QR Codes
What are QR Codes?
They are Quick Response Codes.
In simple terms its a Bar code of sorts. A smart phone user can scan them with an Upcode reader in their mobile device, once sacnned it will take the user to the URL specified in the QR Code
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This is the QR Code for my
Squidoo Lens
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Using them to your Advantage
Gone are the days when someone would see your advert,
remember your web address and then type your URL in when they get Home..if they
Gone are the days when someone would see your advert, remember your web address
and then type your URL in when they get Home..if they remembered.
Ok not everyone has Smartphones users yet,
but the trend is growing rapidly.
Personally I have only just discovered these
nifty codes and will be rolling them out on my Compliments slips in the next
few weeks.
You could put your code on your compliments
slips, any information you send your buyer. Maybe on your business cards.
There are lots of places to use these to your
advantage so I would advise you to start looking at them.
How Can I get a QR Code?
There’s a free QR Code generator. Simply
Visit the site, make sure the box is ticked for 'URL' then Copy &
paste your link into the bar. Then click generate.
You can then paste the Html code into your
site or if you right click on the image you can Save the image to your Computer
and print it onto your documents.
QR CodeGenerator
Tip: If
you paste the code onto a Word document you can re-size as required
You
can also change your QR Code and add colours etc, they tend to have a higher
click through rate. There’s an Interesting article about this on mashable
More Useful Reads
Top 14 things to know about QR Codes - http://searchenginewatch.com/article/2066777/Top-14-Things-Marketers-Need-to-Know-About-QR-Codes