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Tip: Use Evernote to remember the people you meet

Tips and Stories | By Ron Toledo
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When you are at a conference, trade show or networking event, snap a picture of the people you meet along with their name tags (or have them hold up their business cards). Evernote will automatically make the text in the images searchable. Now, you’ll be able to search for the name and see the face that goes with it.

You can create a separate notebook for these contacts, or tag them with “contact” and use a Saved Search to find them later.

Find even more Evernote uses and tips at: Ron’s Evernote Tips

  • http://www.myeasyonlinepay.com tony1512

    This was so great!!! It’s a big help to my job. Just a simple click/shot to a person with a name tag it’s automatic registered to your evernote and it’s easily to use!

  • http://www.girlflowerdresses.net John Smith

    This is such a lifesaver for someone who has to meet hundreds of people everyday.

  • http://www.dogbiscuitrecipes.net dog biscuit recipes

    Me to If I go to a conference, training class, meeting, or event I use this trick

  • Terry

    I agree it would probably get easier for the one taking the photo, but it is probably still awkward and may feel like an imposition or even coercion for the person who’s photo is being taken.

  • http://www.heyumgames.webs.com umm…

    When i tell the people there, “hey, hold up your business card so i can take a photo of you and the card.” they look at me like i just told them to take off their shirts and smile. But they do it ;)

    • Lynn Miner

      They will never forget you (the photographer), that is for sure. It is a GOOD thing!

  • Kat

    I THINK THAT’S ABSOULUTELY HILARILOUS

  • http://www.spudart.org Matt Maldre

    Hey “dog biscuit recipes” what sort of shows are you going to? Dog shows? That would be fun to take photos of dogs with their name tags.

  • Randy Pound

    What will happen if you take a single photo of multiple people, each holding his or her name card? If this would essentially work the same as the individual photo, it could reduce the awkwardness of taking individual photos.

    If it works the same, this would be a great time saver when taking photos of teams, students in a class, visitors to a facility, etc.

    • Andrew Sinkov

      It will work the same–just make sure that all the name tags are clearly visible.

  • http://www.applern.com consulting_rn

    I recently started a business and Evernote helps me keep track of my business clients and their individual portfolios. I am a medical professional so being organized with my clients, customers and their info along wit a photo of them keeps information easy to access. Goodbye filing system and flash drive, hello Evernote :)

  • Ren

    I tried this trick last night and it didn’t work. Even after I wait until today. I took a snapshot and uploaded it to evernote server. the second time I attached a jpeg. I made a title an even tagged it. but still I can’t search the words thats in the picture. is there something wrong with the way I did it?

    • Ren

      Whoa, it works…not with the one I did last night though. Oh I’m gonna have so much fun with this :D

    • Ren

      It took around 48 hours for free user to have the server process the picture. This should be useful when I’m browsing items for my store, nice…

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