Your business card - complete D *** Oh!
The above saying Lebedev has never accurately describes the subject of today's post, because the subject is -
Online business cards
The socialization of the Internet has led to a mass of disparate social communities.
All these masses are attractive community in the first place of its social component. They are as good a place as a successful party is one of like-minded social and professional layer. And if the online community grows into the stable a party, in this community there is always the category of old residents, who rightfully can compare your web account with this address and write the coordinates of your 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 must have the following qualities:
- The visual appeal and unambiguous: at first glance it should be clear that we observed - 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 point 1: it should be just a business card, and not disguised as a business card link. Present a business card can be read at once;
- Customization: the ability to add business card links to those services that you use.
- Business card must be personal, as it should be business card. If in the real world I do not need to send a colleague to the proposed single magazine, which published my business card, among others, then the network has to be exactly the same. Business card - this is not the Yellow Pages, is another.
That's it. The choice of design is not mentioned here due to the fact that the card should be recognized. A single standard representation of e-cards - a good idea.
Let's see what we have as a choice.
Business network of electronic business cards Ecarder.ru
The network is now temporarily closed due to renovation, but look, what are the business cards you can. Business cards from Ekardera not visually distinguishable from the present, Printing: exactly the same multi-colored, with a different design. And if in reality such an approach is justified, then the network is unlikely. Moreover, to obtain information from business cards to go to the website service ecarder.ru. It's not very convenient.
In an electronic signature to the letter of conditional card is present in the external links published on this site badge with the same reference. That is, if you want to see a business card - go to another site. It is illogical.
We will wait for the new service, there is hope that it will grow into something fundamentally new.
| Ecarder.ru | |
|---|---|
| The visual appeal of | + |
| Representativeness | - |
| Customization | - |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | A |
Service COPi
- Cell Of Personal Information, that is, a cell of personal information. Copi.ru - site where you can also customize your e-card.
The virtual card from COPi (or Russian-INP :) is a whole section on this site, filled with a variety of personal and business information.
But that's not all. In fact copi.ru - it's a real social network, where you can not just put in more detail, a detailed profile (including, for example, the page "I want as a gift"), but also look at the interests of friends, leave comments in the guest books of each record (if the guest book included the owner), built-in display ads on the bulletin board to monitor the selected persons, and much more. This service is the only one that can describe a long time. Even a single post may not be enough.
Let me just say one thing: among the many bonuses have the opportunity to make a social-democrats of your Internet audience. Provided that your visitors have the same cards filled with the real profile and they will enter your number in the mold on your site :)
Features COPi clearly higher than the average needs of the common man and make the usual online business card into something new. Almost a complete database of information on a specific person. The virtual card is in this case the goal of absolute razvirtualizatsii character. Of course, if the filling and opening them to all fields, and they are many: for example, personal information available to the eye color, and the names of children, and in the business - the addresses of all Internet projects, social networking profiles, contact details for electronic payments and even a public PGP- Key. The only thing that will not work - is to add an original social programs, if it does not provide a window box.
/ / Unfortunately, in this case for all contact information will have to travel to the site copi.ru. Link to the website looks like a business card, that's a plus. Still, this business card, as you can see, no pleznoy information you find, for it will go to the link.
| COPi.ru | |
|---|---|
| The visual appeal of | + |
| Representativeness | - |
| Customization | + |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | 2 |
Business Card 2.0
This service also took the path of printers: they created a standard business card for a business card size, and (fishka!) can roll over, that is, has two sides.
Is it justified for the Internet - judge for yourself. Limiting the size of business cards has led to the restriction on the number of input characters, not always, indeed, logical.
So, for additional information that is displayed on the back of business cards, will not be able to enter less than 100 characters is the minimum. But with this condition additional text on the business card does not fit, you must click the link to "read".
Again, the card will not be published directly on your site. There's only opportunity to place a link to the service as a badge.
| vizitka2.ru | |
|---|---|
| The visual appeal of | + |
| Representativeness | - |
| Customization | - |
| Business card must be personal | - |
| In total | A |
Out of competition: Rustem Musabekov blog service card
As the name implies, this is not a personal business card and business card blog. Displays your avatar (service charges 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, by providing for their own self-configuring virtual address (sotsialok profiles are used) and the opportunity to show that the contact information on your site.
And what still needs business cards?
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 in fact, in both cases the basic functionality remains in the shadows.
Well, the topic turned out to be somewhat broader than previously thought. Prior to the main object of study - the service has every reason to become the undisputed leader, and even a standard for electronic business cards, I did not make it.
We'll have to devote to his own the next post. But - it's worth it, believe me. So stay in touch, to be continued.
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