“Digital Business Cards”

Stand out from your competition with innovative marketing tools. The 3D-CD is a digital business card that holds up to 39 megabytes and fits into the inner circle of a CD-ROM. Combining CD-ROM technology and the Internet, you can create a five-minute "commercial" that links to your Web site. Visit www.go3dweb.com [no longer active], or call (888) 463-3669.

Another offering: CD-R. The recordable CD business card holds up to 50 megabytes of multimedia content and allows you to personalize each one. It can be purchased in quantities as low as 25 units, ranging in price from $1.70 to $2.65 each. Visit www.squarecd.com [no longer active], or call (877) 778-2732.

Writer: Kimberly Stanséll is a Los Angeles-based businesswoman and author of "Bootstrapper’s Success Secrets: 151 Tactics for Building Your Business on a Shoestring Budget," (Career Press).