I’ve carried business cards around for my full-time jobs for years. Now that I’ve been blogging for over six years I figured it was time to get business cards advertising my blog. I remember attending Linux Expo and taking home the first blog business cards I’d seen – those of Slashdot founders Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda and Jeff “Hemos” Bates. That was, oh, eight years ago.

On a recent business trip, I stopped by a coffee shop who got their business cards from VistaPrint. VistaPrint offers free business cards in quantities of 250. The catch is that every card has “Vistaprint – free business cards” on the back – essentially an ad for the service. Pretty savvy marketing, in my opinion. At least it makes some bloggers write about you.

To get your free cards you have to click through about 20 dialog boxes offering additional (fee) services, but it can be done. If you successfully navigate the dialog gauntlet your total cost for cards will be around $6 for shipping.