While business cards might seem a bit dated given all of the great things the internet offers, they still serve a purpose. And with that, you’re likely collecting a stack of cards you simply don’t have the time to enter into your address book.
For years, you could buy the CardScan “scanner” and OCR your cards, then import. But that was a hassle and time consuming. Of course, innovation triumphs and CloudContacts is to the rescue.
For a low cost, prepurchase the number of cards you want scanned. Ship em in. Within a matter of days, your contacts can be downloaded and imported into your address book.
I tested the service with about 300 cards I had accumulated. It was literally a matter of days before I could import the contact file. My use was simple – CSV to Outlook. But CloudContacts makes it easy to plug into various CRM solutions and social platforms too.
The newest feature is a visual of the cards you sent in – so you can confirm the information or view and scribbled notes. This is a good feature, since it doesn’t appear that you can get your cards back (they are recycled) – but why would you need them anyway.
I haven’t noticed any errors, so the quality appears to be quite high. The only drawback I experienced was the cards didn’t have a “scan” date, so when I sent additional cards, it wasn’t clear which were the new ones to download. All in all, this is a great service and probably has many practical uses.
