QR Code Marketing

Has anyone used QR codes to successfully drive traffic to Facebook fan pages? I'm keen on getting local traffic to my fan page and was thinking of placing some QR codes around town.
 
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I read a thread once where a guy posted a big picture with a QR code along side the road with nothing else just the code, the code told them to visit his page about online marketing/creating sites. he received tons of new clients that way and was completely successful in it. thats one option if you want to try it offline
 
@administer - there are a few people offering the ventipix as a software as a service, we have customized the script to be completely unbranded and are now offering this service at a fraction of the cost of hosting it and managing it yourself

will be putting up a BST in the not too distant future to properly advertise the service here on BHW

@chris 22 - we push our clients visitors to their mobile site first but have seen also an increase in facebook likes to their page too... i dont think its a coincidence :)

@cashfusion - i dont think advertising a qr code on the side of the road or a huge billboard is best practice... unless you want to see a huge car pile up! lol in a lot of places you will get fined for driving and texting let alone trying to scan a qr code whilst driving, the time it takes to see the code, grab your phone, power up the app and take a snap shot just kills the idea

If the post or billboard is located in a spot that has perhaps slow moving or even stationary foot traffic i think that is where you will find it most responsive, thats where we have found them to be most affective in addition of course to the no brainer locations such as print media

HTH

'Scuba
 
Has anyone had any experience with " QREATEBUZZ" ?? I had just set up some campaigns and now they have shut down their site.

Once you have created a QR code does anybody know how to change it over and self host it??? Still looking through google but looking for suggestions that anybody else has been there...

Just something to keep in mind guys when the qr service provider goes out of bizz!!
 
Hey, in case you need a pretty QR code :) give this website a visit,
hxxp://iqrazycodes.com
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, sometimes a catching eye QR code can attract costumer, not to mention its kinda cool :)
 
any discount ?



ukescuba said:
administer - there are a few people offering the ventipix as a software as a service, we have customized the script to be completely unbranded and are now offering this service at a fraction of the cost of hosting it and managing it yourself

'Scuba
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I use QRs EXTENSIVELY, we have a proprietary software, extensive tracking, lead gen. We use it in NCAA events, pro-sports stadiums, combined with SMS blasting, geo-tracking, and other far advanced stuff. It's not cheap, but that's why we only work with the big guys. ;)

I've heard we are on a buyout list with Salesforce, and AT&T (who we already partnered with on another product) but who knows. We are going to make the full system available in the fall for individuals and have a 20% affiliate program.
 
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I would love to be a part of that affiliate program.
 
QR codes have become pretty fancy although the downside is that most phones need a separate app in order to read them. Most people know what they are but ignore them. Text marketing is the best with auto responders !
 
yea this is good for marketing they attract people well at least with smart phones
 
It is an acronym of Quick Response Code. It looks similar to that of a bar code; and can be scanned from a QR reader installed on your mobile phone. The first company to use it was Airline Company. It provides an immediate link to information to travelers on the go. You can get real time status of your flight if you scanned the codes and can access to reservation portal.
 
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It is an acronym of Quick Response Code. It looks similar to that of a bar code; and can be scanned from a QR reader installed on your mobile phone. The first company to use it was Airline Company. It provides an immediate link to information to travelers on the go. You can get real time status of your flight if you scanned the codes and can access to reservation portal.
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QR code (abbreviated from Quick Response Code) is the trademark for a type of matrix barcode (or two-dimensional bar code) first designed for the automotive industry in Japan. Bar codes are optical machine-readable labels attached to items that record information related to the item. It was initially patented; however, its patent holder has chosen not to exercise those rights.[1] Recently, the QR Code system has become popular outside the automotive industry due to its fast readability and greater storage capacity compared to standard UPC barcodes. The code consists of black modules (square dots) arranged in a square grid on a white background. The information encoded may be made up of four standardized types ("modes") of data (numeric, alphanumeric, byte / binary, Kanji) or, through supported extensions, virtually any type of data.[2]

A QR code is read by an imaging device, such as a camera, and formatted algorithmically by underlying software using Reed-Solomon error correction until the image can be appropriately interpreted. Data is then extracted from patterns present in both horizontal and vertical components of the image. As a variety of industries utilize the QR code today, the applications for use can vary from product tracking, item identification, time tracking, document management and general marketing purposes.[3]


Invention

The QR code was invented in Japan by the Toyota subsidiary Denso Wave in 1994 to track vehicles during manufacture. It was designed to allow high-speed component scanning.[SUP][4][/SUP] It has since become one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes.[SUP][5][/SUP]
Unlike the older one-dimensional barcode that was designed to be mechanically scanned by a narrow beam of light to extract data, the QR code is detected as a 2-dimensional digital image by a semiconductor image sensor and is then digitally analyzed by a programmed processor. The processor locates the three distinctive squares at the corners of the image, and uses a smaller square near the fourth corner to normalize the image for size, orientation, and angle of viewing. The small dots are then converted to binary numbers and their validity checked with an error-correcting code.
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Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code

The QR code looks nothing like a barcode!~ :yield:

Example barcode:
imagesqtbnANd9GcTQBgBUaLLVTQ-kxAa28_zps80bde201.jpg


Example QR code:
imagesqtbnANd9GcSJJf4v3sVYovhiEX5re_zpsd4871901.jpg


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