Are business cards still up to date?

What does contemporary mean?

"According to the requirements of the respective present" is the current description of the term contemporary. In our current society, one issue is of enormous importance: our environment.

We are not talking about a mere trend, but about decisions that we can and must make anew every day. Our environment forces us to improve day by day over the next few years and to question ourselves. The environment is our guiding medium for right or wrong.

Putting pressure on for the sake of the environment

Question processes and procedures in your company. Make sure that people in your company are sensitized for a sustainable design of business life. It is sometimes small details that are changed and improve the quality and image of the company.

Everyone must take responsibility

In these times when resources are becoming scarcer and we are concerned about the meaning behind every action, we at Lemontaps have decided not to print a single paper business card, but to take a more sustainable approach with the digital business card.

For communication in this age, we would like to see easy networking on the job, where we offer solutions for the efficient and environmentally friendly exchange of contact data.

Connect via smartphone with Qr codes

Via smartphone, business partners of the same or different industries connect and make a difference, namely saving paper business cards. At the next business meeting, you show your digital profile and share it with a QR code. Wow, your card sets new standards.

Map tapping on fair

Contacts play a prominent role in business life. No matter if you offer products or services, people should communicate about and with you. At trade fairs you present your offer on your online profile and leave a modern and lasting impression.

Pioneer for modern networking

You become part of the sustainable movement and a pioneer for the new communication. You determine the design of your digital business card yourself. In this context, contemporary also means paying attention to the measure of how much information you want to depict on your business card.

What do your contacts expect from you?

In the past, the cards consisted of a small card printed with the name of the person, the industry, mail address, company and possibly a logo. Nowadays, your contacts expect more from you.

Possibilities of the Internet

The reasons lie in the possibilities of the Internet. Do you also have a LinkedIn profile? Do you use Instagram to distribute your products? Where do you place your ads? Exactly often in social media. That means the links there, must be deposited on your digital business card.

What information do your competitors share?

Often competitors take advantage of the opportunities and offer files such as price models, advantages in production. Show a solution for your contact and leave a modern and trendy impression.

Important numbers about the business card

Nowadays, the most commonly used form of business card is still paper. In the age of digitalization, this is no longer a relevant and sustainable .The business card of the future is easier, faster, digital and sustainable.

Let's look at 4 numbers:

Around 27 million business cards are printed per day
80% of the business cards included end up in the trash within a week
Around 420 million tons of paper, board and cardboard are processed worldwide every day
In Germany, this amounts to around 22 million tons per year

Is it timely these days to use a disposable product like a paper business card?

NFC Business Cards and Digital Business Cards - New Directions

Life and the world of work are becoming increasingly digital. In this business world, a paper business card seems outdated and redundant. The digital business card and the card with NFC have become a popular alternative and determine the future of contact exchange.

Used card ends up in the trash

Conventional business cards costs you a lot money not only the first time they are printed, but also everytime you reprint them. New business cards have to be printed every time there is a change in contact information such as phone number or email address. Of course, the unused cards meet the trash.

Without online printer at any time current data

Since the information on your digital business card can be edited online at any time, you significantly reduce your costs.

Share more information

At the same time, you can share detailed contact information than with a paper business card. In addition to contact information such as name, address, email address and phone number, you have the ability to share links to your social networks and files with your digital business card. The content you want to share is up to you.

Digital business cards and NFC business cards are the future

With custom and fully customized NFC business cards and digital business cards, you no longer have to worry about space and therefore missing information.

Offers so much space

On a paper business card, space for contact information is severely limited. The digital business card offers as much space as you need. With the digital business card, networking is limitless.

A look at the present and the future

In times of digitalization, there will always be many new technologies and changes that quickly replace the "old" things. The following facts and figures make this clear:

The global market size of NFC technology was worth $20.3 billion in 2020
This market size will more than double to $47.3 billion by 2024
Today there are 2 billion NFC-enabled smartphones worldwide
20% of the world's population actively uses NFC technology, and the trend is rising
There will be 500 billion NFC-powered devices by 2030