The title on your business cards may say a lot of what kind of person you are, how big your company is and also in some cases what you actually do for a living . Most people owning a small company or working for themselves print business cards with Cheif Executive Officer (CEO) as their title because they think it sounds cool and may impress the people they give their business cards to. If you're company is a big one with a famous name like Coca-Cola, Verisign or Name Intelligence then it works, people will get impressed by the CEO title on your business cards, but what if your company is a smaller company or if you're self-employed?

If you're self-employed or working for your own small company with just a few employees, then any other creative title may be more impressive then CEO because the user may actually think you're a piece in a much bigger puzzle . I for example got Business Development Director on my business cards because that's more correct if you look at the kind of work I do here at Xavier Media. I develop the company and it's services . I also got that title because the CEO of Xavier Media gave me that job

So instead of choosing CEO or Managing Director, go for a title that describe the work you do. That's much cooler and may be even more impressive then just something that everyone got printed on the business cards.

/Andreas

If you would like to start your own directory like XavierMedia.ws then you should have a look at Linkmachine. Linkmachine is actually a reciprocal link exchange management software that makes it easy to find and contact quality link partners, generate custom link pages that match your site, and keep track of reciprocal links. But it works perfect is you want to create your own directory too.

LinkMachine is a PHP application that runs on your web server, so it can automatically update your link pages the moment a change is made – no need to upload files each time a new link is added. Linkmachine will also check for reciprocal and broken links automatically so you don't have to worry at all about that. If a link is missing or broken Linkmachine send the owner an email. If the link is still broken or missing after a few days a reminder is sent out and after a few days the link is deactivated. All link pages are automatically updated!

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• 22/12: Black Tennis Pro's
• 23/12: AdToll Ad Management
• 24/12: Bankruptcy To Millionaire
• 25/12: Richard Bizick dot com
• 26/12: TechSnack
• 27/12: Tech At Hand
• 28/12: Photos from Northern Norway

The new contest

The new contest got same rules as the last one: drop your card at this site and you can be the lucky winner of 100 EntreCard credits. Seven winners will be announced next Friday (the 5th of January 2008). Drop your card and be happy !

/Andreas