Today’s business cards have existed for many years and come on, nobody loves them but there hasn’t been a viable substitute. Contact info on business cards may not be the latest. People don’t like keeping them. Trees get killed and cards end up in the trash.
Enter the business cards of tomorrow, online versions that use your very own domain name. Yes similar efforts have existed in the past, but none are under your very own domain name. Now this is how you become easily accessible and professional.
I’m talking about the recently launched .tel technology that allows you to become the proud owner of your own www.yourname.tel. You’ve probably already guessed, but your online business card is reached just the way a website is and that’s what’s so awesome about it. People can simply launch the browser and type in your .tel names and bam, there you are. They can then go on to select the many ways to contact you or just look at your information and qualifications.
Without further delay, here are 10 reasons you need one now.
1. Yourname.tel loads quickly on a cell phone.
Sure, people can check out your .tel on a desktop or laptop, but if they want to contact you or visit your .tel for some quick info from their cell phone they can do that. People take their cell phones with them everywhere so you want to stay accessible with your own .tel.
2. All of your contact information is clickable.
If someone wants to call you while checking out yourname.tel on their cell phone, they click on your phone number and their cell phone makes a call. If they want to call your skype phone, they click your skype. If they want to email you, they click on your email address. If they want to facebook you, they click on your facebook. If they want to see your location, they click on the map. It’s as easy as that. You can’t click on a traditional paper business card and have your phone automatically make a call, but with .tel names you can.
3. Forget web hosting.
If you know how websites work, you’re probably thinking, “How can this be?” That’s how cool .tel is. Information is stored in the DNS so there’s no need to pay for webhosting.
4. It’s easy, web designing is not needed. Simply log in and input your data.
How can that be possible? Again, information is entered into the DNS so paying for web designing is not necessary.
5. Doesn’t cost much.
For the price of a dinner, you can register your .tel name and be live almost instantly.
6. You can add important info about yourself.
Informative details like hours, rates, directions, restaurant menu, and even your resume may be added.
7. Just hand out your yourname.tel and people will stay updated to any changes in contact info.
There’s no need to contact everyone about phone number or email changes. If they know your .tel, they’ll always stay updated.
8. People no longer need to remember phone numbers.
They can contact you from your .tel name, which is much easier to remember than your phone number and they’ll know for sure they can reach you and not some old number. Dialing phone numbers should be extinct by now.
9. Public or Private.
You can have your company visible to the whole world if you want. Google can pick up and place you on the search engine if that’s your goal. You can also have specific information be private for specific people if you want.
10. No two .tel is the same.
This means that if you and another business or person have the same name, you risk losing your name to them. Grab it before it’s taken because every .tel name is unique.
You can keep your paper business cards if you love ‘em that much. You can print your .tel name on paper business cards or scribble it on napkins. It’s all up to you. Printing your .tel on cards will make sure your cards don’t become outdated. Your .tel will keep them updated. Now go and register .tel before your name is registered by someone else. You’ll love it.
