Digital business cards are the modern replacement for traditional paper cards. Instead of printing your name, title, and phone number onto a stack of cardstock, you share a link, a QR code, or a wallet pass that opens a page holding your contact information.
How Digital Business Cards Work
Most digital business cards work the same basic way. You build a profile once, with whatever you want a new contact to know: your name, role, company, phone number, email, and often links to your website or social accounts. That profile lives online, and you share it through a QR code, a near-field communication (NFC) tag, a wallet pass, or a plain link.
Digital business cards have several advantages over traditional paper cards. They are always current, as they update the instant you change your details. They also hand the other person something to save or tap through immediately, making it easier to follow up after a conversation.
Benefits of Digital Business Cards
Digital business cards are particularly useful for people who exchange contact details often and in person, such as freelancers, consultants, real estate agents, tradespeople, musicians, and sales teams. They offer a convenient way to share contact information and can help to reduce the amount of paper waste generated by traditional business cards.
Original reporting: KEYT (Ventura/Santa Barbara) — read the source article.
