'Professionals who either own or work for a small business are busy by nature, so the less physical clutter, the better,' Crew said. Business card scanners also rid professionals of some unneeded clutter Stacey Crew, an organization expert and author of the My Organized Lifestyle blog, said storing business card information digitally, rather than trying to keep and then find the paper copies when needed, is more efficient. These scanners, which work just like regular scanners, make it simple to transfer the names, phone numbers, email addresses and websites on a card onto a digital device, such as a computer, smartphone or tablet, for storage and organization.
To make these digital copies, professionals use business card scanners.