What Is a Smart Business Card (Smart Digital Business Card)

How to Use a Smart Digital Business Card

Smart business cards are the business cards of the future and making a lot of buzz these days. I will give you some highlights about smart business card in this article.

A smart business card is a plastic (they can be metal also) business card, which looks like a regular business card. But it has a scannable QR code to provide contact information or you can even tap it on your NFC-enabled phone to transfer the contact info as a V file.

A smart business card also comes with an app which lets you scan a QR code without the need of a physical smart card. You can update your scannable information any time on the app or on a desktop. This is big difference when compared to a paper business card, as once you print a paper business card it cannot be changed anymore.

Another advantage a smart business card provides is that it never runs out. So once you have one, people can scan or tap forever and you don’t have to worry about running out of cards.

Two big disadvantages of a smart business card are that people may be reluctant to tap and download a vcf file, which is your contact card, thinking it maybe some kind of scam. Also, you have to rush people to scan the QR code, which may not be viable sometimes.

On the other hand, you can hand over a paper business card without rushing and I think you would have a better chance of a follow-up when someone has a physical business card and they wont be thinking of any sort of scam or some sort of unauthorized access to their phone by installing a vcf file.

While both a paper business card with a QR code and a smart digital business card with a QR code and NFC tapping option have advantages and disadvantages, I think paper business cards will still survive a long time.

You can watch this video here for more: What Is A Smart Business Card