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You have been a Realtor® how many months WITHOUT a business card?

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Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana

 

SEVEN AND A HALF months and unless UPS goes out of business I will have my very own business cards by the end of the week!

WHAT TOOK YOU SO LONG, Bruce?  I had the best of intentions in getting a business card when I started in Real Estate back in mid-August, but my wife Sharon put the brakes on with a hard hitting post back in September called WOULD YOU PUT THIS PHOTO ON A BUSINESS CARD?

Of course she was right that I should not use my teacher yearbook photo, but I just wanted to get something on a business card. . . .

What can I say?  When I was born  the doctors would smack the behind of the baby to get the infant to cry to help remove the fluid in the lungs.  How ugly was I as a newborn???

The doctor smacked me in the face by mistake!!!

Perhaps I should take the advise of the commenters on Sharon's blog and go to a professional photographer.

I finally did in December and now I have finally gotten around to getting a business card made.

 

 

What do you think of my self designed business card that I was going to print off my trusty HP printer that I have owned since 1997?

 

 

 

Being a typical male driving around lost for hours in a strange metropolis too stubborn to ask for directions, I finally came to my senses and sought out a professional to design a business card for myself.  Enter Inna Hardison of Ha Media Group of ACTIVE RAIN fame and she designed a business card that was worth waiting SEVEN MONTHS FOR(basically because of my stupidity).

If you don't like my new card please don't pick at Inna.  She was simply matching up my staid and lifeless personality on 14 point glossy stock paper in a manner that I was very happy with!  She even used a battleship gray background to match my beloved 50 pair of gym shorts and to blend in my ever graying hair! 

MY NEW BUSINESS CARD is below:  Thanks, Inna!

 

 

 

 

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Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

Wow I saw Inna's post the other day... read Jenny's saw the start of this one and did not recognize you or your name.  It is like three different guys.

 

Jun 17, 2010 08:08 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

What can we say, Maureen???    ^_~   

Jun 17, 2010 11:59 AM
Maureen McCabe
HER Realtors - Columbus, OH
Columbus Ohio Real Estate

LOL

Jun 17, 2010 12:05 PM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Thanks for your return visit Maureen, and you are most welcome to drop in anytime!

 

Jun 17, 2010 12:09 PM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

John, it seems to me that a photo is a very important way to brand oneself.  I just don't think yard signs, fliers, or print items are as recognizable in the brief few seconds that the consumer has to look at it without a picture.  That is my take on the matter.

Thanks for your visit and question!

Jun 21, 2010 05:20 AM
David Berchelmann
Century 21 APD Associates - El Paso, TX

Bruce, your new card looks great.  I am still a picture skeptic but if mine was done like yours, I may have to change my mind.

Jul 14, 2010 02:59 PM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

David, you ought to click on the link above for Inna Hardison and Ha Media.  They do great work and can give you a whole lot of options.  I think they are also running a special for the next week or so.  Thanks for your visit!

Jul 14, 2010 04:27 PM
Inna Hardison
ha media group - Orlando, FL
Wordpress for Real Estate & Design, Print HaMedia Group

God, I hate AR's JPG compression.  Ok, rant over.

Hi Bruce:-)

Jul 14, 2010 05:08 PM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Inna-are you clairvoyant?  Every time I drop your name you pop up!   ^_~

Jul 15, 2010 02:06 AM
Maya Thomas, Broker
Tampa, FL
Please see my client recommendations.

HAHAHAHAHA!  love it!

Aug 24, 2010 05:00 AM
Maya Thomas, Broker
Tampa, FL
Please see my client recommendations.

I LOVE your business card picture!

Aug 24, 2010 05:18 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Hi Maya, I am so glad you got over to visit this post.  Which business card picture do you like?  The "professional" one, or my "bRUCE" self made card?    ^_~

Aug 24, 2010 07:20 AM
Broker Patty Da Silva Da Silva
Green Realty Properties® - 954-667-7253 - Cooper City, FL
Top Listing Broker

LOVE the picture!!!!! Hope Janelle got your sense of humor Bruce. :)

 

Dec 09, 2011 11:50 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Patty, that would be a better thing to inherit than my looks!

Dec 09, 2011 05:17 PM
Shanna Hall
Real Estate Solutions - Kirkwood, MO
I love selling houses!!!St. Louis, MO 314-703-1311

Bruce I like to goofy picture- and I think it would definitely set you as a brand!!!

Jan 12, 2014 10:11 PM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Shanna, I will wear a fanny pack just to embarrass my daughters when we meet at a restaurant.  ^_~

Shanna, here is how the picture came to be:

I opened up the lid on our outdoor barbecue,and did not know that my daughters had loaded it with lighter fluid!!!!  When the oxygen hit the starter fluid there was a loud WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH and the hair on my leaning head was singed BIG TIME.  It was a wretched hair arrangement and too good not to pass up a great photo opportunity, so I donned by classic mid to late 70's plaid sport coat and mismatching shirt and tie.   

Jan 14, 2014 08:13 AM
Shanna Hall
Real Estate Solutions - Kirkwood, MO
I love selling houses!!!St. Louis, MO 314-703-1311

Bruce- my mom keeps giving all of us fannie packs for Christmas- she keeps hoping that the fad will come back!  Haha- I will tell her that she has a soul mate in Indiana!

I knew that picture had to have a good story behind it!!!

Jan 15, 2014 05:36 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Shanna, maybe I can send her one of those world famous Indiana University tee shirts that say:

HOOSIER MOMMA

Jan 16, 2014 01:20 AM
Inna Ivchenko
Barcode Properties - Encino, CA
Realtor® • GRI • HAFA • PSC Calabasas CA

To tell you the truth, I like the card with a crazy tie. I think you should reconsider and go back to that design:)

You look fun, ready and willing!

:)

May 14, 2015 11:01 AM
Bruce Walter
Keller Williams Realty Lafayette/West Lafayette, Indiana - West Lafayette, IN

Inna, I had a lot of fun with that picture!  Comment #79 explains the inspiration after I had my hair singed on the outdoor grill!

May 16, 2015 11:44 PM