Catch The Poken Wave
When I was at IZEAfest I was introduced to a “social business card”. It wasn’t paper, it’s electronic. Prior to IZEAfest I didn’t see a point in getting one because I’m a bit old fashion, business cards are the way to go. They’re in your hand, you can give them to the people you meet, they make a connection between your card and you. They can look at your card long after you’re gone and say “ah yes, I remember her/him”.
But then, when I came home and had lost one of the business cards that I wanted to follow up with, I was very sad that I didn’t have that electronic social business card, otherwise known as a Poken. I had missed the beginning of the Poken wave. I say beginning because not everyone had one yet. They’re fairly new on the market. But like twitter back in 2007, that micro blogging platform that no one saw the point of, I expect them to get big among the social media networkers.
With Poken’s you “high 4″, they have a 4 fingered hand, and there’s a transfer of data. A transfer of electronic business cards, an electronic trade. Those electronic business cards have up to 30 different networks that you can set up for other people to receive your information. And there’s a website that will show them what’s going on with you when they plug their Poken into the computer and likewise you’ll be able to see what’s going on with them when you plug your Poken into the computer.
We’ll just use me as an example here since I’m what I know best. My current business cards have my website, email address, and Twitter name on them. That’s a start for people to get in contact with me, but I’m on many other networks too: I’m on FaceBook and LinkedIn; and I use Flickr for my photos. Poken will connect to everything that I have and will show the people that I’ve Poken’d with what’s going on with me. They can go to one place and connect with me on so many levels and vice-versa.
When I was at IZEAFest, PokenGirl was there and she showed us how Poken’s worked. She even showed us the new Poken called Pulse, which, instead of a creature, is a 2 gig flash drive with the Poken hand on it. PokenGirl has given Dave over at RagingTech.com 2 Pokens for his contest so we all have an opportunity to win one. It’s one of those things that we can just stick on our key chains and we’ll have it handy when we’re in the presence of people that are heavily into social media networking.
I don’t know about you, but it for me, it’s time to get on the Poken wave. Going to IZEAfest and thinking about other conferences such as BlogHer and Affiliate Summit, this would be a great tool to accompany the “old fashion” business cards I insist on carrying around.
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Pokengirl has an affiliate program. I think you might want to sign up. And buy a poken.
Unless you win one 1st.
Hey Drew, you better believe that if I don’t win one that I’ll be purchasing one. I’ve got my eye on the pulse. I almost always have a flash drive on me so it’ll be an awesome convenience to have the Poken intertwined with it
Hey Courtney, sounds like you are ready for Poken. PokenGirl is great to work with. We LOVE Poken and what it’s doing for networking.
Keeping you in my thoughts!
Jackie