Text me your business card

I’ve spent a good part of this month at various conferences, continuing through the end of next week. Because of my schedule, I have a collection of other people’s business cards – in my own business card holder, at the bottom of my briefcase, shoved into my change purse, and tucked into my moleskin. I have no idea, for the most part, who gave me what card and why.On top of that, I constantly forget to bring my own business cards. They just don’t always fit into whatever stylish little clutch I’m carrying … But now I’ve got a solution.

Contxts.com, currently in alpha and free, enables you to set up your contact information and provide it via SMS. All you need to do is provide your user name to someone, they text 50500, and your information is texted to their phone. In fact, my phone is where I need that information, so receiving someone’s information that way is a lot more convenient for me than traditional business cards.

So now that we’ve gotten your interest you want to know how it works. There are two ways to connect with a colleague. Regardless of whether they have a profile on contxts or not you can exchange your credentials.

From your phone, you txt “send 3034759204” to 50500 (where 3034759204 is your recipients 10 digit number)

Your recipient will receive all of your contact information.

Your contact txts “username” to 50500 on their phone

You will receive a request confirmation (unless you have it turned off). Upon accepting, your contact will receive your information

Contxts maintains a list of everyone who requests your info and notifies you whenever it happens. Since I plan on putting my information on the front of every presentation I give next week, I’m curious to see how many people – and who -  actually text the number to acquire my information.

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