Connect tech - looking beyond paper

Quit thinking paper or tech. Start thinking paper AND tech.

Here are a few new sites, applications and technologies that a smart brand marketer should be investigating:

Online Business Cards (Personal Brand Sites)
Everyone wants to be your new homepage, but no one is doing it better than About dot Me right now. Build a personal splash page. Write a short bio. Link to all of your social networks. Add links to your company site, personal site and more.
http://about.me
http://about.me/CharlieCurve

Also see:
http://magnt.com
http://businesscard2.com
http://twtbizcard.com

Mobile Business Cards (Contact Info Exchange)
Bump allows smartphone users to exchange virtual business cards by bumping there phones together. It’s slick technology and we love that the physical act of bumping makes an inherent connection between the recipients.
http://bu.mp

Also see:
http://www.linkedin.com/static?key=mobile
http://www.mynameise.com

Texting Business Cards (Contact Info Exchange)
Contxts is banking on all those teens and twentysomethings that love texting will one day love business networking too.
http://www.contxts.com
http://cntx.me/vRw

Technology should never replace remarkable a business card, but always be on the look out for new ways to connect and establish your brand. Remember: business cards don’t work at all when they’re sitting in your pocket. Get out there and meet new folks, grow your network and grow your business.