How to get rid of the printed business card

Exchanging business cards seems like an outdated practice, given the technology available now, but optical character recognition software still has too many bugs in it, says Jennifer Walzer, founder of Backup My Info!. Walzer, who says she is tempted to take a digital picture of people with their cards at networking events, asks for ideas on how to make the process of collecting contact information greener.

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This story published in NFIB SmartBrief on 11/03/2009





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