As your career progresses you’ll meet more and more people. I’ve seen many attorney desks with STACKS of businesses cards with rubber bands.
I’m a fan of business cards for sure! I’m also a fan of setting up systems to help you organize your contacts.
Here are some thoughts:
Start simple - even if it’s a spreadsheet
Decide what fields you need - e.g. first name, last name, company, email, mobile
Add more as you need them
LinkedIn - add those connections to the spreadsheet (this may be unrealistic however give it a shot). You can also download your LinkedIn connections, however, you may not get their emails.
Ultimately you’ll want to invest some time and effort into getting a CRM (technically stands for Customer Relationship Management). You’ll be able to import your spreadsheet into the CRM.
Business cards - there are a variety of ways to organize cards. I use a card scanner on my phone to get the data on my computer. I’ll write another post with more details about business cards.
That’s a start … let me know what you want to learn.