Phoenix resident Jim Buckley, who works for the Sarasota, Florida based Leap Inc. venture capital firm, says he uses the CD's for presentations. He says the CD's are common in the East and are starting to catch on in this part of the country. Like Vertigo Interactive Design, Inc., Avomedia Corp. does its graphics and Web design in house. Others, such as BCD Technologies in Gilbert, Arizona produce the CD's themselves but partner with other companies to do the multimedia work. Because the price per CD goes down with orders of 5,000 or more, large companies typically place bulk orders, passing out the cards at trade shows or exhibitions.
Individuals usually keep their orders in the hundreds.
Of course, that cost just covers manufacturing the cards. There's also the question of what to put on them. The more sophisticated the work, the more you will pay. When I pass out the cards at networking functions, the majority of people are still in awe of it.