QR Code Cash!

I'd like to add something to this post that I Think is very important to "Success with QR Codes";

"Mobile Marketing" right now is RED Hot and getter Hotter. There's LOTS of people selling "Mobile" websites....however....what I've always done is....look for a REASON WHY a business should use MY Service....rather than someone else's.

So....in looking at the "Mobile Website" biz I noticed something;
ALL those who were selling "Mobile Websites" were doing ONE THING....

...offering to make a "Mobile Site" for a biz and leave it up to the bizness to promote their own site....letting the person who set up the Mobile Site...use some "BackLink" and SEO Talent....so the new Mobile Site CAN BE FOUND by Phone Users doing a Search.

And...maybe the biz with the new Mobile Site can add a Qr Code in their ads....HOWEVER.....(get ready)....

...It's UP TO THE BIZ OWNER to PROMOTE HIS MOBILE SITE!

So....rather than leave it up to biz owners to promote their sites....what I do is....

....Sell PROGRAMS that promote my client's Mobile Sites!....so MY clients buy...Not Just a Mobile Site BUT....a Promotion Program that goes with it!

The above program....Placing QrCodes on Pump Top Display Ads....is a unique and POWERFUL program for advertising my clients Mobile Sites.

It's a PROGRAM for bringing TRAFFIC to Mobile Sites! They can still do their own promotion of their new Mobile Site.

So....when I started out with "Mobile Sites'....and my prospects would tell me they had just gotten a quote from X Company for doing their Mobile Site and...."COULD I MATCH THEIR PRICE!" (I "shout" for "emphasis" not for blowing out your ears!)

When I heard this a couple of times I said to myself; "Self! What can YOU offer that others aren't offering?" So....I remembered what I DO, I put together "Marketing Programs" that are designed to BRING CUSTOMERS to my clients.

So....I NEVER compete on "Price"!

Nowadays when a Prospect says; "Oh! We've go a quote from X Co for x$! Can you beat this price?"

I then explain that I am offering a "Marketing Program" and NOT just a "Mobile Site".....so MY quote is Higher and....designed to Increase Bizness.

This is why I can get MY SHare of the market....I am NOT comparing "Apples for Apples"! I offer....luscious tasting "Pomegranates compared to Grapes".

Don Alm....sharing a "Marketing Insight"

when I drive into petrol (gas) stations at least here in the UK they suggest we turn our mobiles off, is it different in the US then or does everyone just ignore it?
Serious question , in no way knocking the idea.

QR codes can go anywhere that ads are currently showing and millions of places they're not showing , its how they are then used that can make the massive difference.

Yes I can confirm that in the UK there are signs at petrol stations telling users not to use their mobile phones. It's a bit over the top on health and safety but a mobile phone can actually cause an explosion at a petrol station as they can omit a spark. Or atleast the older ones did

I've seen those signs that say turn off your mobile phones and did wonder about that when they also promote text a number to get X or show a QR Code.

Don,

This is another great idea from you! When I was in Europe, I saw all the signs saying to turn off your cell phone and I guess it's because there was an incident where a cell phone caused an explosion. Haven't seen them in Oregon though...

A gas station is a great place for a QR Code-- you are already sitting in your car doing nothing-- it gives people something to do while their car is filling up and can be a great advertising method.

Thanks for always sharing your ideas!!

-Ben

Just think of places where people have to sit and wait for periods of time, and try to place your codes in those places.

After my term in the Navy, while in college, i worked at a full service gas station.

Yes cell Phone Radio emissions CAN ignite fuel. (however it has to be highly volatile Jet Fuel or Rocket propellant.) The studies for fuel safety were done by Military Contractors and used military fuels to establish regulations for aircraft refueling.

Auto Fuel vapors are not volatile enough to ignite from radio emissions, you need a spark or open flame. Ref: multiple MythBusters episodes --> Discovery.com

That being said, you SHOULD turn off your vehicle.

A couple of reasons for this;

1) modern auto electronics use the cut-off cycle to reset. If you fuel up while the car is running, when you get back in, your car may still register Empty. (Found this out when customers complained that the attendant charged them, but never fueled up the car.)

2) If the car is running and you check fluids (like the manual says you should) your measurements are going to be wrong.

True Story: A customer fueling up his Brand new, less than 100 miles, Jaguar tested his OIL at the station I was working at. With the engine running, the dipstick showed no oil in the pan, with the oil pump running, all of the oil was actually up in the engine block, not down in the pan.

He purchased 4 quarts (the recommended amount) and proceeded to try to TOP OFF the oil fill, which was on the top of the engine. The engine being full already, didn't take to kindly to this and sprayed oil all over the engine compartment, including the exhaust manifold.

The manifold, being superheated by the running engine turned this into a thick smoke which drifted over the car and across the distributor cap which ignited the prettiest red/orange flame all the way back to the oil fill opening, which was still spewing oil.

When the operating attendant finally doused the engine with the fire extinguisher (bright white Potassium Powder all over oil and BLACK Jaguar.) the customer was LIVID!

A good healthy dose of Potassium went right into the oil fill opening and proceeded to to turn the oil into something akin to epoxy glue.

After a bit of argument, the man paid for the fuel that was pumped and pulled about three car lengths away from the pump when the engine finally went *CHUG*...

I felt sorry for the old lady IN the car, because AFTER being terrified by the smoke, flames, and white powder flashing out of the engine and up across the windshield while she sat in the passenger seat, she had to wait in the car with the irate old man, 30 minutes before the tow truck hauled them and the now defunct, less than 100 miles, brand new Jaguar away to a mechanic.