Upgrade your Business Card
- By Janine Coogler-Hudson
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- 10 Feb, 2019
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It's official, time to optimize Smartphones

These days, business cards are made into marketing tools to promote the owner’s business and a source of advertisement that serves as reminders for people reading them. As small as these cards may see, they have been a necessity. These have become the perfect equipment for entrepreneurs to be able to get & keep clients. Now it is time to combine the power of digital technology with the traditional business card marketing tool.
As a marketing tool, these small prints need all the marketing strategy they can get to maintain effectiveness. Using all the right marketing techniques with modern technology, combine to make the perfect business card: one that lives in their smartphone! In doing so, you spark the attention of the holder, show them something of interest and keep them engaged.
The next big thing to be considered is the content of the card. Does it appeal as much as the designs do? The most commonly overlooked marketing factor in business cards is the message that the card conveys. What does it say to the people reading them? To begin with, the slogan or logo should be able to make the reader isolate your card from others. People tend to just set aside these cards along with other cards and files, to be searched on later when the need arises.
Using digital business cards, makes your card unique, which helps to distinguish it from those other cards in their wallets. When the time comes for it to be of used, the holder already has it in the smartphone -- making it easy to use. It could be the printed words, or the online coupon that are inherent in them, or an icon on their smartphone homescreen that was stuck to memory. It gives them a good reason to choose and call you.
A bottom line that is irresistible would definitely arouse enough interest to set you apart from the rest. An example is phrases that offers discounts, new products and promos. These can guarantee customers coming and going back to know more. Putting motivational lines that opens the door for them to respond to you is also a must. It is best to not let customers left hanging in confusion as to what to do next after reading your cards. Guide them on what to do next by giving hints about it in your cards. Mobile business cards keep the holder engaged!
Business cards may be small and seemingly insignificant, but they are also easy carriages. With modern technology, these marketing tools can be enhanced to engage clients, link them to social media, URLs and much more! What’s more, the holder can easily share your card online to attract more clients. You never know who its next holder would be.