10 reasons to adopt the business card of the future
The business cards of today have existed for hundreds of years and almost everyone is annoyed by them, but a good substitute doesn’t exist. Information on a card might not be up to date. People don’t like keeping them. Trees are killed and the cards end up in the garbage can.
Enter the next generation business card, an online business card on your very own domain name. Yes there have been digital and online attempts in the past, but none of them were under your very own domain name. Now this is how you become easily accessible and professional.
I’m referring to the recently released .tel technology that lets you be the proud owner of your very own www.yourname.tel. As you’ve probably already guessed, your online business card is accessed the way a normal web site is accessed and that’s what makes it so cool. Your customers can just launch the browser and enter your .tel name and bam, there’s your info. They can then go on to select the many ways to contact you or just look at your information and qualifications.
Without further delay, here are 10 reasons you need one now.
1. Yourname.tel loads extremely fast on a cell phone.
Sure, people can look at at your .tel with their computer, but if they want to call you or check out your info quickly from a mobile phone they can. People have their cell phones on them all the time, and you want to be easily accessible with your own .tel name.
2. Contact information is clickable.
If a person decides to contact you while looking at your .tel info on their cell phone, they click (or tap) on your phone number and their phone immediately calls you. If they want to call your skype, they click your skype. If they want to email you, they click on your email. If they want to facebook you, they click on your facebook link. If they want to see your location, they click on the map. You understand. It’s not possible to click on traditional business cards and have your phone dial automatically, but it’s possible with .tel.
3. You don’t need web hosting.
If you understand how websites operate, you may be wondering, “How can this be possible?” This is the coolness of .tel at work. Data is stored in the DNS so you don’t have to pay extra for webhosting.
4. It’s easy, you don’t have to worry about web designing. Just log in and enter your information.
How can it be that easy? Once again, data is placed in the DNS so it’s no longer required to pay for web designing.
5. It’s dirt cheap.
For the price of a dinner, you can register your .tel name and be live almost instantly.
6. You can add info about yourself or your company.
Helpful info like store hours, rates, food menu, or even your resume can be added.
7. Just give yourname.tel to people and they’ll always be updated to changes in your contact info.
It’s no longer necessary to call everyone about changes to your phone numbers or emails. If they know your .tel, they’re always updated.
8. People no longer need to remember phone numbers.
They can call you from your .tel name, which is easier to memorize and they’ll know for certain they’re reaching the right person instead of some out of service number. Dialing phone numbers should be out of fashion by now.
9. Public or Private.
You can make your business info visible to the world if you like. Search engines like Google can visit your .tel and index it if that’s what your aiming for. You could also make some information private for VIPs or friends and family.
10. Every .tel is unique.
This means that if you and another business or person have the same name, you risk losing your name to them. Grab it before it’s gone because no two name can be the same.
Heck, keep your traditional business card if you love them so much. You can have yourname.tel printed on traditional business cards or you can write it on pieces of napkin. You can decide. By printing your .tel on traditional cards, there’s no worry about your info being obsolete. Your .tel will keep them updated. You must now go and register .tel before your name is gone. You’ll be the envy of your colleagues.
