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Practical guides to digital business cards, QR codes, NFC and follow up, for people who meet people for a living.
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Plan a digital visiting card mini website with the right contact actions, services, proof and sharing options for a phone screen.
Tap an NFC business card, open its profile or contact card, review the details, choose where it saves, and confirm it in iPhone Contacts.
Create your Electronic Business Card in classic Outlook for Windows, attach it to one email or add it to a signature, and find the right option for new Outlook, web, or Mac.
Write your public LinkedIn profile to an NFC business card, check what recipients can see, and test the tap on iPhone and Android.
Follow a scanned card from camera to OCR, cloud sync, CRM, and deletion. Learn how to read a scanner app's disclosures and choose what to keep.
Test a business card scanner on a small, varied set of your own cards. Score text and field mapping separately, verify one export, and decide whether review is still needed.
On Android, choose Google Lens, Samsung camera text, or a dedicated scanner, then review the fields and save the contact to the account you want.
Use iPhone Live Text to save a detected phone number or email, add the other card details, and check the contact you saved.
Scan paper business cards into Excel, check OCR, keep phone numbers intact, and remove duplicates without losing the original list.
Use Google Lens to read a paper business card on Android, iPhone, or desktop. Compare the extracted details with the card, then choose the right save or copy path.
Choose whether a social NFC card should open one public profile, a page of social links, or a digital business card, then measure interest without mistaking a tap for a follow.
Get your LinkedIn QR code ready before an event, use it for an in person handoff, check what others may see, and follow up while the conversation is fresh.
Set up a standalone NFC tag for your Instagram profile, choose a writable tag, understand phone prompts, and add a QR fallback.
