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Honest question. Are business cards still useful?, do people actually hold to them?. If I'm interested in a person I trade emails, done. I don't know anyone who holds business cards from other people.



If you're only doing business with techies, that's probably the best way to do it.

When dealing with small business owners, you will meet people who don't have a smartphone handy to fire off an email from. Shoot, you will meet people who do not have an email address.


Yup that makes sense. I'm always working with tech people thats probably why. Well then I should probably do some networking outside my circle, could be beneficial.


How do you trade emails? You would have to write it down somewhere. Togheter with your name and the reason why he should contact you...

That's basically a business card. Just a crappy handwritten one. :)


With my cellphone, "Hey send me an email to bla bla...", no paper involved. I guess this is a scene I don't know about, someone even mentioned that some people don't have email?...crazy.


I find business cards hugely useful as the client. If you don't give me one, I'll forget how to contact you in a few hours.

I have a few inch tall stack of business cards I've collected over the years, mostly from people who wanted to sell me or the company I worked for at the time something. When I or my company want to buy something, I go to that stack and can quickly find contact info to reach out to one of the people and get quotes or info.




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