The objective of this article is to get you acquainted with generating and sharing your digital business card through your QR code. In this article, we will cover:
- Different ways of sharing your card
- Different types of QR codes
- Where to find or generate your QR code
If you need help with the Set up of your account, we recommend then you start with the Getting Started Guide or the Employee Guide
Different ways of sharing your card
Please note that, no matter which means you choose to share your digital business card, the other party will not need the app to receive your contact info.
There are 3 main ways of sharing your card or contact information:
- Through your digital QR code: this QR code links to your digital business card on the web.
- Through your offline QR code: best used when there is no internet connection, it shares your contact directly to the recipients phone via a vCard.
- Via a link: you will be able to copy the link to your digital business card and paste it or hyperlink it in other materials.
Different Types of QR Code
As mentioned above, we can find 2 different types of QR codes
Online QR code linking to your digital business card
When scanned, the other party is directed to a website which will show your personalized digital business card, including contact info, socials, buttons and video.
From that view, the other party will be able to:
- Download your contact as a vcard
- Revert back their contact details
This QR code is permanent, meaning that even if you information changes, you may still use the same QR code.
Attention: if you change your vanity URL under your profile, your QR code will change, as QR codes are linked to a specific URL
Offline QR code with your vCard
Best used when there is no internet connection, it shares your contact directly to the recipients phone via a vCard. It will include your basic information as well as a link to KADO’s digital business card, in case they are able to review it later.
Attention: this QR code is not dynamic. Any changes on your contact information (email, phone number, position), will require you to get a new offline code if you have added it to other materials.
Example of 2 different types of QR codes
Where to Access your QR codes and links
1. Mobile App – Your Profile
Once you are set up and you have the app installed in your phone, with your card ready to go, you may head to your profile. There, you will see your digital business card.
At the top-right (below the cover), you will find 2 icons next to the Edit button. From there, you will be able to share your digital business card
- Via Online QR code
- Via Link
2. Mobile App – Exchange Screen
Under the Mobile App, click on the Exchange Tab in the navigation bar. There, you will find:
- Your digital business card /online QR Code, open by default (screen1).
- Your offline QR code, whenever you toggle the switch, selecting “Offline QR” (screen 2)
- A button to share your card via link (screen 3)
Other options under this screen:
- Share Multiple Cards button: this option allows you to share the cards of other colleagues together with yours
- If you have several cards of your own: under this screen, you will be able to swipe between cards so that you can share one or the other (only available for accounts with multicard enabled)
3. Mobile Widget
On a rush and not willing to open the app? You may actually add. awidget with your QR code to your home screen, so that you always have it handy.
Learn how to add your QR code as a widget via this article:
https://knowledge.kadonetworks.com/article/how-to-add-your-qr-code-as-a-widget-on-your-phone/
4. Mobile Wallet Passes
If rather than having your QR code on a widget, you prefer to have it in your wallet, with KADO that will also be possible.
Note: you may add both your online and offline QRs as different passes on your wallet.
Learn how to add your QR code as a widget via this article:
https://knowledge.kadonetworks.com/article/how-to-add-your-qr-code-to-your-wallet/
5. Web App – your profile
Your QR code is not only accessible from your phone, but also from your laptop. You may want to copy your QR code or link from there, in order to past it or link it in emails, presentations or other materials.
To find your QR (online) and link, head to your profile: https://app.kadonetworks.com/profile
At the bottom right of the screen you will find the option to copy your link and to generate your QR code
6. Virtual background
Are you constantly on Zoom, Teams or Google meet calls? You can actually add your QR code and title to your virtual background.
In KADO, we have a virtual background generator that you may use for those virtual calls.
- Head to your profile: https://app.kadonetworks.com/profile
- If you have several cards, select the card for which you want to generate the background
- Head to the tab “Virtual background”
- Upload an image of your choice (e.g.: an offie, a beack or your company’s official background / logo).
- Download the resulting generated image, and upload it to whichever system you normally use (virtual backgrounds on Zoom, Teams or Google Meets)
7. Email signatures
Do you prefer to have users connect with you via your email? You may create a virtual email signature with KADO. Such email signature is click-through, meaning recipients will be redirected to the web version of your card when clicking ot it.
To create an email signature with KADO:
- Head to your profile: https://app.kadonetworks.com/profile
- If you have several cards, select the card for which you want to generate the background
- Head to the tab “Email signature”
- Select the email signature template of your choice
- Copy the signature
- Paste it on the appropriate section of your email provider settings
