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by kevin_iP 4348 days ago
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Kevin from intelliPaper here.

SwivelCard has bee a very good fit for many of our customers. One use has been to focus conversations.

Consider a situation where you manage a portfolio that is constantly changing, and you want to draw attention to aspects of it and personalize your pitch to a client. How cool would it be to have a face-to-face conversation focusing on real issues, and end with

"I've made a few notes. Use this SwivelCard to access them. They are secure and only you have access to this information." No, I don't need your email address - and there is no account to create or manage."

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But you can already do that with a USB stick? It's not like they're expensive.
jahewson, I can carry 50 swivelCard with me to a networking event. I'd need a bag to do the same with a USB. Even if I had the plastic credit card versions of the same.

Beyond carrying them around, my swivelCard has access to every discount offered by the USPS for bulkrate and EDDM campaigns.

> Consider a situation where you manage a portfolio that is constantly changing, and you want to draw attention to aspects of it and personalize your pitch to a client.

Handing out 50 cards at a networking event isn't a personalized pitch, you've not really backed up your argument. Not sure what USPS has to do with that discussion either, I hope you're not advocating sending these as junk mail, we have enough waste as it is, are they recyclable?