1. Staple your business card to the information sheet on a listing you are holding open. Invite neighbors to the open house by handing them your information sheet when you door-knock.
2. Staple your business card to a package of "forget me not" flower seeds. Hand them out around Mother's Day or Valentine's Day as part of your door-knocking or open house activities.
3. When someone provides you with excellent service, ask them for their card. Send them a handwritten thank-you note for their service with your card attached.
4. Make a batch of cookies and insert a popsicle stick into each cookie. Wrap the cookie and attach your card to the ribbon you use to tie the cookie.
5. Send handwritten thank-you notes with your card attached to all people who attend your open house.
6. Staple your card to a "buyer's guide" that has a list of this week's new listings. Distribute the guide at your open house or when you door-knock around one of your listings.
7. Distribute your cards to local businesses. Leave a stack of cards for the business owner to distribute. In exchange, if the business offers discounts or coupons for your potential clients, offer to distribute their discounts/coupons at your open houses. Obtain the discount information or coupons and staple your card to them. Distribute the discounts/coupons as part of your regular prospecting and open house activities.
8. Use a ribbon to tie your card to a See's sucker or other kind of lollipop. Give to parents and children at your open house.
9. Have mini-coloring books to give clients to whom you show property or who attend your open house. Staple your card to the book.
10. Make sure your business card is included in every piece of correspondence you send.
    

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