Using your Poken is like using a business card.  When you meet someone who has a Poken, you give a “high-4″ by touching the hands together.  Both hands will glow green.  This effectively means you have exchanged contact information.

Watch this video for a more complete explanation:

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In 2009, online communication is ubiquitous.  Yet still, just as it has been for centuries, the most valuable connections are with people you know or meet in the real world.

Poken bridges the gap, bringing real world connections online.

Here are a couple of examples of ”the norm” vs. Poken….

1) A parent dropping a kid off at school briefly sees another parent and they discuss getting the kids together “soon” to play. 

      “the norm” – Each parent puts the other’s number into his or her phone.  Often, to save time, one just dials the other’s number.  Though they have the best intentions, the number gets lost or the brief interaction is simply forgotten.

     Poken – Giving a “High-4″ with Poken, each parent has access to the other’s online presence.  When one parent plugs in Poken, she see that the other parent just updated Twitter to say that “soccer practice for the kids is canceled today”.  Looks like a perfect chance to get the kids together!

2) Two people on an airplane have a great conversation and decide to “stay in touch”.

    “the norm” – They exchange business cards, write down email addresses or swap numbers.  This soon gets misplaced or forgotten. The memory of the conversation fades and nothing happens.

     Poken – They “High-4″ their Pokens. One later sees (through Linked In) that the other used to work with a relative and they have many connections that they would never otherwise know about.

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While that may happen within a few years, a great way to connect with Poken is to purchase and keep a few extra ones on you.

Since Poken can be used right away, having a few extra new Pokens makes sense. When you explain just what it can do, people will want one and gladly pay you for it on the spot. You can instantly connect with that person (and you get reimbursed.)

Bring Pokens to Your Special Event or Meeting

Business meetings, reunions, graduation parties, weddings, and just about any other event is supercharged when people use Pokens at it.

Poken is perfect for a business or networking event.

Exchanging business cards is awkward and ineffective. Not only is giving a “high-4″ with Poken much faster (and way cooler), when the person plugs Poken into his or her computer they will get everyone’s up-to-date contact info (with a timestamp, photo, phone numbers, social network information, and just about anything else the person wants to share.)

With this much possibility (and at less than the cost of business cards), getting a Poken is a no-brainer.

Even if no one has heard of them before, people will just “get it”. Whether you are giving them out or selling them to everyone, you will be the first one they all “High-4″ to connect with. Your contact info will always appear at the beginning of their timeline (on the Poken HUB site) and you can remain in touch with everyone.

Poken can be purchased in bulk at a discount. (Click here, then scroll to bottom of page.)