Being a part of a huge business world is indeed a great challenge. Standing out, making a name, and being remembered is not an easy task. So to make this happen, you have to be smart in playing the game called business.
Imagine this scenario: say you are a freelance web designer.
One night, you went to a friend’s party. While standing and holding your drink, you saw this person beside you and eventually started a conversation with him. Now, you learned that this guy is an owner of a start-up medium-size company, and he is actually looking for a web designer to do their company site. And later, he learned that about your profession. So, he asked for your
contact information. What would you do?
A. Tear a scratch paper, write your name and contact number, and give it to
him.
B. Dictate your mobile number, and tell him to save your number on his phone;
and ask him to do vice versa.
C. Ask him for his personal info, write in on a paper or on your palm, and
tell him that you’ll contact him.
D. You give him your business card, which includes all the basic contact information he needs.
Obviously, the most professional choice is option D. However, what if you get into a situation similar to the example and you don’t have a business card As the say “desperate times, call for desperate measures”, so you’d probably do A, B, C or think of other options. On the other hand, you might think that you’d probably not get into a situation like that. Of course, you can never tell.