V Cards (a tech benefit)

The vCard, or virtual business card, is an electronic business
card. It provides a standard format allowing the exchange of
contact information over the internet without having to manually
enter business card information. vCards include information
such as name, address, telephone number and e-mail addresses and
URLs. They can also have graphics and multimedia including
photographs, company logos, audio clips such as for name
pronunciation. Geographic and time zone information in vCards
can also be included to let others know when to contact you.
vCards can support multiple languages.

One of the most popular uses of vCards are as attachments in
e-mail messages. Since the vCard is not a signature file that
is put into the message of the e-mail, the information can
automatically be recorded into most contact managers and e-mail
software. It can be used with many programs including Microsoft
Outlook, Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, and On-Line Agent
(also referred to as RE/MAX Agent 2000 and AgentOffice 4.5),
just to mention a few.

vCards can not only be used to record contact information of
business contacts, friends and family, but, can also be used to
store information about prospects and clients. Because vCards
are compatible with most e-mail clients, you can save a contact
in vCard format.

There are different ways of saving vCards. Some programs
automatically import the vCard, others let you drag and drop the
vCard icon directly into the address book. Some require that you
save the vCard to disk and then import it to the program. If
your computer doesn't know what to do with the vCard, you may
need to set it to automatically save .vcf files with the address
book of choice. See your system's help pages on associating file
types with programs.

As you’ll quickly discover, the major advantage of using vCards
is the significant amount of time that is saved by eliminating
the need to type contact information into contact managers and
address books. Other advantages of vCards are that since they
are text files, they cannot transmit a computer virus in an
"infectious" form, and their file size is very small.


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