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New business cards – do I even need them?

Posted on: April 9, 2009 at 11:39 pm | Posted under: Design, Life, Technology
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My new business cards arrived today from UPrinting.com and I couldn’t be more pleased.  The great part about getting these cards is that I only had to pay for shipping!  The company was running a special during the month of March for 1,000 free business cards for “Creative Professionals”.  Since I just finished up with my new logo, I figured that it was perfect timing and took advantage of the opportunity.

Is the traditional business card dead?

contxtsLast month I heard about a new service called Contxts, which lets you share 140 characters of information with people that send an SMS to their number with your name.  The sign-up process is pretty simple and once you have your details entered, you can tell people to get your information by texting your name to 50500.

Business cards are easily lost, get destroyed and take up space.  By having the details of a person sent to you via SMS, there is no excuse for not having their information.

With the ever-expanding base of mobile device users, is the traditional business card dead?

Share your thoughts, cheers!