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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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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.
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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.
Scan a LinkedIn QR code with the app or phone camera. Learn what to tap on iPhone and Android, how to open a saved code, and what to do if the scan fails.
Decide when a LinkedIn QR code helps on a resume, when a plain link works better, and how to protect privacy and keep a readable fallback.
Split one multi contact VCF into separate files, or merge several VCF files into one. Follow documented Mac, iPhone, Android, Google Contacts, and Outlook routes.
Find out why a VCF will not open or imports incorrectly. Check the file, choose the right contacts app, and verify the people and fields you saved.
Learn the safest way to edit a vCard file: back up the original, correct one contact in a contact app or text editor, preserve its fields, and validate the edited copy before import.
Inspect a VCF file without adding contacts. Compare text and browser viewers, check fields and contact counts, and know when viewing becomes import.
Follow the right Outlook route for one vCard or a contact batch, with documented CSV fallback, field mapping, and completion checks.
Import a received or exported VCF into iPhone Contacts using Apple's documented attachment or iCloud route, then check the account, people, and fields.
Create a VCF from a contact on Mac, iPhone, Android, Google Contacts, or classic Outlook, then check the fields before you share it.
