How does Bantor work at a conference?

Open Bantor on your phone before each conversation. Tap to record audio, snap a photo of the business card or badge, and keep talking. After each conversation, Bantor transcribes the audio, pulls out who they are and what you discussed, and drafts a personalized follow-up email ready for you to review. By the time you sit down at the end of the day, your CRM is updated and your follow-ups are in your draft folder.

Does Bantor record audio conversations or just scan business cards?

Both, but the audio is where the value is. Business card scanners give you a name and an email. Bantor captures what was actually said, what they care about, and what the next step is. That context turns a cold name into a follow-up the prospect actually responds to.

Can Bantor integrate with HubSpot, Salesforce, and Zoho?

CRM integrations are actively being built right now. Reach out to our sales team to learn what's currently available and where your CRM falls on the roadmap.

Can I use Bantor outside of conferences?

Yes. Sales reps at conferences are our primary user, but Bantor works for anyone with a busy in-person schedule: networking events, recruiter intros, founders meeting investors, conference attendees collecting cards. If you have conversations to remember and follow-ups to send, Bantor was built for you.

How is Bantor different from a badge scanner like Popl or Blinq?

Scanners capture contact info. Bantor captures the conversation. A scanner gives you a name in your CRM with no context for follow-up. Bantor gives you the conversation summary, the buying signals, and a draft email referencing what you actually discussed.

How is Bantor different from Otter or Granola?

Otter and Granola are built for scheduled meetings on Zoom or Google Meet. Bantor is built for the in-person, on-the-floor reality of conferences and trade shows: short conversations at a booth, a hallway intro, a dinner pitch. The product, the workflow, and the speed are designed for that environment.

What does Bantor cost?

$99 per user per month, billed monthly. Volume pricing for sales teams of 10 or more. Discount available for early customers, reach out to our sales team to discuss.

Can my team use Bantor on both iPhone and Android?

Yes. Bantor works on both iPhone and Android.

5 Ways to Turn Conference Conversations Into Closed Deals

You just wrapped up three days at a major industry conference. Your badge is wrinkled, your feet hurt, and you have 47 new business cards in your pocket.

Now what?

If you're like most sales reps, here's what happens next: you get home, dump the cards on your desk, and promise yourself you'll follow up "tomorrow." Tomorrow turns into next week. Next week turns into never. The leads go cold, and that conference investment turns into a write-off.

It doesn't have to be this way.

The Problem With Traditional Conference Follow-Up

The average sales rep meets 20-30 qualified prospects at a conference. But here's the uncomfortable truth: within 48 hours, you'll forget 80% of what was discussed.

That's not a memory problem—it's a systems problem.

Business cards capture contact info. They don't capture:

What pain points the prospect mentioned
Which features they were most interested in
Who else is involved in their buying decision
What they asked you to send them
The personal details that make follow-up feel human

Without that context, your follow-up email sounds like every other vendor who scanned their badge.

5 Strategies That Actually Work

1. Capture Context in Real-Time

The best time to document a conversation is during or immediately after it happens. Not at the end of the day. Not on the flight home.

This is where tools like Bantor come in. Record the conversation (with permission), snap a photo of the badge, and let AI extract the details while you move on to the next prospect.

2. Send Follow-Ups Within 24 Hours

Speed matters more than perfection. A good-enough email sent the next morning beats a perfect email sent a week later.

Your follow-up should reference something specific from your conversation. "It was great chatting" is forgettable. "You mentioned struggling with regional reporting across your APAC team" is memorable.

3. Personalize at Scale

You can't write 30 personalized emails from scratch. But you can if each email starts with AI-generated context from your actual conversation.

The key is giving the AI enough raw material—the transcript, the notes, the signals—to draft something that sounds like you actually listened.

4. Track Everything in Your CRM

A lead without a CRM record doesn't exist. Make sure every conversation creates a contact, a note, and a next step.

If your CRM update process takes more than 60 seconds per contact, it won't happen. Automate what you can.

5. Follow Up More Than Once

One email isn't a follow-up sequence. Plan for 3-4 touches over two weeks:

Day 1: Personalized recap email
Day 3: Relevant content or resource
Day 7: Check-in with a specific question
Day 14: Final nudge or meeting request

Most deals are won by the rep who stays top-of-mind, not the one who had the best booth.

The Bottom Line

Conferences are expensive. Travel, booth costs, swag, and your time—it adds up fast. The ROI depends entirely on what happens after you get home.

The reps who close conference leads aren't necessarily better at working the floor. They're better at capturing context and following up with relevance.

That's the game. Play it well.