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Working with e-cards: 10 tips

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Working with e-cards: 10 tips

A definitive promotion tool

Every entrepreneur must have business cards, which he/she gives to potential clients or partners during an introduction. Such an attribute contains your coordinates and presents your firm, firstly, through a logo – a symbol or emblem. This is a wonderful way to show what you are and supply people with the key info about your enterprise.

However, in small business it’s important not to lose contacts which happens with b-cards quite often. Besides, they are easy to damage and even laminating does not guarantee safety. So, how do we prevent that?

Simple – use an electronic business card (a virtual analogue). You can issue it via laptop or even smartphone in a nick of time. Consequently, you will get rid of exhausting appointments and concentrate on crucial things. Still, even this type of issuance has its nuances, so be ready to memorize them.[Top 10 facts about b-cards]

Working with e-cards: 10 tips

1. Pick a safe site.

Unfortunately, not all are reliable in this relatively new sphere. Be careful and don’t register on suspicious websites with lots of ads. This is very dangerous for both you and future customer. Study the structure and font attentively because they will tell you so much about the webpage. We in vCard.guru care about security and provide a trustworthy registration method.

2. Leave only the main information.

Sure, you would like to supply the person with a comprehensive dossier but don’t do it. The best possible outcome will be you confusing them or creating a wrong impression. Here is the indispensable data for your ebusiness card: full name, position, email, telephones and office address (optional).

3. Be laconic.

The less people think the more they talk so do not try to impress others by a rich and elaborate written monologue. Everything in your online card should be brief and to-the-point. Nevertheless, do mention your organization type and include a digi-logo to look more imposing.

4. Choose your e-template well.

For your convenience, we prepared a vast choice of free business card templates, which will spare you the long creative process. Just apply the one you like and fill it in. Elementary!

5. Forget bright colors.

As with the usual card, garish design is the feature of bad taste (if not referring to the specific job), so be cautious. Better deal with calm, stylish match like dark-blue, metallic or dark-green. Also, avoid unnecessary red shade usage.

6. Caution with black.

It seems like an ideal business-like option but most associate it with mourning. If you accentuate it, be prepared for a cold shoulder and failed sales increase because audience will not approve. There is a compromise – matching it with white as in a checkerboard.

7. Add your photo!

Your electronic contact card is a sort of a document, so a photograph is obligatory. This will make the addressee trust you and stop hesitating concerning your professional image.

8. Stick to several phone numbers.

It is done to achieve trustful relationships, too. The receiver will see that you are available and responsible in your work. The amount can be changed with the help of a free business card builder, so it’s okay to correct any detail whenever you want.

9. Activate integration with apps.

Want the updates reflected in Evernote or other similar applications? We have thought about it and devised a corresponding function so that your online-passport could work in team with particular services. Convenient, right?

10. Post the result.

After completing the account and issuing your free business card, you need to announce it. For this just send the link to needed addresses and mention it in your social nets.

Develop with comfort!


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