Where to put your digital business card link so people actually use it
Your TapID profile link works far beyond the tap. Here is where to place it, from your email signature and WhatsApp to LinkedIn and your video call background, so every channel captures contacts.
The tap is the headline feature of a digital business card, but the card is only one door into your profile. The profile has a link and a QR code, and both work anywhere you can paste text or place an image. Most people set up their profile, order a card, and stop there. The ones who get the most contacts put the link in five or six places and let it work all day.
Here is where it belongs, in order of how much it pays back.
Where do you find your digital business card link?
In your TapID profile, next to the QR code. Every profile has a permanent share link and a QR image you can download. Copy the link once, save the QR to your phone, and you have everything you need for the rest of this article. If you have not set your profile up yet, the ten minute setup guide gets you there first.
Should your digital business card go in your email signature?
Yes, and it should be the first place you put it. Email is where most business relationships in Sri Lanka move from a handshake to an actual conversation, and every reply is a chance for the other person to save your details properly.
Keep it to one line under your name, something like "Save my contact: your link". No banners, no oversized logos. A single clear line survives email clients, mobile screens and forwarding far better than an image signature, and it gives the reader one obvious action.
How do you share a digital business card on WhatsApp?
Three placements, all free. First, the About line on your WhatsApp profile: replace the default text with a short description and your link. Second, if you use WhatsApp Business, the Website field in your business profile, which is exactly what it is for. Third, the first message you send after meeting someone: "Good to meet you today, here is my card" followed by the link, sent while the conversation is still fresh.
Once a month, post the QR code as a status. People who have been meaning to save your number will do it then.
Where does it go on LinkedIn?
Two permanent spots and one habit. The permanent spots are the Website field on your profile, with the custom label set to something like "Save my contact", and the Featured section, where a link with your profile photo stands out above the fold.
The habit: when you publish a post, put the link in the first comment rather than the post itself. In our experience LinkedIn shows link posts to fewer people, and a link in the comments performs better than one in the body.
Can you use it on video calls and presentations?
This is the placement almost everyone misses. Put the QR code on the last slide of every presentation, large enough to scan from the back of the room, with one line of text saying what happens when they scan it. In a video call, a small QR in the corner of your virtual background lets people save your details without interrupting the meeting.
At events, the same QR on a lanyard badge or a table tent means you capture the people who did not get close enough to tap.
What about printed materials?
Anything you print can carry the QR: brochures, quotations, invoices, packaging, shop signage, vehicle branding. Because the link never changes, you print once. When your role, number or company details change, you update the profile and every printed QR in circulation quietly points at the new version.
For the details worth showing when someone lands on the profile, see what to include on your digital business card profile.
Does the link ever change?
No. That is the reason all of this works. The profile lives online, the link is permanent, and the card, the QR and every placement above simply point at it. Change your job title on a Tuesday and your email signature, your LinkedIn, your printed brochure and the card in a client's drawer are all correct by Tuesday afternoon.
The placement checklist
- Email signature, one line.
- WhatsApp About line, or the Website field on WhatsApp Business.
- LinkedIn Website field and Featured section.
- Last slide of every presentation.
- Corner of your video call background.
- Every printed piece with a QR.
- Your card, for everyone you meet in person.
Do the first three today and the rest as they come up. Ready for the in-person part? Pick your card.
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