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Collecting leads at a conference is the easy part. Actually tracking them — without duplicates, without losing attribution, without half of them going stale before follow-up — is where most teams quietly fail. Here's a system that holds up.
"The conference went well" isn't a metric. Here's how to actually calculate whether an event was worth the spend — the formulas that matter, and what data you need to run them.
A fishbowl of business cards on your booth table isn't a lead capture strategy — it's a pile you'll sort through weeks later, if at all. Here's a practical, paper-free way to run a booth and know exactly what it generated.
"Lead retrieval software" usually means scanning attendee badges at someone else's trade show. Here's what that category actually covers, and how Cardlyx's Events feature solves a related but different problem — for your own team's booth.
A trade show generates dozens of conversations across your whole team — and normally, no easy way to know which ones actually turned into leads. Here's how Cardlyx's Events feature tracks it all automatically.
Linktree organizes your links. It doesn't capture anything back — and it takes a cut of your sales. Here's how it actually compares to Cardlyx if you're using it as a stand-in for a professional card.
Wave Connect's free plan includes analytics and contact export — genuinely more generous than most competitors. Here's the full breakdown against Cardlyx, including where Wave's free tier still comes up short.
Lynkle has a genuinely strong free plan and a nice privacy angle — but lead capture is locked behind its paid tier. Here's the full breakdown against Cardlyx.
Linq raised $20M in 2026 to pivot toward AI messaging infrastructure — and its digital business card product has been effectively sidelined as a result. Here's what that means if you're evaluating it against Cardlyx.
Popl has repositioned as an enterprise event lead-capture platform, and its free plan reflects that — a handful of contacts, heavy branding, and usage-based fees once you scale up. Here's the full breakdown against Cardlyx.
Blinq is cheap and well-reviewed, with a strong free tier and Apple Wallet support. But its Business plan has a 5-seat minimum, and lead capture still isn't built into the core sharing flow. Here's the full breakdown against Cardlyx.
HiHello is one of the most established digital business card platforms — but its lead capture is an optional add-on, its free plan caps you at limited scans, and team pricing scales per user fast. Here's the full breakdown against Cardlyx.
Not every digital business card app works the same on iPhone and Android. Here's how the top platforms compare on device compatibility, sharing methods, and what actually matters depending on which phone you carry.
Still ordering boxes of printed cards? Here's an honest breakdown of when a digital business card genuinely beats a physical one — and the few situations where paper still holds up.
Your email signature gets seen dozens of times a week — far more than any conference badge. Here's how to turn it into a lead-capturing digital card instead of a static block of text.
No app to download, no desktop required. Here's exactly how to build and share your first digital business card on iPhone in under a minute, straight from Safari.
A fair, feature-by-feature look at the top digital business card apps in 2026 — what each one actually does well, where they fall short, and which one fits your specific use case.
Adoption is accelerating, NFC is pulling ahead of QR, and lead capture is becoming the expectation rather than the exception. Here's what's actually shaping digital networking in 2026.
A great talk ends with a room full of people who want to stay in touch — and no easy way to make that happen. Here's how educators and speakers turn a closing slide into a list of real leads instead of a line of business cards nobody reads.
Every healthcare digital card platform claims "HIPAA-friendly." Here's what actually matters for doctors, nurses, and clinicians — and where that compliance language is doing more marketing than protecting.
If you're paying for Linktree and separately handing out business cards, you're managing two tools that could be one. Here's how to build a single digital card that works as your portfolio hub, link-in-bio, and lead capture tool at once.
Pitch events, demo days, investor coffee chats — founders are always networking. Here's how a digital business card with lead capture turns every one of those conversations into a tracked follow-up instead of a business card someone loses.
Most "free" digital business cards come with a catch — scan limits, one locked card, or paywalled analytics. Here's an honest look at what free actually means across platforms, and where Cardlyx's free plan stands.
Most digital business cards let you share your contact info. Few actually capture theirs. Here's exactly how lead capture works, why most cards treat it as an afterthought, and what to look for if lead generation is the point.
Paper cards get thrown away, forgotten, or never make it into the CRM. Here's how sales teams and SMBs use digital business cards with lead capture to stop losing prospects between the handshake and the follow-up.
Open houses, showings, and networking events generate contacts — most agents lose half of them. Here's how a digital business card with built-in lead capture keeps every prospect in your CRM.
Looking for a HiHello alternative that actually captures leads, not just contacts? Here's how Cardlyx, Blinq, Popl, Linq, and Wave compare on lead capture, CRM sync, and pricing.
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