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Depends on the demographic you are interacting with. When networking with other professionals it is probably easier to just scan a QR code to a file of contact information. A quick import and you're already in my contracts.
In terms of being able to leave the information somewhere, cards work well. Attaching to a project portfolio, handing to someone so they can pass it on, leaving as a support contract after a project is complete, etc.
Literally yesterday I was given a business card with a QR code on it haha
Did the QR go to their website or did it have their vcard on it? I do the latter, and the former annoys the hell out of me, because it's way harder to type a bunch of contact info than to type a fckin URL.
Also yes, this means I have business cards. I don't use them much but they're handy for leaving with other business owners in case they want to contact me (hopefully, to order!).
Por que no los dos?
Business cards should have QR codes for both the website and the contact info. And they should be labelled.
My logic is:
a.) Two QR codes could confuse some scanners... or some people
b.) In the vast majority of cases, it's faster to type the URL than it is to scan a QR code to go there.
But sure, there's no reason you can't do both! And if you do, they should definitely be labelled. Thank you for coming to my TED Talk 😅
When networking it's easier for me to quickly pocket a card and deal with it later than take my phone out and scan a QR code.
I have so e personal and professional cards that also have a qr code on them. It's been a good way to not get lost in an address book with a thousand names
Maybe NFC cards would work better than QR and normal cards
NFC cards are far more expensive than printed paper business cards.
You make one and each time your client ask for contact infos you use the card to give 'em your phone number/email/website instead of giving a card to each client
I feel like a business card is something physical to hand people so they have it to look back at later. If you're just looking to NFC tap your contact info onto people's phones, why wouldn't you just use your own phone to do it?
This reminds me of something tangentially related. Sometime around the turn of the century I worked at a small business where some vendor came in to solicit interest in his business' services, and left a working CD-ROM business card. That mildly impressed the manager because CD-ROMs were still pretty fancy and nobody there had seen a business card like that before, and when run the card had some simple Flash-like slideshow thing with a little video clip or two about their business (which was still impressive when you couldn't really have embedded video clips on your average dialup-friendly website.) Around a week later that same vendor returned asking for the card back because "they're pretty expensive to make and I want to give it to my next prospect," and the manager's impression of him went from mildly impressed to thinking this guy was too hilariously amateurish to bother engaging with.
A NFC is just faster than with the phone or with voice, i am looking at the pratical side of it tho, i hate those business cards because i have to type the phone number anyway
What if there's a QR code on the card? Then it's basically the same amount of work as getting that NFC tap.
Business cards are useless unless they're bone with silian rail lettering
I use paper business cards all the time. They're fun and cheap.
Also, plain boring unimaginatively-designed business cards are so ubiquitous that if you're using a design that's at all interesting yours will easily be way ahead of most of the other business cards people will get.
I once got one made from very thin steel. You could have used it as a weapon in an Asian martial arts movie. But I was really scared of even touching the thing because it was so sharp.
Hacker Kevin Mitnick had a famous metal business card for his computer security firm which was a set of lockpicks. The lockpicks really worked if you knew how to pick locks.
Patrick?
No, this is the Krusty Krab.
They still make sense for local business, I think. I get and hang on to the service industry cards I get(HVAC, driveway grading, roofing, etc.)
I work at a print shop and produce business cards all the time, like two or three different business card orders on a typical day. Most of my customers are in finance.
nope, businesses still have them on a local scale. We get them at careers fairs too.
Yes, even if it is for just scanning them.
I still use them as well. Feels more professional to hand out a card than to start spelling out my phone number.
I used them a lot in my previous job. From 2015 through 2019 I was a tech for maritime systems such as radios, radars, autopilot, etc. Most of our customers were commercial clients, and when something doesn't work, knowing who to call saves a lot of time and money.
So whenever I left a ship after a completed technical visit, or commissioning a new bridge system, I left my card.
I don’t use them often, but I think they’re still useful. Mostly at work meetings and when I’m at conferences, exchanging business cards is probably the easiest way to quickly share contact info
I have a box of 500 i got in 2015 with 475 left.
That being said I'm not a salesman that see many new potential customers every week. I got a pile of other peoples business cards in my desk drawer and I've used them a few times to order some parts.
My wife uses them a lot. Puts a discount on it for your first visit.
In Australia business cards are rare (I cannot remember last time, if ever I have seen one).
Realestate agents and other honourable folk share these still.
Popular in Japan still too, but that is unrelated to the lovely folk previously mentioned.
I still use them. It's easier than talking their information and most people are unaware of their phones NFC capabilities.
I use them.
Since phone books aren't really a thing anymore, my stack of business cards has taken its place. I like having all the information– name, address, phone, website, and email– all in one place. It's especially important for things like plumbing and air conditioner repair, services that I don't use regularly and don't want cluttering up the contact list in my phone.
Could that not just be a smartphone app?
It really could. But just to blow your mind, PDA's had the ability to 'beam' your business card to other PDA's. Not sure if it was Palm brand only though.
Worth knowing: you absolutely can send the same stack of info you'd put on a palm contact from your smartphone, using whatever mutual share channel you have.
Palm was the first to really market it, and make it stupid simple.
Not if you want to hand them out.
I had a medical specialist hand me one recently and I couldn't pinpoint why it felt weird. I guess because it's so rare.
Not in small business, but I have cards. I rarely use them.
I have some but on one side are my details and on the other is a QR code with all my details for a phone contact.
I sorta like them but don't like having to have them on me or keep hold of them. So while I like them I don't want to have to deal with them. Still I sorta like having formality like japan in some ways just to make interactions easier.
I know people that used to hand them out but no one really uses them anymore.
Me: no, never. I also dislike being given cards.
Thats said, it depends. In some industries maybe it makes sense.
Also, maybe its time they came back? For a while there finding a business via their Facebook page was, unfortunate but acceptable, but thats no longer true.
I give business cards out multiple times a week; tho it's more as a point of reference for someone already receiving services from me. I'm not specifically listed online under the business, so instead of my giving a business card to "advertise", it's more a personal connection to me as a service provider.
I've received two in the last year or so, but yeah, petty rare.
While originally a made-up name from Bret Easton Ellis's novel, a high-quality, professional serif font family named Silian Rail was created by Måns Grebäck in 2022. The actual font used in the film is considered to be Garamond Classico SC
Sorry for pasting shitty ai response from the googlecide. I just imagine a graphic designer trying watch the movie and it being ruined by the font...
This line is interesting from this article (no paywall or ads).
"Thinking about business cards in the future, they are destined to go the same way as the tie. Some people will use them but they will not serve any real purpose other than to simply establish an image about the person or the company they work for".
I think that feels about right. It hadn't even occurred to me to compare it to tie wearing, but I think it's true. Maybe 2 out of 30 people now wear any kind of suit or tie to the groups I go to and it used to be the standard. I haven't had to order any new cards in over 2 years and it used to be every six months.
