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At a fintech demo day in London, my phone battery hit 0 % right before the networking break. Nightmare scenario—except I’d stuck a tiny NFC tag from Popl on the back of my badge the night before.
Instead of scrambling for a charger, I just tapped the badge against people’s phones. The tag fired up my digital business card in their browsers, complete with product deck, Calendly link, and a “save to contacts” button. I collected 27 new leads while my phone sat useless in my pocket.
Why it landed:
Power-proof sharing. The tag needs no battery, so dead phone ≠ dead networking.
One-hand efficiency. Tap, talk, move on—no QR aiming or typing URLs.
Built-in funnel. Each tap triggered an automated welcome email via Zapier; 14 people replied within 24 hours.
Badge as billboard. The NFC sticker turned a bland name badge into a conversation hook (“Wait, that thing just opened a site?”).
Takeaway: a $4 NFC tag can rescue you when cables and power banks can’t—and it converts better than paper ever did.
Anyone else using passive NFC for cards? Curious which platforms let you rewrite the tag on the fly without reprinting.
Instead of scrambling for a charger, I just tapped the badge against people’s phones. The tag fired up my digital business card in their browsers, complete with product deck, Calendly link, and a “save to contacts” button. I collected 27 new leads while my phone sat useless in my pocket.
Why it landed:
Power-proof sharing. The tag needs no battery, so dead phone ≠ dead networking.
One-hand efficiency. Tap, talk, move on—no QR aiming or typing URLs.
Built-in funnel. Each tap triggered an automated welcome email via Zapier; 14 people replied within 24 hours.
Badge as billboard. The NFC sticker turned a bland name badge into a conversation hook (“Wait, that thing just opened a site?”).
Takeaway: a $4 NFC tag can rescue you when cables and power banks can’t—and it converts better than paper ever did.
Anyone else using passive NFC for cards? Curious which platforms let you rewrite the tag on the fly without reprinting.
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