If you’re still using traditional business cards or paper business cards, you are far behind; actually, you are losing money!

By David K Egyir
14 May 2022

Originally published on 14 June 2021

A single smart business card takes care of all the 3 businesses I run since I can select what to transmit at any point in time; how cool is that!

Below is a quick introductory video on the smart business cards; click to watch, and scroll down to see more…

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If you have appreciated the great benefits of smart business cards and have decided to get some for yourself, you may click here to make your choice, or click here to see the 3 steps involved in the process. Else, see more below…

Once upon a time, a single smartphone made nonsense of radio, camera, calculator, tape recorder, alarm clock, torch light, video deck, navigation compass, and more than forty other items. There is a very familiar caution in there… …innovate or die!

Today, a single smart business card replaces all the business cards you will ever need! And it also determines to a large extent how serious you take your business and your personal branding, as it positively speaks volumes to your prospective business partners and social connections.

Not too long ago I used to hold and distribute traditional business cards with pride; recently however, I destroyed all those paper business cards. Why? A pack of business cards is actually a waste of money and space!

Some of the ‘old-school’ business cards I eventually destroyed recently

Now I keep one special business card on me (see below) and with that single smart business card I can transmit my contact details, social media profiles (and / or any other information I so desire) directly to a prospect’s phone without physical contact; I just bring my smart business card close enough to a prospect’s phone (within an inch reach) and it’s done; contact details get transmitted wirelessly!

In action… my bamboo type smart business card

Wowed by seeing my contact details directly transmitted to her phone without physical contact

That single smart business card takes care of all the 3 businesses I run since I can select what to transmit at any point in time; how cool is that! Today I can save my contact details directly (and correctly) on people’s phones and not worry about the numerous disadvantages or drawbacks traditional business cards have. It’s the only business card I will ever need!

As simple as bringing phone and the smart business card close enough without physical contact

Wowed by seeing my contact details directly transmitted to his phone without physical contact

Today, a single smart business card replaces all the business cards you will ever need!

My bamboo type smart business card

Yes, I went in for the eco-friendly black bamboo type, and deliberately opted for a simple white inscription on it without a logo or any fanciful branding (I love it to bits!) but there is a metallic option, and also a plastic option and can be branded in full colour with your logo or in any fashion you so desire (Terms & Conditions Apply). And together they come in some 15 colour variations to choose from; below are just 3 samples…

They look absolutely stunning! Can’t wait to see how you will brand yours! See the testimonials of some of the happy users further below; else you may click here to see more samples…

A smart business card has the following advantages…

Makes a great and lasting first impression.
Very practical; it fits conveniently in a wallet or purse.
Affords you to save your contact details correctly and instantly on people’s phones.
One card takes care of all the information you may want to share no matter how varied; so one card takes care of multiple businesses or needs.
You can easily update your stored information anytime!
Very healthy! No physical exchange of card is involved; it is absolutely contactless!
Cost-effective; saves you money in the long run, giving you value for money.
It’s really cool, and very effective!

Below are testimonials of some of the current users…

Some of the major companies on board…

Join the many smart and forward-looking people like you who are experiencing the convenience of modern day networking with smart business cards…

Be able to save your contact details directly (and correctly) on people’s phones without worrying about the numerous disadvantages or drawbacks traditional business cards have. For instance; would people keep the traditional or paper cards you give them safely, and will they go looking for them later on?

Remember that today when people need contacts the first place they go to is their phones (that’s what they carry most of the time) not an archive of cards they have collected from people; imagine the unlikelihood, and the attendant inconvenience of them going through a pack of business cards just looking for yours. O, logically you expect them to transfer your contact details from your paper card to their phones; well, will they? And if at all, will they transfer those contact details to their phones correctly? Otherwise you may have to be calling out your number(s) and credentials, and be spelling your name repeatedly in order for them to save your details correctly. Compare all that ‘wahala’ with the swag and extreme convenience of just transmitting the details directly to their phones in a split second; with the advantage of a smart business card! Lovely!

FAQs

Questions people frequently ask…

But I have a share option on my phone contacts already; I can take the phone number of the person I want to share my contact details with and use the share option to share my contact details, so why do I still need this smart business card?

You may, but that is a very limited way of looking at things and misses the whole point of the smart business card, because the smart business card is not simply for sharing contact details; it has more than 11 functionalities including the ability to share a professional profile, events, products, etc. (You may click here to see sample profile and more.) In any case, the smart business card is the current, coolest and most cost effective way of networking to suit your brand or status. It makes a great and lasting first impression, very practical; it fits conveniently in a wallet or purse, affords you to save your contact details correctly and instantly on people’s phones, one card takes care of all the information you may want to share no matter how varied; so one card takes care of multiple businesses or needs, you can easily update your stored information anytime, very healthy; no physical exchange of card is involved; it is absolutely contactless, saves you money in the long run, giving you value for money. Sticking to traditional cards may tantamount or be akin to shunning smartphones and wanting to stick to simple or traditional mobile phone (also known as feature phone) just because that can also make a phone call.

You mean all I need is one single card?

Yes, a single card for everything you seek to effortlessly share with others in style… contactless, directly to their phones, instantly, and correctly!

Does it require internet connection for it to work?

Yes, and No! Well, it depends.

First of all, since the system is built (and runs) on cloud computing, you need internet connection when you want to update your stored information. Also, ordinarily when you are sharing information with your smart business card, the person whose phone is to receive your information has to ensure that there is active internet connection on it since the phone momentarily has to connect to the cloud server in realtime. However, there is an offline option, where internet connection is not required…

The offline information transfer method makes use of the Offline QR Code; a PRO feature. Aside the standard QR Code that comes with your card (usually printed at the back of your card) you can create special QR codes – that work without internet – for your Contact Card, Email, SMS, and Call actions. These special offline QR codes can be saved to your phone as images in your photo gallery for example, and can be scanned by a prospect and with that receive the full complements of the inherent contact details, without the need for internet data. You may click here to see a sample.

Can I use more than one card if I want to?

Yes, technically it is possible but that is not necessary; except when you want a separate private card (for whatever purpose) in addition to one provided by your organisation, for example.

It is important to note that you can create different profiles or contact details by way of multiple digital cards (eCards) on a single smart business card; so no matter the myriad of information you want to share, they can all be uploaded to a single card; you may click here to see samples. And the beauty of it all is that, you can select from the pile with just a simple touch and transmit any particular information you want; for instance, you can transmit your contact details in one moment to a person, and in the next moment transmit just your email address, and in another moment transmit your company profile to another person. It is that flexible!

Do the cards expire?

No, not at all. Once you acquire the card, you can use all the standard actions (or standard functions) forever; you do not have to renew the card at any point whatsoever. The standard

actions are as follows…

For detailed description of the above features, you may click here.

There are other features or functions (PRO actions) that you can enjoy by specifically signing up for an upgrade to PRO subscription; the PRO actions are as follows…

For the PRO actions you would be required to pay periodic subscription fees of either 14.99usd per month or 149.99usd per year. (You may pay the applicable equivalent in your local currency). You may cancel at any time, and still enjoy the standard features earlier outlined. To upgrade to PRO Subscription, you may click here.

For detailed description of the above features, you may click here.

Do the people I want to share my information with need to install a particular app on their phones for the process to work?

No, not all. Well, ordinarily you yourself don’t need to install an app, and they also do not have to install an app for the smart business card to work. This is because the smart business card works on NFC technology, and most smartphones these days come already equipped with NFC technology (by way of a special chip inside the phone) in which case no apps will be required for the process to work. However, for persons who have much older generation smartphones and some recent budget ones that may not have the NFC chips installed in it, they may have to install QR-Code scanner apps on their phones and use that to scan the QR-Code on your card in order to receive the information you want to share from your smart business card.

To know whether your smartphone has NFC built into it or not, you may click here.

How secure is my data?

Very secure! Some of the global giants happily using this service include Google, Emirates, McDonalds, etc. Your information is securely uploaded and stored on secure cloud servers (having bank and military level security and reliability protocols) and linked to your smart business card in realtime. This makes it possible to block or deactivate the card if you want to. That means even if your card gets stolen (though unlikely) no one can use that to misrepresent you, and when you get a new card as a replacement, you wouldn’t have to upload the information all over again; you simply activate the replacement card to use the information that was already uploaded to the server with your previous purchase. And so many other advantages.

The system runs on special cloud servers managed by Amazon as part of the celebrated AWS cloud infrastructure, which has security and reliability as its highest priority. All data is stored in highly secure AWS data centers. The AWS technical architecture makes it the most flexible and secure cloud computing environment available in the world today. The core infrastructure is built to satisfy bank and military level security requirements. This is backed by a deep set of cloud security tools, with 230 security, compliance, and governance services and features. AWS supports 90 security standards and compliance certifications, including ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 27017, ISO 27018, and more. With over 15 years of fantastic services to millions of customers across the globe, AWS is trusted by the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies; including: Intuit, Royal Dutch Shell, Discover Financial Services, Philips, AirBnB, Volkswagen Group, Pinterest, Eventbrite, Warner Bros., Siemens, Bosch, AstraZeneca, Iveco, Panasonic, Bayer, Dow Jones, Stanford University, University of Chicago, GE, Carrier, HSBC, Autodesk, Honda, SalesForce, Vodafone Germany, Cornell University, Arizona State University, Coursera, and so many more.

How much does a card cost?

That depends on the type of card (whether plastic, wood, or metal) and the hours of premium support that go with it. Package prices are from 149.99usd to 599.99usd (or the equivalent in your local currency) and we are offering a discount of 20% for a limited period. During this limited period the actual amount you pay ranges from 120usd to 480usd, depending on the package you choose; you save 30usd to 120usd. For emphasis, the prices are not for the cards per se, but the cards plus the stipulated hours* of premium support service that go with the cards; what the premium service entails is explained further below. Terms & Conditions Apply. You may click here to see the various cards and their respective prices.

What does the hours of premium support entail?

The principal objective of our premium support services is to help you to easily optimise the use of your newly acquired smart business card for your business and social needs within the shortest time possible, so that you can focus more on the key results area… your business. So we start by understanding your business and how your social life integrates into it; based on that we create amazing profiles for you, activate the appropriate actions (or features) and upload to the card all the relevant information you may need to share at one point or another. Then, we ensure that you are able to successfully use all the activated functionalities with ease! Depending on your package preference, we respond remotely to new needs that come up in the course of your usage, for free! *Terms & Conditions Apply.

What if I misplace my card; what happens?

Simple; we will replace it for you. Either for free or at a heavily discounted cost; here is how that works… At the time of purchase, you have the option to pay a little extra against free multiple replacements; otherwise when the need for replacement arises you pay just half of the original cost. In any case, just as you hardly misplace your bank card, you are not likely to misplace your smart business card.

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Still got questions?

Got you covered on +233.24.211.2648, and in my online workshops; scroll down to see further below…

In the Smart Business Card Workshop I go into other details and do a demonstration of how easy it is to get and use a single smart business card for all your business and social needs. You may click here to see the online workshop. Additionally, on first Sunday of the month (every month) at 20:30 GMT, I do a live session online. Register below (kindly scroll further down) and participate for Free; you will certainly be amazed! Got questions? I will answer them. This workshop is FREE for limited period only!

As more and more people are adopting the amazing smart business card, it is likely that tomorrow the prospects you meet will offer to give you their contact details via their smart business cards; will you know what to do to receive their contact details? Even if you don’t intend to own a smart business card immediately, you definitely need to know how it works, especially how to receive smart business card contact details with your phone, so that when tomorrow someone you meet brings out one, you will know what to do; you may click here to see a guide. And register to be part of the upcoming LIVE edition of the smart business card workshop online by providing your name and contact details via the form below; the applicable link will subsequently be sent to you.

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David K Egyir

An Architect, a Designer, and a Life Coach; passionate about harnessing his true or hidden potential, and helping so many people to also harness their true or hidden potential; having observed that the greatest tragedy in life is that majority of people have accepted to be less than they were born to be and are thus accomplishing far less than their true capabilities and living unfulfilling lives. To that end, he authored (wrote) PURPOSE COMPASS, THE EAGLE IN YOU, RICHMATIX, and other amazing books, and more than 50 articles; on how to live a highly productive and a truly fulfilling life. And he organises training seminars and workshops for the benefit of individuals, groups and organisations. He is the Lead Founder of Seers, Associate of Arthro Synergeio, Lay Preacher of The Methodist Church Ghana, Global Lead Advocate of Zing4Life! and Volunteer Mentor with iMentor Ghana. Dave (as affectionately called by many) understands life thoroughly and shares amazingly liberating insights from a uniquely empowering perspective. He is the best coach for excelling in #Education, increasing your #Income, eliminating #Stress, and enjoying true #Fulfillment in life. Dave is married, and is a father of two. To see more about him you may click here. To get in touch with Dave or to follow him on social media you may click here. #DaveGuidesDaily | To support Dave's writing & life-coaching social ministry you may click here. #SeersFoundation | To be part of Dave's live sessions online at 20.30 GMT on Sundays you may click here. #TimeWithSeers |