Need a favor - Help design a business card we can hand out to potential new members?

[Guest Close Quarterbore]

I wanted to do this for a while but too many ongoing projects so I am begging your help...

What I would like to do is come up with a VERY brief message that could be printed on a business card to introduce the TimeshareForums community to someone. The text should be generic enough that the card could be left in a small stand somewhere and the user would get an idea what we are about just from that little card.

We will include our small logo in the upper right or left corner and the only contact information will be the website URL.

So, who is the creative writers here that would like to help introduce the site to potential new members?

Thanks for any help and we will combine responses as appropriate to get this done. We need something to use quite quickly but this wil be for a smaller printing of cards. Later I will order cards in bulk and provide them to staff or members so they can share them IF THEY WISH.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

You mean like a card we could leave around the timeshare sales offices at big resorts, and hand out at TimeShareRelief functions?

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

Ken,

The first thing you need to do is focus on what exactly is the mission of TS4Ms that sets it apart from everything else out there in the travel world. I don't know if you had a business plan or mission statement when you and Frank devised this site, but that's a good place to look for "key words". And then you take your key words and work from there to come up with a slogan.

The kind of thing that pops into my mind isn't fancy sounding but I think it's focused on the raison d'etre of TS4Ms:

"Helping consumers get value from timesharing"
(I don't like the word "get", maybe "gain" would be better, or "enhance" can be used somehow).

Or how bout...???

Looking forward to seeing other ideas. We definitely need business cards! Looking forward to buying some!

Carol C.

[Guest Close Quarterbore]

Sorry, I was at work all day and I had to bring work home...

What I was looking for was some help with the text itself...


I'll toss out an example:

TimeshareForums.com is a community of timeshare owners with no hidden agendas to get anyone to buy, sell, or trade anything! Instead, the community was established to allow timeshare owners or users to have a place to get together. The site features forums, resort information, classifieds, photos, and much more! We welcome you to stop in for a visit:

www.TimeshareForums.com

This is kind of wordy but this is the basic message we need to get out...

EDIT FOR A SECOND PASS:

TS4MS is a community established to allow timeshare owners or users to have a place to get together. The site features forums, resort information, classifieds, photos, and much more with no hidden agenda to get anyone to buy, sell, or trade anything!

We welcome you to stop in for a visit: www.TimeshareForums.com

I uploaded an example but OBVIOUSLY THIS IS TOO MUCH TEXT! The final version will be better then this poor looking jpeg!

[Guest Close Quarterbore]

Here is a 3rd try:

TS4MS is a community of timeshare owners with forums, resort information, classifieds, photos, and lots of great people.

We welcome you to visit:
www.TimeshareForums.com

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Here is a 3rd try:

3rd try was better but how about,

www.timeshareforums.com for all your time share and travel help.

[Glitter Brunello Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Glitter Brunello]

Timeshareforums.com

A free community of timeshare owners helping eachother and having fun.

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Timeshareforums.com

A free community of timeshare owners helping eachother and having fun.

I like it, Avery. How about adding a little more to it like this:

A free community of timeshare owners helping each other getting the best exchanges and buying re-sale timeshares cheaply and having fun together.

[ArtsieAng Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close ArtsieAng]

TS4Ms is a friendly community where people share their travel knowledge and experience. Come join the fun.

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

The real message comes from the presenting person, not the blurb on the card. I think the KISS principal should apply here.

[Guest Close Quarterbore]

The real message comes from the presenting person, not the blurb on the card. I think the KISS principal should apply here.

Just remember, the card may not be with a presenting person so it needs to have enough without soundling like we are TS Salesmen

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Angela didn't sound like a timeshare sales person to me with her slogan:

TS4Ms is a friendly community where people share their travel knowledge and experience. Come join the fun.

I would add the word "timeshare and travel knowledge", etc. This sounds inviting and friendly to me but includes timesharing too.

[chubby Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chubby]

Do not just pomote just timeshare it is to closed of a subject and a lot of people do not like the word timeshare go for travel and timeshare and vaction places we have people now on the forum that have been to all parts of the world and can give advice on the areas of where they live or have been too
We have to cater for more types of people as we all know some of us like a vaction that is full on all the time some just like sunny beach and stay on it all the time and laze there week away.
Some like the top notch units others like the plainer units and the list goes on .
So a card has to impress people with more than one subject but be in the same line thing and make it world wide so it can help the travelers and the timeshare owners to make shore they have a good vacation or holiday or what you like to call it

[Carol C Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Carol C]

I still like mine the best. I wouldn't even mention travel...there are tons of travel sites like TripAdvisor. But there are only a few consumer-oriented timeshare sites. Timeshare should be the emphasis, and getting one's best *value* out of timeshares is the reason to be on the timeshare sites.

[Sydney Contributor - Bronze Find all posts View Profile Close Sydney]

TSFMs - a free timeshare and travel community.
Come share in the fun and knowledge.
Resort Reviews - Exchange Companies Participation - Owners Associations

or something like that.

We should leave out superfluous words, i.e. There's no need to write in complete sentences. Something catchy and brief. What's the essence of TSFMs?

JMHO

#Ken wanted to emphasize that we have no hidden agenda, I guess meaning we are not affiliated with any particular company? That's important.

Carol's idea to highlight the fact that it's a place for owners to learn more about maximising the value of their timeshares is good too.