Firstly and most importantly, the long awaited day is here! Moo.com have just announced their latest product - full size business cards! All the same rules apply, up to 50 different images per pack of 50 cards, customisable text on the back (which can be done in horizontal or vertical orientations) and best of all - they have a green option:
There’s 2 paper stocks to choose from:
- * MOO ‘Classic’, is just like MiniCard stock or
- * MOO ‘Green’ is 100% recycled, 100% recyclable and bio-degradable
They’ll cost £10.99/€15.09/$21.99 for 50 cards - and look at the dinky holder they come in! Sign for the moos-letter and get a 20% discount code when they go on sale soon.
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The new house is finally beginning to come together, however progress is likely to slow now that we have our broadband installed and home media centre set up. Thanks to Magnet we’re getting 8MB Fibre to the Home - although check the difference in the results between me being directly connected to the net VS via my VPN! How cruel!
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I’ve also begun to get my head around my new kitchen and wanted to try a new recipe. I found these Cheesy Bread Wedges courtesy of English Mum in Ireland and thought they would be perfect to sate my savoury/carb craving. Brill recipe, nice & simple - just be warned, you probably won’t need all of the milk/egg mix, about half was well enough to bring the dough together for me. I’d show you a pic, but they were all scoffed by the hubbie & myself! Gorgeous served with caramelised red onion relish.
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My little herb garden is doing well, the fennel has grown about a foot in the last three weeks! Sine I reckon I’ll end up with more herbs than I actually need, I’m planning on making some Herb Butter (recipe from Chew On That) and freezing it for the winter months - mmmmm, just the thought of it melting on a steak has me drooling!
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Finally, CruchLudd last night was a blast! The setup was excellent, with mini-demo stations set up for each company, so that we could mingle around at our leisure and grill them about their products. Wireless was having issues, but who can remember the last tech event where that didn’t happen? Congrats to Anton on setting up another great event.
However, some of the people doing the demos could have been better, here’s a short list of some tips and tricks for the next time.
- Have a poster or something to indicate who you are as I approach - having to peer into tiny laptop screens to try & find your logo is a PITA!
- Welcome each person as they approach, even if it means briefly breaking off conversation with the previous person to have arrived - I floated away from at least 2 tables as they refused to acknowledge me standing there. Even a quick “I’ll be right with you” would have got me to stand around longer.
- Practise, practise, practise - use cheat sheets if required. You have about 2-3 mins of my attention to explain all the major points of your product and keep my attention. Know exactly what you want to say and how to say it.
- Following on from that - if you can’t explain your product in one sentence, then that’s a FAIL. Give me the concept, then the features and finish up with why it is good for me.
- Have lots of business cards - if you can’t afford Moo cards, then jump over to Vista Print and get some cheap ones. Make them stand out and easy to read. Give me one as soon as you’ve said hello. With the sponsored bar, it might be the only way I’ll remember who you are the next day!
