Business cards organization: how do you keep track of the vast amount of contacts, friends, business cards collected from networking events, personal events and more?
As a new networker, I am overwhelmed by the amount of business cards I am getting... Do you just put everything into Google contacts? How do you remember everyone you have met even 12 months later?  Thanks!
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