When someone taps your card or scans its code, your page opens on their phone. In those first few seconds they decide: save your contact, message you on WhatsApp, or close the page and move on. That's why what's on your digital card matters more than how it looks. You can include everything, but that doesn't mean you should.
This guide covers what belongs on your card, what to leave off, and how to arrange the page.
Start with one question: what should they do next?
Before writing anything, decide on the one next step you want from people who open your card. Save your number? Message you? Ask for a quote? Read your CV?
The answer tells you what goes at the top, what can wait further down, and what doesn't belong at all. A page that tries to say everything usually ends up saying nothing clearly.
The essentials
These are the core of the card. Without them, it stops doing its job:
- Your name, the way you want it saved: write it exactly as you'd like it to appear in people's contacts. If everyone knows you by a shorter name, consider using it.
- A clear photo: a well-lit headshot on a simple background, or your logo if the card represents the business. A photo helps people remember who you are when they scroll their contacts later.
- Your title and organisation: in words a customer understands, not internal jargon only your colleagues would recognise.
- Direct ways to reach you: phone, WhatsApp and email. On a Lamsa card, each one is a button that works with a single tap.
- A save contact button: the most important button on the page. It puts you in their phone instead of leaving you as a link buried in their browser history.
Useful extras, if they serve your goal
Once the essentials are in place, add only what helps people take that next step:
- Location on a map: very useful if you have a shop, office or clinic people visit. If you work purely online, skip it.
- Social profiles: pick the active ones that reflect your work. A profile you haven't posted on in a year does more harm than having none.
- Website or online store: if it genuinely helps a customer, for example by showing your services or past work.
- A CV: for job seekers, freelancers and consultants. With Lamsa you can upload a PDF or build a short CV right on the page.
- A short bio: one or two lines on what you do and for whom. Not your life story, just an answer to the customer's real question: "Why should I keep this person's number?"
- A "Share your contact" button: lets people leave you their name and number if they choose, with a clear consent checkbox, and it lands in your account. Especially handy at exhibitions and busy events.
What to leave off
This is where a lot of cards go wrong. Removing things matters as much as adding them:
- Duplicate numbers: three mobiles, a landline and a fax number just confuse people. Pick the one you actually answer.
- Abandoned profiles: any account you don't use raises a quiet question: "Is this person still in business?"
- Too many links: when your page becomes a long list of links, the button that matters gets lost.
- Sensitive personal details: your home address, ID numbers or family information. Your card opens for people you don't know well yet, so only include what you'd be comfortable sharing with a stranger.
- Inflated titles: phrases like "world-class expert" tend to lower trust rather than build it. Let your work speak.
- Long paragraphs: people open your card standing up, at an event or after a meeting, with no time for an essay.
Arrange the page the way people read it
Order is part of the content. The simple rule: most important first. Name, photo and title at the top, then your contact buttons and save contact, then extras like the map, profiles and CV.
Ask yourself: if someone only saw the first screen of your page, would they know who you are and how to reach you? If yes, you're on the right track.
Get both languages right
A Lamsa card page shows in Arabic and English, which helps if your customers use either language. A few things to watch:
- Spell your name in English exactly as it appears in your email and profiles, so people don't find you under several spellings.
- Don't translate your job title word for word. Use the title people in your field actually recognise in each language.
- Proofread your bio in both languages. A small typo is visible to everyone who opens your card.
An example of a balanced page
Say you're an independent marketing consultant. A balanced page might include your name and photo, the title "Marketing Consultant", a one-line bio about the kind of projects you help with, then call, WhatsApp and email buttons, save contact, links to one or two profiles you actually post on, a short CV for anyone who wants detail, and a "Share your contact" button.
Notice what's missing: no map, no long list of profiles, no extra numbers. You can see what a real page looks like on this live demo card.
Review your card from time to time
One of the advantages of a digital card is that you edit your details from your account with no reprinting. Use that:
- Update your title and links whenever your work changes.
- Check your page before exhibitions and important meetings.
- Look at the stats in your account: how often your card was opened, how many people saved your contact, and which buttons they tapped. If a button almost never gets tapped, its position or its place on the page may need a rethink.
Frequently asked questions
Should I use my personal number or my work number?
Use the number you answer during working hours and want customers to reach you on. If you keep work and personal life separate, your work number is the better choice.
How many links is enough?
There's no magic number. Every link should have a clear reason to be there. If you can't explain why a customer would tap it, remove it.
Can I change the content after I've handed out my card?
Yes. The chip and QR code point to your page, so any edit you make in your account shows for everyone who opens it afterwards.
The bottom line
A great digital business card isn't the one with the most on it. It's the one that makes the next step obvious and easy. Get the essentials right, add only what serves your goal, cut anything that distracts or reveals more than you'd like, and arrange the page so people understand you from the first screen.
Ready to put this into practice? Design your card and see a live preview, or request a quote that fits your needs.