Guides to digital business cards, Apple Wallet and following up.

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24 guides, 5 topics

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  1. Digital business cards

    What one is, what it costs, and which format still works when the signal does not.

    All 16 on digital business cards

  2. Apple Wallet business cards

    Build one, share it, and fix it when it will not open. Written from the passes we sign every day.

    All 13 on Apple Wallet business cards

  3. How to follow up after networking

    When to send it, what to say, and messages for the situations that come up, ready to copy.

    All 16 on following up

  4. Reference

    Business card statistics, with the sources checked

    Five figures that turn up again and again, traced to where they started: which are verified, which are misquoted, and which nobody can trace.Last checked .

Latest guides

  1. Digital cards12 min read

    Do 88% of business cards get thrown away?

    The most repeated number in our category, followed back to where it stops.

  2. NFC & QR12 min read

    NFC business card not working on iPhone

    Usually the phone was not listening. Work down the list in order.

  3. NFC & QR11 min read

    How to share your contact as a QR code on iPhone

    The iPhone has no button for it. Here are the four ways round that.

  4. Wallet11 min read

    Apple Wallet pass not updating

    Five requests have to go right. Here is the one that did not.

  5. Following up8 min read

    The professional follow-up guide

    The whole routine, from the handshake to the date they gave you.

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    A real Apple Wallet or Google Wallet pass with your details, and a page anyone can open. Free forever, about a minute to make.

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  7. Wallet7 min read

    An Apple Wallet business card without an app

    No app to add it, nothing for them to install. The catch is whether it is a real pass.

  8. Comparisons7 min read

    NameDrop vs a digital business card

    Brilliant between two iPhones. Here is everywhere else.

  9. NFC & QR7 min read

    What size a business card QR code should be

    Millimetres come last. The number of squares in the code decides the size.

  10. Following up8 min read

    Personal CRMs for networking, compared

    Four ways to keep track of people, and where each one wins.

  11. Digital cards8 min read

    GDPR and business cards in the UK

    Two laws, two questions. Keeping the card is usually fine; marketing depends on the address.

  12. Following up6 min read

    LinkedIn messages after meeting someone

    Two hundred characters: where you met, and one thing they said.

  13. Wallet8 min read

    Apple Wallet pass field limits

    Store cards with a QR get four secondary and auxiliary fields between them, not eight.

  14. Wallet6 min read

    Can an Apple Wallet pass be animated?

    Static PNGs only. What you can do instead is sharper artwork and live updates.

  15. Following up7 min read

    How to remember people you meet

    Five facts, written down within five minutes. Everything else is optional.

  16. Following up7 min read

    When to follow up after meeting someone

    Three moments, and the most important one is the date they told you.

  17. Following up6 min read

    Networking follow-up templates for UK inboxes

    Six short templates, and the one line in each you have to change.

  18. Wallet4 min read

    Add a business card to Google Wallet

    Four steps. The only catch is that a photo of a paper card will not make a card that updates.

  19. Wallet7 min read

    Add a business card to Apple Wallet

    Five steps. The only catch is that Wallet will not take a photo or a PDF.

  20. Wallet6 min read

    Apple Wallet pass image sizes

    Every size in points and pixels, and which style shows which image.

  21. NFC & QR5 min read

    NFC vs QR for business cards

    They fail in different places, and the distance between you decides which one matters.

  22. Digital cards5 min read

    Digital business cards on Android

    The most common objection, answered straight rather than sold around.

  23. Following up5 min read

    Why follow-ups fail on Thursday

    It fails on Thursday, not on the night.

  24. Digital cards5 min read

    Are paper business cards dead?

    No. And the places paper still wins are specific enough to name.

  25. NFC & QR6 min read

    How to make a vCard QR code

    The raw kind fails quietly. Here are four real codes showing exactly when.

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