Digital Business Card or Paper Business Card; What’s the future?

Although a chunk of people is welcoming the concept with open arms, there are still people who are not sure about the switch!

Well, it's a matter of personal choice; some businessmen are getting awestruck by the digital aura of smart business cards while others are still looking up to paper business cards. As we said; it's a matter of choice!

But what caught our interest was the thought that how one business card with the same information can be better than another or are they at par? (Keep reading to find an answer)

What's exactly a Business Card?

Some call it a Business Card and some call it a Visiting Card! Well, what's there in the name!

What matters is its functionality and the total value it creates for the business.

A normal or say a typical business card pull up all the vital information of your business viz Name of

Business, Owner's Name, and Contact Details, Address, Email.

There is no rocket science involved in creating or finalizing a business card but there is psychology involved in creating an engaging business card - and that's where the entire game of difference begins.

Why or Why Not a Paper Business Card?

For ages, we are used to using paper or physical business cards and it has really helped many businesses to grow exponentially. No wonder people are still using it because it has created a great sort of value in their business. The good part is we are all aware of its benefits and significance but let's put some light on drawbacks.

The first drawback is it’s physical - it's paper; the main attribute itself has limited the benefit of paper cards. You can not share it unless and until you are meeting someone personally; in nutshell, the word 'virtual' has no association with it.

Second, comes the dilemma of maintaining a count of it; as you can only share it as long as you have it. If you run out of stock, that means you are ruining every opportunity to establish contact with your client. And if you overstock it, you are over-investing in it.

Then one other major concern is alteration, editing, or altering any sort of detail will be huge trouble or practically it's  impossible once the printing on the card is done. Either you scrap all of it and print a new lot or you make peace with the unedited information.

Why or Why Not Digital Business Cards?

For all the folks who are yet unaware of the addition of the word 'Digital' in Business Cards, It's a new and refreshing trend to use Digital Business Cards for your business and services. Just like scan and tap works, the card also works in the same format. Thanks to its quickly editable feature we can make unlimited edits to smart business cards and use them as customized business cards. Just like you forward a message on social media, you can forward it too!

Now, since we have a brief idea about customized business cards, let's first assure whether it has any kind of drawbacks? Well, you'll be surprised to know that it has NO drawback that can lag your business.

The best part of a smart business card is that all the limitations of paper business cards are converted into the benefits of digital business cards. For instance, you don't need to maintain a count in case of customized digital business cards, you can just share it multiple times, with any person, anywhere, and at any time! This means you don't need to meet that person - you can share it virtually!

Unlimited Edits are one more feature of smart business cards that are too effective to ignore! Besides, no printing cost - (Can See That Smile, thanks to cost-cutting)

So now, if you have already thought of designing a smart business card on your own, then you can create a unique customized business card and share it easily with your contacts in various ways through card mode.