Delicious is the most popular online bookmarking service and our new bookmark export is a perfect fit. The bookmark export uses the industry-standard for bookmark files and you can use the file with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and other online bookmarking services.

Here are the simple instructions to import your business card website links into Delicious:

A. Export the bookmarks by clicking the “Bookmarks” option in your CloudContacts account

B. Login to Delicious and select the “Settings” option on the top right corner

C. Select the “Import/Upload Bookmarks” option as shown below.

D. 1. Select the file on your computer where you saved your new business card bookmarks file. Enter a tag if you desire (e.g. Business Cards). 2. Decide if you want to keep your bookmarks private or make them public. Leave the other settings on the default. Click “Import Now” as shown below and you will be taken to your updated bookmark page with all of your new business card links.

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Taking a random sample of cards, most of the larger companies (especially banks) have toll-free numbers listed while startups and small businesses list local phone numbers.

I asked my followers on Twitter for their thoughts on toll-free number usage and my favorite reply came from Kathryn Finney of TheBudgetFashionista who noted, “(there’s no need for toll-free numbers) because most people use celle phones as their primary phone”.

While I am not sure if everyone is using cell phones as a primary phone, I wonder how many people aren’t on a flat local- and long-distance calling plan.

Several years ago I bought a toll-free number through Vonage for my business and found that it was barely used and most of my current and prospective clients used my regular phone. Eventually I cancelled the number.

I’d love your feedback - do you have a toll-free number for your business? If so, what was the rationale for getting it and keeping it? If you are starting a new business now, do you plan on paying for a toll-free number?

When you send in your cards, either by mail or email, you can include a note if you would like a category assigned. You can also include multiple bundles in one order. When we process your cards, we will include the requested category on each contact. Of course you can also assign a card to a category at any time.

You can view your contacts by category inside of our web administration interface and the contacts are included when you download your contact file. Many applications allow categories to be imported as well and today’s update supports that functionality as well.

As always, let us know if you have any questions.

It’d be cool if each card you collected earned points and famous people were worth bonuses like 1-ups, big guys, etc. So get out your Frogger, Metroid and Super Mario and get collecting!

Here’s an example of what the vCard looks like in Outlook with the image feature:

As always, keep the feedback and suggestions coming!

Lee Rosen from Divorce Discourse has posted a review of our business card service. Lee notes, “If you’re building your practice by building your network (and I’m sure you are) then this service sounds like something worth trying.”

Thanks to Corsin and Lee for the great reviews!

James Alliban has put together an example of an augmented reality business card. Checkout the video below for his real working example. Could be a way to tie a marketing message into a business card.

Here’s a simple way to fix the issue in Excel 2007 (it might work in previous versions as well). When you open the file in Excel, select the column with he ZIP/Postal code. Then right click on the column and select Format Cells. Select the Special option and pick ZIP Code. This will force the leading 0 to display. This works in Excel 2007.

You can also find more information on the Microsoft Support website. There’s also information about creating custom formats for specific columns and rows.

Why Microsoft doesn’t offer a global setting that allows a CSV file to be opened exactly as it is presented to Excel is beyond me. Perhaps in Office 2012 they will add this option.

WebDesignLedger put together a list of 15 very cool die cut business cards last week that I thought was worth sharing. Some of the cards in the list have pieces removed and some have been setup so you can fold them into certain poses.

Does the design of a business card make a difference as to whether you do business with the company?

Here’s one example from the list: