Comments on: Why Do Agents All Have Their Photos On Their Business Cards?

By: The REAL Reasons that You and I are in Real Estate : agentgenius.com

The REAL Reasons that You and I are in Real Estate : agentgenius.com — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:20:31 +0000

[...] some of your who just wanted to be in a profession that allowed you to legitimately carry around business cards with your photo on it. (Oh, that is a whole different [...]

By: Benjamin Bach

Benjamin Bach — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 11:54:58 +0000

My business cards have a cartoon image of me on one side (go to benjaminbach.com to see the image at the bottom of my posts), and my contact info on the other side.

I get GREAT feedback from the cards.

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 21:20:34 +0000

“It’s like a ten second photo that goes on all their marketing materials for the next 15 years.” Athol, I was shocked when I went to a conference and discovered that some of the pictures were 20 years old. I was not able to recognize many.

By: Mariana

Mariana — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:48:09 +0000

We just have our smokin’ cool new logo on our card (of course with contact info). I have only seen a few agent pics that should be on a card …

By: Jonathan Dalton

Jonathan Dalton — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 18:37:43 +0000

I’m leaning toward letting Tobey go solo on the next card. For better or worse, his mug has worked in getting business – dog lovers stop when they see the picture.

Probably a sad fact but it’s working.

By: Andy Kaufman

Andy Kaufman — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 17:04:37 +0000

I took my picture off of my card a few years ago and never looked back. I’ve been getting a lot of comments on my profile photo recently and that’s actually a thing I started doing a while ago lampooning REALTOR marketing materials where they’re busy looking important on the phone…ooooh!

Rather, I think that incorporating something else that’s remarkable, whether it’s an odd shape, cool colors, a matte finish, rounded corners, or something else that will help someone remember you is much more important. Ever think about adding a tag cloud to your business card?

I had no idea how many would comment at the fact that I have my skype ID on my card. It’s a fine detail, but my target market notices. Do they ever call me on skype? Of course not. But it’s instant cred in their eyes.

Since I do quite a bit of networking within the technology & startup circles, I’m constantly coming across innovative business cards that emanate WOW and that by borrowing an idea here and there, I hope that my next design does the same.

Disclaimer: Right now, I consider my business cards boring & lame (except the skype ID), but at least I didn’t plaster a picture of my grill taken at glamour shots 5 years ago on there.

Marry Christmas!

By: Athol Kay

Athol Kay — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:16:51 +0000

It’s also important to remember that 98+% of all realtor headshots are generally lame. It’s like a ten second photo that goes on all their marketing materials for the next 15 years.

By: Teresa Boardman

Teresa Boardman — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 12:36:27 +0000

My business card has a picture on it, a photo that I am told is really very good. It isn’t a picture of my face. It is more a picture that represents where I work. I like to keep my marketing about the consumer, not about me.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 08:02:32 +0000

Great idea Christina! I am adamantly against pictures of agents on business cards. I think it looks tacky in the mom ‘n pop sort of way and self serving. If there is one topic I have gone to war with my brokerage about, it’s photos on business cards. Such is the great divide of old and new school!

By: Christina Ethridge

Christina Ethridge — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 23:13:53 +0000

We don’t have our photos on our cards – instead we have a gorgeous photo of the area. We’ve received more comments and recognition from this photo then anything else we’ve done. Of course, we’ve used this photo in some of our other advertising as well – it’s become our ‘logo’ of sorts.