Are business cards still relevant in today’s technological era?

The origins of what we now know as business cards go long back to periods where the Chinese notified people of an intended visit using cards, and European merchants used cards to advertise their goods.

Even today, in a world where many aspects of the way we communicate and work have gone digital, the business card has remained steadfast.

At the core of how we create new contacts, the popularity of business cards does not look to be changing but the way we utilise them is. Here’s how and why business cards remain relevant in today’s technological era.

Business Cards Work

When you meet someone for the first time, it is customary to give them your business card because:

• If you share your contact details verbally, it will almost certainly be forgotten

• People may not be able to save your details on their phone accurately, and if they do it is still a tedious and overly-complicated process.

These two simple reasons demonstrate how a simple business card remains practical and necessary for any professional.

Business Cards Look Professional

If you’re introducing yourself to someone, it is inevitable that you will want to come off as professional and competent and so a business card demonstrates this as:

• Writing contact details on a scrap piece of paper, or on a napkin, is clumsy and comes off as unprofessional, an undesirable first impression

• A business card is an extension of your image and so a well presented, quality card will help to create that great first impression

Contact Details Can Now Easily be Saved by Scanning Business Cards

Thanks to business card scanning apps such as Qardii, the information held on a business card can now be converted into a digital format by simply scanning the card with the app.

As well as this, digital business cards which can be made through Qardii provide an effective and useful alternative to the traditional business cards whilst still enabling the transfer of contact details through the scan of a QR code or email.

Making the most of connection opportunities has never been so easy.

Exchanging Business Cards Does Not Require an Internet Connection

Conference, meeting or hangout, the practical benefit of using business cards is that they do not require an internet connection, a familiar problem, especially at large conferences.

As well as this being an advantage of the traditional business card, Qardii also works to ensure that you never miss out on a vital connection.

Qardii works offline too, enabling you to scan cards and send your card without an internet connection. When you are back online, your contacts will be updated as they would’ve been otherwise protecting those valuable contacts you have gained.

Qardii works to bring the advantages of business cards into the digital realm and in doing so facilitates connections in the simplest manner.

Business Cards enable a Quick Exchange of Information

At an event there will often be hundreds, if not thousands of potential connections waiting to be made and all these potential connections will also have hundreds, if not thousands of prospects and so time is very much of essence.

Business cards are helpful in this way in that the exchange of information is quick, and Qardii is also quick in its method of exchanging information through the simple scan of a QR code that takes seconds.

Qardii can help in this way as well as quickly scanning all the business cards you have collected and store them digitally.

Business Cards are Here to Stay

Business cards are unique tools by which we can easily share information with minimal time and effort required and their practicality will ensure their longevity.

This is even more true of digital business cards which are more efficient and even easier to share. Business cards are the most effective way to make new connections and in today’s technological era the use of digital business cards and the need to be able to quickly convert physical cards into digital contacts is greater than ever.

Qardii enables both of these things in a simple package that allows you to have all your connections at your fingertips whilst always making new ones when you least expect it.