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Bilingual Double Sided Business Cards – Bringing the Best of Two Worlds to Your Business

Most businesses through the use of the internet have become global businesses. In a world where the distance from business to business has shrunk it is important to expand our thinking on marketing. Double-sided business cards are an inexpensive and effective marketing tool that allows you to offer pertinent business information in more than one language or to offer more information about a business by utilizing both sides of a standard business card.

You want your business cards to say something about you and to tell your prospect more than just a generic name. Make certain that your business has a descriptive and appealing business name that tells not only what you do but establishes a governing idea of who you are to whoever looks at your card.

When you think of the importance of double-sided business cards, imagine that they are small brochures that you will distribute to others. Make certain your business card includes your name, your business name, company logo, address, phone number and fax number, email address, site’s URL, and mission of your business in a single sentence. Make the most of the space you have by including as much copy (or descriptive writing) you can fit while maintaining an uncluttered design and appearance. Some inventive entrepreneurs hand out double-size double-sided business cards that are folded in half to be the same overall dimensions as a standard business card. On the outside of these custom business cards the information is fairly standard but the inside appears to be a promotional flyer clearly indicating products and services and the features of the same. These double-sided business cards may look like the standard business card, but they work like a high end advertising brochure.

If you are a global traveler or offer products and services in multiple parts of the world, you need a double-sided business card. While English is considered to be the preferred language of international business and scientific discussions, it is excellent business awareness to incorporate the language of foreign country that may not consider English its native tongue. If you do business in Japan, Russia, Taiwan, China, Mexico or other non-English native speaking countries, consider having bilingual double-sided business cards printed which give your contact details in English and the native language of the country with which you are doing business on the other.

Be sure to have the text reviewed by a foreign linguistics expert. You do not want to make the same faux pas, like the fictional Austin Powers, who confused “please eat some shitake mushrooms” for please eat some sheets! Finally, observe the formalities and protocols for business card exchanges from culture to culture. For example, in Japan, business cards are proffered using both hands, with a bow and should be accepted in similar form and manner. Please visit our site for more information on Double Sided Business Cards.

Business Credit Cards: Give Your Business The Advantage It Needs

There are a lot of business owners who want to accelerate the growth of their business, but it’s usually dependent upon having a little bit more ready money. With this, they would be able to advertise more, replace old or buy new equipment, increase their inventory in order to sell more items, etc.

Some business owners take matters into their own hands by funding these expenses from their personal stash. However, using personal credit cards for business ventures is a risky-business since you assume total liability. If your company, God forbid, is ever sued or goes under, you risk losing your personal possessions and the good credit rating that took you years to build.

Now what if there was a way to free up some of that needed money you are currently using to support your business, by matching some of your expenses with items your business is already buying on a regular basis? Well, there is and it is in the form of business credit cards.

In other words, if you dish out $500 cash each week on realty supplies to make repairs on your properties, but now instead you make those same purchases using business credit cards for just one month, that would temporarily free up $2000 cash from your usual operating budget.

Of course, you are responsible to pay the balances on any business credit cards you receive, but that would be over a period of time giving you enough occasion to make a profit from the $2000 utilized on the business credit cards before the first payment is due. Are you seeing how having business credit is to your advantage? Let’s go a little further.

Business credit cards are a pretty darn quick way to get resources for short-term needs and at the same time they can increase your business’s purchasing power. But it has to be used economically and not to go all out on spending sprees just because it is available.

Other advantages include:

• Business owners with a limited credit file or credit history can apply without providing the stringent requirements of traditional banks.

• It is much easier to make purchases online and make cash withdrawals from these credit lines.

• Bookkeeping becomes simplified with the use of monthly statements and year-end statements to track expenses and pay taxes.

• Unlike installment loans, business credit cards offer discounts and rewards that can be used toward air travel and the like.

• Business credit builds credit. By paying on time and paying more than the monthly minimum fee, incentivizes lenders to increase credit limits and lower interest rates.

Like with all credit, business credit does have certain qualifications for approval:

• 720 credit score

• No bankruptcies

• No foreclosures

• No late payments in the past 24 months

• Possession of a credit card with a $5k limit.

Building a good strong business credit report allows you to stop relying on your personal credit to support your business endeavors. It also helps you to qualify for future financing your company may need from traditional lenders.