CloudContacts Blog

This is a post I originally wrote last year on CenterNetworks. As we’ve been processing more and more cards, I’ve started to keep track of what people actually post on their cards and we will share that data over the coming weeks. I thought this post might be a good way to start the dialogue.

As I go from conference to conference and interview to interview, each business card I receive seems to be a bit different in what information it contains. I thought it might be an interesting topic for discussion as to what you have on your business card today. When I first began working professionally as an accountant we had teletype or telefax (I forget) and cards were almost always standard in content. Here are some of the common things I see on cards today:

• Name 
• Company – usually with logo
• URL – needed
• Address – nice to have
• Position – pretty typical
• Phone – needed
• E-mail – needed
• Fax – why does anyone still put this on their card? When was the last time a tech person received a fax? And if you have received a fax, tell me the last time the person sending the fax didn’t ask you for your fax number via email?

Now we get into some of the others that I think are more interesting:

• Mobile/Cell - almost commonplace today 
• Skype address
• IM address – some of them are interesting! (aim/msn/gtalk/etc.)
• MySpace address
• Facebook account
• Delicious handle
• Digg/Reddit/Netscape – not always all 3 but some have 2!
• SecondLife handle
• Update: Shannon Clark has Twitter on the card

So what’s on your card today and if you were able to change it what would you add or delete?