guy who managed to get 100 cards printed (at $4/ea, according to his spiel), and somehow managed to get a really poor video shot and put online, is probably the really pathetic guy who's sure he can make money if he feels confident enough about himself. In real life, he's not. That's his front. He's the guy who goes home alone to his apartment at night, gets out a bottle of cheap liquor, drinks until he can't see straight, and cries himself to sleep every night because he's pathetic. Sorry dude. It's a hard life, isn't it. Maybe if you weren't trying so hard to prove your "confidence", and actually had something marketable, you could do so much better.
I don't need a big card to compensate for anything. I have a very very plain card. It has my name, my email, and my site name. Anything else, you can write on the back, and you can put it in your pocket without hurting yourself. I'd offer to help, but I can't offer psychiatric help. Maybe there's a "surviving motivational speaking" group that you can join. You can all pitch at each other until you realize how pathetic you all are.
-- Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
Re:I've known guys like this
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Anonymous Coward
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...it's a joke, it's even in the comedy category on youtube to make sure you know that.
Re:I've known guys like this
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Anonymous Coward
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Speech Fail?
That's not all that smells...
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hyades1
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That stupid dipshit says it took him 25 years to design that tarot card he's trying to pass off as a business card. He should have saved about 22 of them by spending 3 years in a decent commercial art program.
He notes quite correctly that it won't fit in a Rolodex. It will, however, fit quite nicely into the Round File...which is where it would wind up if I was given one.
Guaranteed.
-- I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
Re:That's not all that smells...
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MrEricSir
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I would ask for $4 cash instead of his stupid card.
I'm going to hire him to design my toddler's business card. Sure, we'll have to make a few assumptions about what he can do, guaranteed, once he's 27 years old, but it's important to think ahead. Factoring in inflation, I'm willing to go as high as $11.50 per card, but at that price point I expect the whole deal - embossing, die cutting, foil stamping, and pop up action figures.
-- If libertarians are so opposed to effective government, why don't they all move to Somalia?
Who the hell uses business cards these days in any case?
What his card says about him?
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volcanopele
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Does he really want people to answer that? His card says that he's a douche and is full of himself. His card says that he wasted 25 years of his life working on an effective business card, rather than doing something productive, like watching grass grow. His card says that he has too much money and should be personally taxed more. His card says that he doesn't care about the earth because of all the 4 dollar, nice card stock business cards that will be thrown out after people mutter, "what a douche," after he hands him that (or they just file the info in some sort of electronic address book thingie.
Re:What his card says about him?
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Anonymous Coward
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I think he is very effective. If I used his card as a coaster, I'd have heaps to talk about whilst drinking my beer.
He's ignoring the true purpose
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rfc1394
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He's ignoring the true purpose of a business card. It's to allow people to be able to find you again fast so they can do business with you. His point that he spends $4 on a business card tells me he wastes money, meaning I don't want to deal with him because I want the most bang for my buck, not someone who thinks the answer to business problems is to waste money on non-essentials.
I'll tell you the type of card people hold onto: full color cards with a photo. Those get you noticed, if they're nicely done, people hold onto them, and if you can fit it in a Rolodex then they can hang onto it and find you when they need what you're selling.
For four bucks he should be doing a brochure, not some oversized business card. Most of us have too much clutter, and it means that - as other/.'ers have stated, means his non-rolodexable business card will go file 13. It's an ego trip for him to create an expensive card, but don't forget, he's in public relations and those people are supposed to do things to get attention, that's their stock in trade. Now, I agree most business cards are crap because they're boring. But they're usually meant to be. You just want to provide your information; you dazzle with performance and getting the job done, not with sizzle and flash.
But people who do public relations or advertising, all they have is sizzle and flash, their objective is to get attention, and lots of it, so in his case the type of card he's doing probably works. For the vast majority of us in business, either his card is overkill or it might even backfire, because if you're spending that much on your advertising, are you providing a professional service. On the other hand, he's selling advertising so he's showing the customer how he can be over-the-top and really effective in an environment where what you need is lots of buzz.
For the vast majority of us, either boring or slightly better is reasonable and it should be able to be put in a Rolodex. Or, better yet, make your card as a refrigerator magnet. That you can do for about 25c. Do full color with something really nice looking like kittens, or puppies, or a sunset or, since he sells crowds, a huge crowd drawing, say, an image of the globe - not his "crap" face - on a laser or inkjet and you make something people will keep around.
One guy who sells real estate does a brochure where he shows the "big blue marble" image of earth. And then below it, is the line "this is what we sell" and his name and phone number. Probably costs at most $1 a copy, but it's the kind of thing that's so attractive that people will keep it on their coffee table, and thus you've kept your name where the customer will see it. That's what your business card - or whatever you use to make people notice you - is supposed to do.
-- The lessons of history teach us - if they teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
The Next William Hung
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Anonymous Coward
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You guys don't understand. By having a stupid card that you can't even call a Business card anymore and having this stupid video that makes you pick up your brain cells from the floor after watching it: He actually IS accomplishing his goal. Popularity and publication. Ladies and Gents meet the next William Hung.
I, too, will take the $4.00 cash
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Jane+Q.+Public
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and use it to buy my own cards.
Raised lettering is better... very heavy stock is nice. Oil print is nothing. It should fit in the rolodex, but be just enough taller than standard (1/32 to 1/16) for the finger to find it more easily than the others... which is also part of the reason for the heavier stock.
And that is going to cost you. Probably about 1.3 to 2 x the regular price. That's still not very much.
Slashdot Mirror
Oh please. My cards get me excellent results and I designed them in a few hours. They look great too.
There IS a line between "cheap stock/crap printing" and using a $4.00 brochure instead of a business card.
hilarious.
Awesome
The dude looks like he should be in porn business. Is he?
I've known so many guys like this. No matter what, they're the latest, greatest, whatever who's so much better than you.
If you go to the YouTube page, it has a link for some marketing scam. The whole idea of this is, "I'm better than you, so I make better money, but you can buy whatever I'm selling and be like me."
If I met this guy at an industry convention, where I would expect to be talking and trading cards with people, I'd walk away from this guy. He's an ass. I wouldn't even want to do business with him.
I like his card idea. It's too big to fit in the Rolodex. Ya, it's also too big to fit in my wallet with the other cards I collect. It's too big to fit in my pocket. But one thing is for sure, if for some ungodly reason I ended up with his card, it isn't too big to flick into the trash.
I don't know, maybe he has the attitude because he is great at what he does. Really though, the people who are that great don't act like this. The guy who managed to get 100 cards printed (at $4/ea, according to his spiel), and somehow managed to get a really poor video shot and put online, is probably the really pathetic guy who's sure he can make money if he feels confident enough about himself. In real life, he's not. That's his front. He's the guy who goes home alone to his apartment at night, gets out a bottle of cheap liquor, drinks until he can't see straight, and cries himself to sleep every night because he's pathetic. Sorry dude. It's a hard life, isn't it. Maybe if you weren't trying so hard to prove your "confidence", and actually had something marketable, you could do so much better.
I don't need a big card to compensate for anything. I have a very very plain card. It has my name, my email, and my site name. Anything else, you can write on the back, and you can put it in your pocket without hurting yourself. I'd offer to help, but I can't offer psychiatric help. Maybe there's a "surviving motivational speaking" group that you can join. You can all pitch at each other until you realize how pathetic you all are.
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
That stupid dipshit says it took him 25 years to design that tarot card he's trying to pass off as a business card. He should have saved about 22 of them by spending 3 years in a decent commercial art program.
He notes quite correctly that it won't fit in a Rolodex. It will, however, fit quite nicely into the Round File...which is where it would wind up if I was given one.
Guaranteed.
I've calculated my velocity with such exquisite precision that I have no idea where I am.
life imitating art
(1.21 gigawatts) / (88 miles per hour) = 30 757 874 newtons
Your business card is crap. His is awesome. He's gonna run for President and fix the world. Guaranteed.
512 MB RAM, 20 GB disk, 200 GB transfer, five datacenters. $19.95/month.
25 years to show me something and in doing so makes me want to punch him in the face? I would have probably felt the same way from day 1.
I'm going to hire him to design my business card. I know 25 years is a long time to wait, but it will be totally worth it!
And why don't you want me to put your business card there?
he should tattoo
i_am_the_effen_best.com
on his forehead
Who the hell uses business cards these days in any case?
Does he really want people to answer that? His card says that he's a douche and is full of himself. His card says that he wasted 25 years of his life working on an effective business card, rather than doing something productive, like watching grass grow. His card says that he has too much money and should be personally taxed more. His card says that he doesn't care about the earth because of all the 4 dollar, nice card stock business cards that will be thrown out after people mutter, "what a douche," after he hands him that (or they just file the info in some sort of electronic address book thingie.
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He's ignoring the true purpose of a business card. It's to allow people to be able to find you again fast so they can do business with you. His point that he spends $4 on a business card tells me he wastes money, meaning I don't want to deal with him because I want the most bang for my buck, not someone who thinks the answer to business problems is to waste money on non-essentials.
I'll tell you the type of card people hold onto: full color cards with a photo. Those get you noticed, if they're nicely done, people hold onto them, and if you can fit it in a Rolodex then they can hang onto it and find you when they need what you're selling.
For four bucks he should be doing a brochure, not some oversized business card. Most of us have too much clutter, and it means that - as other /.'ers have stated, means his non-rolodexable business card will go file 13. It's an ego trip for him to create an expensive card, but don't forget, he's in public relations and those people are supposed to do things to get attention, that's their stock in trade. Now, I agree most business cards are crap because they're boring. But they're usually meant to be. You just want to provide your information; you dazzle with performance and getting the job done, not with sizzle and flash.
But people who do public relations or advertising, all they have is sizzle and flash, their objective is to get attention, and lots of it, so in his case the type of card he's doing probably works. For the vast majority of us in business, either his card is overkill or it might even backfire, because if you're spending that much on your advertising, are you providing a professional service. On the other hand, he's selling advertising so he's showing the customer how he can be over-the-top and really effective in an environment where what you need is lots of buzz.
For the vast majority of us, either boring or slightly better is reasonable and it should be able to be put in a Rolodex. Or, better yet, make your card as a refrigerator magnet. That you can do for about 25c. Do full color with something really nice looking like kittens, or puppies, or a sunset or, since he sells crowds, a huge crowd drawing, say, an image of the globe - not his "crap" face - on a laser or inkjet and you make something people will keep around.
One guy who sells real estate does a brochure where he shows the "big blue marble" image of earth. And then below it, is the line "this is what we sell" and his name and phone number. Probably costs at most $1 a copy, but it's the kind of thing that's so attractive that people will keep it on their coffee table, and thus you've kept your name where the customer will see it. That's what your business card - or whatever you use to make people notice you - is supposed to do.
The lessons of history teach us - if they teach us anything - that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us.
You guys don't understand. By having a stupid card that you can't even call a Business card anymore and having this stupid video that makes you pick up your brain cells from the floor after watching it: He actually IS accomplishing his goal. Popularity and publication. Ladies and Gents meet the next William Hung.
and use it to buy my own cards.
Raised lettering is better... very heavy stock is nice. Oil print is nothing. It should fit in the rolodex, but be just enough taller than standard (1/32 to 1/16) for the finger to find it more easily than the others... which is also part of the reason for the heavier stock.
And that is going to cost you. Probably about 1.3 to 2 x the regular price. That's still not very much.
but the card index. Not exactly the same thing.