Digital business card vs paper visiting card
Updated
A paper card is cheap and everyone understands it, but it only works one way and goes out of date the day your details change. A digital card opens on their phone, can be updated at any time, and with Nuhdge can bring their details back to you. Many people keep a few paper cards for the rare person who wants one.
What paper does well
It needs nothing: no phone, no signal, no battery. Everyone in India knows what to do with a visiting card, and a well printed one still says something about you. These are real advantages, and a digital card should not pretend otherwise.
Where paper loses you people
- It gets lost. Most cards end up in a drawer or a bin, not in a phone.
- It goes out of date. A new number or a new job means every card you have handed out is wrong.
- It only works one way. You hand yours over and usually leave without theirs, or with a card you then have to type in.
- It runs out. Reprinting costs money each time, and running out at an event costs more.
What a digital card changes
Your details open on their phone and save to their contacts in one tap, so they cannot be lost in a drawer. You edit them once and every card and link already handed out shows the new version.
With Nuhdge, the other person can also send their details back, tagged with where you met. That turns a card from something you give into a list of people you can follow up with.
What it costs
A Nuhdge Profile and QR code are free. The Nuhdge card, for tapping, is ₹499 for Classic or ₹799 for Personal with your name and title printed on it, paid once. Unlike a box of paper cards, it never runs out.
Should you stop printing paper cards?
Not necessarily. Keep a few for people who ask. But make the digital card your default, because it is the one that keeps the connection after the meeting ends.
Try it on the next person you meet.
Your Nuhdge Profile and QR code are free. No app needed.