Your CardDrop Playbook

Everything you can do, in 2 minutes.

Just text like you're talking to a person. No special commands needed.

Try it right now

Text a photo of any business card to (209) 299-0966 and see what happens.

Before the event

Set up event mode

Tell CardDrop where you're going. Every card you scan will be tagged with the event.

I'm at the Stockton Chamber Mixer
Event mode on! Every card you scan will be tagged 'Chamber Mixer'. Text DONE when you're finished.

At the event

Snap business cards

Just text a photo. Works with one card or a stack of them.

📷 (send the photo)
Got it! Sarah Chen, Century 21 Realtor. Saved and synced to Google Contacts.

Works with multiple cards in one photo too

No card? Just describe them

Tell CardDrop who you met and it creates the contact with your notes.

Met Jennifer at Tommy's soccer game, she's thinking about selling her house
Lisa from Century 21 wants to grab coffee next week
John Smith 209-555-1234 Acme Corp sales manager

Include a phone number for structured entry

Quick notes

After scanning, keep texting — it saves as notes on that contact.

Drives a white truck, has 2 kids
Note saved to Mike Torres.
🎤 (send a voice memo)
Got it! Transcribed and saved as a note.

Voice memos work too

After the event

End event mode

Text DONE to see your event summary and turn off event tagging.

done
Chamber Mixer wrap-up: You scanned 12 cards! Here's everyone you met...

Set follow-up reminders

After scanning a card, pick 'Follow up' or just tell CardDrop when.

Remind me to call Sarah Friday
Done! I'll text you Friday at 9am about Sarah Chen.
Follow up with Mike in 2 weeks
Reminder set for April 15th.
queue
Your upcoming follow-ups: 1. Sarah Chen — Friday 2. Mike Torres — Apr 15

See all your reminders

Find people from the event

Search by event name, role, company, or anything you noted.

people from the chamber mixer
Found 12 contacts from Chamber Mixer...
realtors in Lodi
Found 3 contacts: 1. Sarah Chen — Century 21 2. Mike Torres — Keller Williams 3. Linda Park — eXp Realty
who needs a plumber
Found 1 contact: Bob Smith — noted 'needs a plumber'

Day to day

Search your network

Search by name, company, role, location, or anything in your notes.

Bob Smith
anyone from Century 21
who did I meet this week
real estate agents

Check your schedule

See what follow-ups are coming up.

what's my week look like
You have 3 follow-ups this week: 1. Sarah Chen — Tomorrow 2. Mike Torres — Wednesday 3. Bob Smith — Friday
weekly summary
This week: 5 new contacts, 3 follow-ups completed, 2 pending.

Power moves

Import & export

Bring in your existing contacts or take your data with you.

import my google contacts
Importing... Found 234 contacts. Added 198 new ones (36 duplicates skipped).
export all
Sending a CSV with all 47 contacts to your email now.
how many contacts
You have 47 contacts. 12 added this month.

More commands

A few other handy things you can text.

my stats

See your usage and plan info

help

Get the command reference

The #1 thing to remember

Just text like you're talking to a person. CardDrop understands natural language. You don't need special commands or exact words.

And if you get stuck, just text HELP.