Your business card - complete F *** O!
The above quotation Lebedev ever accurately characterizes the theme of today's post, because the subject is -
Internet cards
Socialization of the Internet has led to a mass of disparate social communities.
All these masses community attractive in the first place is its social component. They are good and successful it is as a place hangouts like-minded people of the same social and professional layer. And if the online community grows in a stable parties, in such a community invariably appears category veteran who rightfully could compare your web account with this address, and write the coordinates of its web-profile on the card.
Logically, the network, where all the virtual addresses, business cards, too, must be virtual. In my unbiased opinion, a virtual business card should have the following qualities:
- The visual appeal and clear: at first sight should be clear that we observed - a business card, and not something else;
- Representativeness: business card, you can easily publish on the blog and in the form of an electronic signature to the email. At the same time do not forget about paragraph 1: this should be just a business card, rather than masquerading as business card link. The real business card can be read at once;
- Customization: the ability to add a business card links to those services that you use.
- Business card must be personal, as it should be business cards. If in the real world I do not need to send a colleague to the prospective single magazine, which published my business card, among others, then the network should be exactly the same way. Business card - it is not Yellow Pages, is another.
That's it. Design choice is not listed here because of the fact that the card must be recognizable. Uniform standards for electronic business cards - a good idea.
Let's see what we have as a choice.
Business network of electronic business cards Ecarder.ru
The network is currently temporarily unavailable due to updates, but look, what are the business cards, you can. Business cards from Ekardera not visually distinguishable from the present, printing: exactly the same colored with different designs. And if in reality such an approach is justified, then the network is unlikely. Moreover, in order to obtain information from business cards should go to the website service ecarder.ru. It's not very convenient.
In the electronic signature to the letter card conditionally present in the form of external links on the site publishes a badge with the same reference. That is, you want to see the business card - go to another site. Illogical.
We look forward to updating the service, there is hope that he will grow into something fundamentally new.
| Ecarder.ru | |
|---|---|
| Visual appeal | + |
| Portliness | - |
| Customization | - |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | 1 |
Service COPi
- Cell Of Personal Information, that is, a cell of personal information. Copi.ru - site where you can also configure your e-card.
Virtual card from COPi (or Russian-INP:) is a whole section on the site of service, filled with the diverse personal and business information.
But it's not all. In fact copi.ru - a real social network, which can not only put detailed, detailed profiles (including, for example, a page of "what I want as a gift), but also search for friends by interest, to leave comments in guest books for each record (if the guest book including the owner), to place ads on the built-in bulletin board to monitor the elected person, and much more. This service is the only one that can describe long. Even a single post may not be enough.
Let me just say one thing: among the many bonuses have the opportunity to make social-democrats of your Internet audience. Provided that your visitors have the same cards, filled with real profile and they will impose their number in the mold on your site:)
Features COPi clearly above the average for the needs of ordinary people and transform ordinary online business card into something new. Almost a complete base of information on a specific person. A virtual card is in this case the goal of absolute razvirtualizatsii character. Of course, subject to completion and opening them to all fields, and they are many: for example, personal information available to eye color and the names of children, and in business - the addresses of all Internet projects, social networking profiles and details for electronic payments, and even public PGP- key. The only thing that will not work - is to add its original social programs, if it does not provide input screen.
/ / Unfortunately, in this case, to get all contact information will have to travel to the site copi.ru. Link to the site looks like a business card, that's a plus. Yet on this morning coat, as you can see, no pleznoy information you will not find, for it will have to click a link.
| COPi.ru | |
|---|---|
| Visual appeal | + |
| Portliness | - |
| Customization | + |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | 2 |
Business Card 2.0
The service also followed the path of printers: it creates a standard business card for a business card size, and (chip!) Can be inverted, ie, has two sides.
Is it justified for the Internet - judge for yourself. Limiting the size of business cards has led to restrictions on the number of characters, not always, however, logical.
For example, for additional information that is displayed on the back of business cards, not able to enter less than 100 characters is the minimum. But if this condition additional text on business cards will not fit, you must click through the link "read".
Again, the card will not be published directly on your site. There is only opportunity to place a link to service in the form of badges.
| vizitka2.ru | |
|---|---|
| Visual appeal | + |
| Portliness | - |
| Customization | - |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | 1 |
Out of competition: Service Rustem Musabekova Blog Business Pages
As the name implies, this is not a personal business card, a card blog. Show your avatar (with service takes gravatar), a link to the blog and indicators TIC, PR, and the number of RSS-subscribers. You can choose a color.
It looks like this:
Brief Summary: Streda considered services, not one who would care about the users, providing them self-tuning its own virtual address (used sotsialok profiles) and the opportunity to show that the contact information on your site.
And what more is needed card?
Surprisingly, the creators have departed from the essence of their services or in the direction of visual design, or to the side of excessive additional functionality. And that, in both cases the core functionality has remained in the shadows.
Well, the topic was somewhat broader than previously thought. Prior to the main object of study - the service that has every reason to become the undisputed leader, and even the standard for electronic business cards, I did not make it.
We'll have to devote a separate post next. But - it's worth it, believe me. So stay in touch, to be continued.
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