About ForgeConnect
The Business Card
That Doesn't End Up in the Trash.
We built ForgeConnect because 88% of the business cards you hand out end up in the trash within a week — along with every prospect you hoped to reach. Our cards do the opposite. Every tap becomes a lead in your CRM. Every card lives in their wallet for years — pulled out at bars, photographed, shown to friends. Paper gets thrown away. NFC gets captured. Metal gets remembered. That's what a business card is supposed to do.
Core Capabilities
Everything You Need to Capture Opportunities
Smart Tap
Instantly share your profile with a tap or scan.
Live Profile
Your full identity in one clean, customizable page.
Lead Capture
Collect names, emails, and numbers automatically.
System Ready
Push everything into your workflow, CRM, or automation.
Why This Matters
The Old Way vs. The Forged Way
Without This
Paper cards get lost
Contacts are forgotten
Follow-ups are manual
Nothing is tracked
With Forge
Connections happen instantly
Information is never outdated
Leads are captured automatically
Every interaction is recorded
Paper Dies
88% in the Trash Within a Week.
Out of sight, gone. Feels disposable. Goes out of date the moment your title changes. No way to measure what happened after the handshake — because nothing does. That's why we stopped printing paper and started forging metal.
NFC Captures
Every Tap Is a Lead in Your CRM.
Two-way, not one-way. Someone taps your card and you instantly have their name, email, and phone — they have your full profile. You never hand out a lead you won't hear from again. Networking becomes measurable.
Metal Remembered
Lives in Their Wallet for Years.
Metal doesn't get thrown away. It comes out at bars. Gets photographed. Gets shown to friends. Becomes a conversation piece. That's what a business card is supposed to do.
Visibility
Know Exactly What Happens Next.
Every tap, every profile visit, every link click is tracked, attributed, and ready to trigger a follow-up. The card does the follow-up work paper can't.
Solutions for Every Stage of Growth
Startups & Small Teams
Turn every handshake into a pipeline opportunity. Centralize new contacts across your entire team, track outreach performance, and maintain consistent branding — all from one platform.
Scaling Organizations
Maintain brand consistency across every team member while unlocking the power of automation. New contacts flow directly into your marketing stack, CRM — without a single manual entry.
Enterprise Operations
Eliminate business card operations entirely by integrating with your HR directory. Automated onboarding, real-time employee data syncing, and instant offboarding save hours every week.
Features
Your Digital Networking Arsenal
Tap to Connect
Every card is equipped with an embedded NFC chip. Share or exchange contact details with a single tap — no app required.
Scan to Share
Each card features a printed QR code on the back, fully customizable with your brand colors, logo, or custom pixel design.
Always-On Access
Install the mobile widget on your Apple Watch or any device to keep your QR code accessible at all times.
Seamless Sharing
Share contact details through Apple NameDrop with full tracking and controlled information sharing.
Paper to Pipeline
Scan and import paper cards instantly with AI-powered recognition and data enrichment.
Team Consistency
Ensure every team member shares accurate, consistent company and product information — automatically.
Know Your Buyer
Score and prioritize inbound leads instantly so your team focuses on opportunities that convert.
Prioritize What Matters
AI-powered lead scoring ranks every new contact against your ideal customer profile.
Built for One. Scales to Many.
Connections aren't random.
They're built.
They're earned.
They're forged.
Turn Every Event Into a Revenue Engine
Smart networking tools that help attendees, exhibitors, and organizers capture more contacts, follow up faster, and measure exactly what every event is worth.
For Attendees
Connect with Everyone, Effortlessly
Tap, scan, or share digitally with zero friction.
Contact details flow straight into follow-up workflows.
Swap information and access sales materials without collecting paper.
For Exhibitors
Share More, Faster, and Easier
All your links, profiles, and social channels in one place.
Decks, demos, presentations available for instant download.
Lead info pushes directly to CRM and email automation.
For Event Organizers
Make Your Event the One Everyone Talks About
Provide pre-programmed cards to attendees with full profile details.
Display live leaderboards showing top connectors to drive engagement.
Learn who's connecting, measure satisfaction, optimize future events.
Analytics
Live Analytics That Prove Event Value
Live Dashboard by Rep and Booth
See contacts captured, engagement rate, and top-performing assets per rep while the event is still running. Reassign staff, reward top performers.
Campaign and Revenue Attribution
Link every captured contact to a specific campaign, demo request, or deal for true event ROI. Exportable reports map directly to pipeline dashboards.
Scheduled Reports and Custom Exports
Automate CSV and dashboard exports on your finance team's cadence. Filter by event, region, or rep.
Performance Leaderboards
On-screen rankings drive healthy competition, increase capture volume, and reward top contributors.
Workflows
Make Every Lead Actionable
Native Sync and Field Mapping
Leads arrive in your CRM tagged by event, rep, and campaign with correct field mapping. No manual CSV imports.
Auto-Assignment and Scoring
Rules engine assigns leads to the right rep, applies priority scores, and triggers immediate outreach sequences.
Marketing Automation Triggers
Fire nurture campaigns, update ad audiences, and personalize messaging based on event interaction metadata.
Open API and Connector Support
Connect to internal tools and niche platforms via API or automation connectors for custom workflows.
How It Works
From Tap to Pipeline in Four Steps
Instant Capture
One tap or scan collects contact details plus custom qualifying questions, no app required.
Multiple Sharing Methods
NFC, QR, and manual entry ensure every visitor can connect regardless of device.
Offline Reliability
Data stores locally in low-signal environments and syncs automatically when connectivity returns.
Enrichment & Standardization
Captured contacts are enriched with public data and normalized to your CRM schema.
Playbooks
Proven Strategies to Maximize Event ROI
Trade Show Booth Playbook
Greet, demo, capture. Reps tag intent level and push leads to SDRs for same-day follow-up.
Event Pipeline Strategy
End-to-end system for maximizing booth traffic, qualifying leads on the floor, converting conversations into revenue.
Sponsor and Partner Activation
Branded landing pages for sponsors with shared dashboards showing activation ROI.
Hybrid and Virtual Events
Bridge in-person and virtual attendee data into unified follow-up lists.
Ready to Forge Your Network?
Join thousands of professionals who've upgraded from paper cards to ForgeConnect.