4th Oct 2012, 07:46 PM | #1 |
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If you talk to any direct marketer, they’ll tell you that QR codes are bunk. Nobody uses them! They usually know this, because they test the results. However, your typical small business won’t track how many people scan their QR code. Some do, but most don’t. This is because making a QR code is so easy, they just make one and put it out there. For this reason, I believe QR codes will gain in popularity, simply because of the sheer amount of small businesses putting them in their marketing materials with no after thought. After reading this article, it appears that my assumptions might be coming true: “Digital monitoring company Comscore reports that 1 in 5 smartphone users scanned QR Codes in 2011. Of those some 44% made scans in retail stores, with a whopping 59% of people scanning QR Codes at home off the back of packaging and in magazines and newspapers. Small businesses are seeing the benefits. Manny Rai, owner of North Coast Wine and Beer in Ohio, reports that up to 10 people a day scan his storefront QR Codes. Other companies too are reporting positives, including increased footfall and more in-store sales…” Read more @ Business2Community. If people keep coming up with clever ways to use QR codes, like the one shown in the video below, I think they could be here to stay. I mean, come on… QR codes on tombstones?! Brilliant! Are you not seeing results with your QR code? Here are 7 reasons why your QR code might suck! |
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4th Oct 2012, 08:11 PM | #2 |
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I believe this was said in another thread, but QR codes are useless unless they have a shortened URL under them as a lot of people still look at them go don't even know what they are. That said I am one of those who will happily walk through a store scanning away. |
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4th Oct 2012, 08:30 PM | #3 |
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Yea, a lot of small businesses aren't using them right, but I still think it's too early to write them off like most direct marketers on here.
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11th Oct 2012, 06:17 AM | #4 |
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QR Codes have hit the big times. If you are a CEO or business owner, consider this: Almost 4 million people (mainly 25-44 years of age), with an average income of £50+ scan QR Codes because they want to buy products. What if you are not using this technology. Or, even more crucial, what if your business used QR Codes but only sent people to your desktop, non-mobilised website? This is what you are missing out on… See this info-graphic on what the recent explosion in QR Code usage mean for business – Infographic |
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11th Oct 2012, 07:05 AM | #5 |
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As a small business owner its only just clicked for me the benefits of having QR codes. I think it will catch on but like anything, it will take some time. I am going to get a mobile site and qr code setup and run some ads in the local papers and see how it works out. There aren't any companies doing this in my local papers and hopefully it will help me to stand out. I don't see any reason why in the years to come that all classified ads won't have a qr code. |
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I was doing some research on this recently by asking a lot of random people I came across. It seems that nowadays everyone is aware of QR codes but a large percentage have not actually scanned one. The reason: because their smartphone doesn't come with a native reader, and it would take too long to download one just to scan a QR code that they found at a bus-stop, etc. They do look cool though. I wonder if a push factor for scanning it would be to have some rewards, like a discount code, for scanning the code? |
12th Oct 2012, 02:05 AM | #7 |
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Google dumped QR but that was long before most people were aware of them. So Google was just too fast, and I bet they will pick up QR again. Around here QR codes pop up everywhere, and people start to really see them. I had a sign House for Sale in our windows with QR codes linking to a description website, and buyers who turned up had scanned them. I guess another two years and every business will use them. The last to get on board probably Google |
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12th Oct 2012, 02:45 PM | #8 |
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While this is a difficult situation to deal with, taking you business offline can not be the answer. With a continued trend toward online commerce, leaving the web could be extremely detrimental to the succes of your business.
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Either way it is basically a gadget. For me it is usually quicker to type in a shortened URL than to open a reader, scan the QR and wait to be redirected. That being said if I have extra space on a clients print ad then I will use one but I will never clutter an ad or mess up the flow to include it. Just my opinion | |
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I found that using QR codes is a great and easy way to get into a conversation with a potential client about mobile marketing and social media. When I hand out my business card and it has a big QR code on the back, I always pull out my smart phone and scan it to show them how it works. When they see my contact info show up on my screen they all want it. Doesn't matter what Google is doing. They think it is the coolest thing. It always leads them into asking what it can do, and I can show them mobile sites, review lead pages, Facebook pages, etc. I also give them my phone and ask them to enter in their website in my browser (so we can look at it) and they almost always screw up the url. So I can explain how easy it is to just scan a QR code instead of all that. Even if they do it right, I can show how their site looks like crap (if it does) and if it doesn't and I'm at a networking meeting (I would only not know in advance if their site looked crappy if I was at an event where I wasn't prepared - if I was in a private meeting I would know in advance) and their site looks good, I'd pass my phone around so other people could see it and say "this is how your site should look" This is what we do for you. Win win. |
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They could do it themselves but it would require a bit of searching for information how to do it, and once they learned it they would not need it again. So it might really be better for them to pay a few dollars to somebody to create the QR code for them. Cheers Dan Hower | |
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Yeah, I made a few bucks setting up a local small business with a QR code and a plan how how to use it. They use it as a promotional deal by telling customers to scan the code for a free coupon code and other special deals only available through that special link. It works and they are loving it... now I look good and they are recommending me to everyone they know.... Such a simple little thing can really have a big impact if used correctly. |
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thanks for sharing this information and the video
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Another example I've seen is in a hair salon where there was a QR code sticker on the mirror asking the patron to 'rate their haircut today.' For me, it was an attention grabber. That seems like a pretty good use; although the URL of the 'rating' site was still printed on the sticker.
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I think phone manufacturers should put QR code readers on then people will start to scan the codes as the normal thing to do. Anyway this was on the pumpkin enclosure. | |
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From my personal experience... QR codes are *EVERYWHERE* The question is: have mobile users been trained properly in how to use said QR codes? They're pretty awesome in terms of the simplicity of using them in assisting people discover more information about the products and services they encounter in everyday life. I've seen them on everything from Tofu packaging to Billboards at the Metra train station (low enough so someone could feasibly use a QR code scanner App on their phone to scan said QR code) to everything in between. Just the other night I utilized my QR scanner to help me discover how to cook Tofu because I've never bought it before and never cooked with it before personally. Not only did the QR code bring me to a simple website, it brought me to cooking options, recipe options, a shopping list, etc. etc. I'm, of course, on top of the mobile industry, so, it's partly my duty to stay on top of these things as they occur. Did you know that mobile shopping will be up this year around 26-ish% over what it was last year in terms of holiday shopping? So, I don't think the question is so much are QR codes starting to gain traction as it is about training consumers to properly utilize and *BE COMFORTABLE* with using their mobile phone as a commerce enabled device in addition to their normal use of it as a cell phone. Sincerely, Matt |
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P.S. My QR Code Scanner actually allows me to turn various things INTO QR Codes... technology has come a long way, folks! |
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Yeah over here in the UK I have noticed quite an increase in the larger companies using QR codes in their newspaper advertising campaigns. I have been watching and waiting for a quite a while to see if they would take off. It seems to be slow but steady. If the increasing usage of QR codes by the big companies continues soon enough the general public will get more savy as to how to use them and then the smaller businesses will also want a piece of pie. |
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If we brand the QR codes, they have a much better chance of being scanned. Stick your logo in the middle mates! Here is my latest one for my biz... |
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Cool! I made a custom QR code for an optometrist that included a pair of sunglasses in the center (he demanded it haha), and a pizza parlor QR code with a pizza guy in the center.
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I know it's been slow to gain traction, compared with other markets, but QR codes are still, very simply, the fastest way for a tech savvy consumer to go from your visual advertising to an electronic presence. Period. One reason I think they haven't taken off so much is because SMB's are slapping a free one on their print advertising with NO strategy... Does it land on a mobile friendly page? Is there a call to action, or a funnel to an action? What is the benefit to the consumer? Does your code get people's attention, or is it just the plain boring black and white one they've seen 20 times today already? Check out one I did for a kids' magician...I'm selling the custom code, then coming back in and hitting them up for the mobile web design and marketing consulting... get the wallet open first. The edges are rough, I haven't touched them up yet because it's actually going to go on a black background anyway... |
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