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Are business cards still a thing?

Do people still hand out physical business cards at events or is it all digital now?

i should have asked before ordering 50, lol

EDIT:

Thank you for all the replies, I’ve got the answer I need but I’ll add some more information just in case anyone wants to know.

  • I’m based in Europe and not Japan
  • I’m working as a videographer and trying to build a film company
  • I plan on doing more event coverage so I’ll bring them with to quickly hand out my contact details.
  • The card has the following: Busines name, my name, phone number, email, and website.
  • I had thought about adding my social media but couldn’t find a nice way to do it that matched the rest of the card.

EDIT 2: just now realised I didn’t complete the last sentence of the last bullet point

rasterweb ,
@rasterweb@fedia.io avatar

Yes. I work for a small company and we do give out business cards at events if someone asks or if we really hope they'll follow up with us later. To me they often serve more as a helpful reminder more than a device to convey contact information.

kandoh ,

Yes, giving someone a disposable card is still better than the awkwardness of tapping phones or whatever nonsense they do now.

TrickDacy ,

I’m based in Europe and not Japan

Ah, thanks for clarifying that you’re in the non Japanese part of Europe

foggy ,

Yes, absolutely.

Depends on your profession, but yes.

noughtnaut , (edited )
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I carry some because it’s no longer a thing. My card has only the information that I know will not change: my name, email address, and mobile phone number. On the back there’s a QR code (which contrasts the otherwise vintage look).

I hand out perhaps one per month so not super often, and many times the most appropriate thing to do is to simply tell people my phone number. But sometimes, especially when we’re in a situation where phones are not nearby, it’s quite effective to hand over a pre-made card with that info.

The average reaction is “Oh, cool” so even if they toss it once they’ve copied the info (which, tbh, is my expectation) it will still have made the exchange slightly out of the ordinary.

Plus, sometimes they’re useful to stop a table from rattling, or leave a message for someone who’s not currently present, and so on.

theskyisfalling ,

I am a print finisher in the UK and yes we still do a lot of business cards for people. More often than not these days though it tends to be more high end finishes things like foiling, duplex or triplexing with different coloured stocks, round corners etc.

Ten years ago and back we did a lot more high quantity shitty cards but I also worked in a more generic print place then so they may still get pumped through bigger places.

I’m actually foiling some business cards right now xD

BlueEther ,
@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz avatar

I will take a small amount with me to trade events, and collect a few. There are still a lot of old school folks out there

danhab99 ,
@danhab99@programming.dev avatar

I put a QR code on my smart watch with a 🔗 nk to my website

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

I dunno. Paper ones are kinda like tiny junk mail to me, but with the added guilt trip of being tied to a real identity. If someone handed me a business card that was actually a sticker though, I’d be quietly delighted and think of them every time I saw it.

Steve ,

Yes, for anyone who sells services in person, like a mortgage broker, notary, handyman, painter, etc.

I sell stuff entirely via the internet, never needed a card.

pearsaltchocolatebar ,

My wife is a tattoo artist, and she hands a decent amount of them out. But, really the point is that it has a QR code to her Instagram.

empireOfLove2 ,
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Oh yeah. At in person networking events they are still a big thing. There just aren’t as many in person networking events these days (like trade shows), although they’re picking back up.

rufus , (edited )

Is there an alternative? Anything that’s widely adopted an lets you give out and receive contact info reliably and in like 15s max?

laughterlaughter ,

There are digital business card apps like cardee.me and hihello.

I’ve used both and they’re decent for networking in tech events.

AgentGrimstone ,

Yep. We just ordered a big batch for some upcoming events. Print is still alive.

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