In March 2023, HiHello hit a major milestone—for the first time, over one million HiHello cards were received in a single month. That’s one million new networking connections, sales leads, job opportunities, and so much more, all in the month of March!
Last year, over 600,000 HiHello cards were received in March 2022. With 1.17 million cards shared in March 2023, this is a nearly 90% increase year-over-year, and we’re excited to see the number of HiHello users creating and sharing their digital business cards continue to grow in 2023.
The impact of one million business cards
Each business card has an impact, from forging personal connections to boosting sales for your business. But digital business cards do more than help you and your business—they also have a positive environmental impact, increase ROI, and save money compared to their paper predecessors.
The environmental impact
The production of paper business cards leads to the destruction of trees and increased water use, carbon emissions, and waste.
By going digital, this month HiHello users helped save:
- 59 Trees
- 3,510 pounds of carbon emissions
- 23,400 gallons of water
- 3,475 pounds of waste
That’s a significant environmental impact in one month! Now double, triple, quadruple that—as more people switch to digital, imagine the environmental savings we can reach in the future.
Want to join us on our journey to eliminate the waste created by paper business cards? Create your digital business card today for free with HiHello, or make an even more significant impact by having your entire team go digital.
The cost savings
In addition to an environmental cost, printing business cards also come with a direct financial cost. With the average business card costing just over 25 cents, HiHello users had a combined cost savings of nearly $300,000 in March alone.
Want to learn more about how much digital business cards can save you and your business? Read our full cost analysis.
The ROI
Digital business cards can boost your return on investment (ROI). In March 2023, 26 HiHello cards were saved every single minute, helping generate over 313,000 engaged leads and drive thousands of website visits.
From unlimited sharing to robust analytics, digital cards offer many ROI-generating features that help increase your follow-up rate by 7X when sharing digital cards over their paper counterparts.
How you used HiHello last month
You used HiHello—a lot—last month. At any given minute, 70 people were using the HiHello app. Now, how people were using HiHello is where it gets interesting.
It’s no surprise that digital business cards have endless use cases. With over one million cards received, there were a lot of different ways you used HiHello. And as our user base has grown, we’ve seen a few ways you’ve used HiHello that have stood out to our team.
You created compelling landing pages
One company in the healthcare service industry used HiHello to improve a candidate's experience by creating a landing page featuring recruiting staff's digital cards. Through this effort, candidates could interact directly, allowing them to ask questions about open opportunities near them. Feedback from the recruiting staff showed direct hires from this approach.
You sold cars faster (and more creatively!)
Purchasing a car is a big decision, and buyers often want a lot of information to help guide them. To make the process easier, one HiHello user created a digital business card for each car.
Each card includes essential information like make and model and mileage, as well as a video walkthrough of the car, a link to the CarFax, and contact information for when they are ready to make their purchase.
Each card is linked to the car's online listing, and the card's custom QR code can be printed and placed on the vehicle for in-person buyers.
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You created cards for every event you hosted (and attended!)
Whether your business is hosting or attending an event, you likely have event-specific information to share. To ensure every attendee can access all of the information they need for an event, this HiHello user creates custom cards with event-specific information.
Event cards can include table numbers, links, contact information, videos, and so much more. The best part is they are easy to share and save, so attendees can access your digital card during the event and beyond.
You made it easier to manage multiple business locations
If you own a chain or franchise, you may need a card for each business you own. One HiHello user found that having one master business card with links to other nearby locations made it simple to share each storefront’s information, like business hours.
With one card that contains the information for each location, it’s simple for everyone to access the information they need without worrying about getting the right business card.
You made contest entries and giveaways that much simpler
Hosting a giveaway or contest requires managing a lot of information. One HiHello user made their contest simple by using their digital business card as an entry requirement. They had applicants save their digital business card and send their contact information in return. As a result, not only did applicants have their business information right in their contacts, but the business was also able to view the contact information of everyone who entered the contest and sync that information directly over to their CRM or email marketing platform.
You made a QR code dog tag for your pup
This may just be our favorite way to use HiHello digital business cards—it’s about dogs, how can we not?
Dog collars can only hold so much information, and as a dog owner, you want to do everything you can to ensure that if your pup gets lost, it makes its way back home.
One HiHello user ensured their dogs' tags had all the information needed should their dogs ever get lost. This user created a digital business card for each of their dogs and made dog collars with their custom QR code. So if anyone ever scanned their collar, they’d find the emergency information necessary to get them safely home.
As you can see, there’s more than one way to use a digital business card. Without the limitations of a physical card holding you back, you and your business can create cards that boost your business card ROI, save money, and help the environment.
