This is the answer to your worst networking nightmare, and it's called My Card?. Here's how it works:

When someone reluctantly tells you they don't have any business cards with them, reach into your pocket and offer them My Card?.

"You don't have one of your business cards with you?" you empathize, "Well, don't worry about it ? it happens all the time! Here you go?"

On the front of the card you hand to them, it reads in sharp blue writing: My Card? ? because to your new contact that doesn't have a business card, that's exactly what it is. It's their card!

"I want to help in any way I can ? and also get to know you better," you explain. "Here! Fill out the card with the best way to reach you. Then I'll hang on to this one so we can be sure to stay in touch. And here are a few extras for you to keep with you until you get your new cards. I don't want you missing any networking opportunities!"

No scrap paper. No scribbles. No assumptions or hopes for future contact. Just a fun, simple, memorable, face saving tool that creates a connection between two people who want to build a relationship. What's more, when you graciously hand this card to someone you've just met, you will:

Basic to all victory as a successful business communicator is approachability, or "capability of being reached." So, if someone doesn't have their business card, they're not capable of being reached. They're not approachable. They can't be helped, and they can't help others.

But if you pull My Card? out of your pocket; tell your new friend to fill it out ? and give them a few extra cards for future use ? you will break down those barriers. You will save the day, save the information and save the face of the person you've just met. Not to mention, make their subsequent networking a lot easier.

You will become a Networking Superhero!

And you will turn friends into mutually valuable relationships. All because you took the initiative to empathize with someone who wanted to connect with you, but couldn't because they needed a front porch through which to express their inherent human desire to do so.

Remember: Interest in someone's business card = interest in them. And interest in other people is the most important rule of interpersonal communication.

My Card? is the answer to your worst networking nightmare ? and someone else's. And for $10.00, you can own a 50 pack today, and you'll never miss another important networking opportunity again.

Click here to buy a pack today!

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Scott Ginsberg is a professional speaker, "The World's Foremost Expert on Nametags" and the author of HELLO my name is Scott and The Power of Approachability. He helps people MAXIMIZE their approachability and become UNFORGETTABLE communicators - one conversation at a time. For more information contact Front Porch Productions at http://www.hellomynameisscott.com.