How to make money with custom designed QR Codes

Nice!
Yeah, most customers want to see their logo in the QR Code of course. I hope that qr codes will become more popular soon. Most of the business owners i am talking to even don't know what a QR Code is.

What are the destinations of your qr codes usually? Mobile landing pages or what

You can also incorporate a logo or symbol behind the qr code.

That makes it lokking quite nice:

I copied this from my business site Patty.

What are QR Codes?

QR codes have been around for quite some time as a way to scan inventory. Now they are really coming into their own as a way for people to scan (from their mobile phones) a code that will lead to a digital location or message.

All you need is a QR code scanner. Some Smartphones have these built in, others don't. If yours doesn't you can generally download an app from your mobile phone provider and they're generally free.

You then scan the code and let that take you where it will. You'll find these codes in some restaurant menus; these allow people to view more about the dishes and even pay their bill. They're also used in shops, libraries, and car show rooms to give more information on the item.

There's countless ways you can use QR codes in your business and they're a very cool link between the offline world and the Smartphone WiFi world. Don't forget, more and more searches are happening on Smartphones as people look for service providers and products. It's a great time to utilize QR codes.

Here are a few more examples. I've done a few more since this was done which have more intricate art work. As Can said, either outsource or do them yourself. If you do do them yourself - test, test, test. I'd made some really beautiful ones and a couple of them just didn't work in the end. You have to test them with each change.

You can create the raw black and whit QR codes here QR-Code Generator Just save them and work on them in an image program.

Did you tried this one?

I'd be like- that's WAY too much! But, if they're getting the business, good for them.

Nice job Jay!! I really like that. I'm still investigating all the possibilities with my designs. I think you just pushed me to the next level here. Well done, Sir!

Nice touch with the GPS too!

V

you are using QReative Tracking, right?

How do you make this kind of qr code? I was unaware that you can design a qr code like this.

Also the one Can Tonic made is interesting...How do you make something like this to work?

Regards, Marian

That's a cool one. I have made some similar Photoshop Actions but No web application.

Jay and Can - when you both have finished your programming Geekery this Geekette wants to know.

I'm not a programmer but I love the idea of the circles within the code. I'm already thinking of design ideas. But one question? Does this take into consideration the 30% error format or can the circles be tweaked even more? My digital crayons are itching to know. :p

Cheers,

V

After Working All Night i did learned lots

Yay! QR Codes on Vehicles in Car Lots...to get More Info about a vehicle! Awesomely Appealing to Lot Owners.....due to the fact that in my State (Oregon) Car Lots are closed on Sundays and there's LOTS of traffic then....that could be "Grabbed" by a nifty "Special Discount Coupon"!....that appears on their Cell when they scan in the Code.

The "Special Discount Coupon" would appear on their Cell and "Motivate" potential buyers to COME BACK FOR A VISIT when the Lot is open.

Whala! Car Lot owners WANT "Interested" buyers! The people who show up with the "QR Code Coupon" on their cells....ARE serious about buying.

The "QR Code" can be a "Sticker" placed in the Top Corner of the windshield on the driver's side where the "Oil Change" guys put their stickers.

My thought on "What To Charge" for this WEEKLY Service would be similar to what the "Sales Sheet" guys charge. A buddy of mine had a business where he'd make up Special Sales Sheets he'd print out and stick on the rear window on the driver's side.

He got $12 per car and had a Route where he visited 8 dealerships a day and "Sticker" an "average" of 6 cars per lot....$72 per Dealership x 8 = $576 A DAY!

He'd only work Mon thru Thurs....so he'd make $576 x 4 = $2304 AVERAGE PER WEEK!

I don't see why Dealerships would NOT be willing to pay $12 per vehicle to have their "Trades" (or even New)...."QR CODE Stickered"!

Heck! If this "service" brought in just ONE Buyer a week....it'd be totally worth every bit of a $72 investment!

In fact....the more I think about this "Vehicle QR Code Sticker Service"....the more I like it!

So....you start off with one Dealer....then 2 then 30 a week.

In fact....I'd offer to "Sticker" ALL the "New" (meaning "New" to the lot NOT "New" as in "Brand New")...vehicles they got in each week for a "Flat Fee" of $100!....where I'd "sticker" ALL the new vehcles to the lot....at a certain day...each week!

I mean...c'mon! If I'm helping Car Lots BRING IN "SERIOUS BUYERS"...EVERY WEEK....with my "QR Code Sticker Service"....helping why shouldn't "I" make it "worth MY while"?

So....$100 a day per Car Lot (I'm only visiting the Lot 1 Day a week) x 5 Car Lots = $500 A DAY x 4 = $2,000 A WEEK....to ME....for contacting 20 Car Lots a week...4 days a week! (The rest of the week I'm fishing or spending time with my wifee)

I mean....Hey, C'mon!....I just "Spelled Out" a GREAT "Opportunity" to make some "Serious" coin. The Used Car biz is Booming right now. Give THIS some thought!

I AM!

Thanks for reading....I'm off to do some more research on THIS

Don Alm....Idea Guy

Curious what tools you and everyone are using to build mobile micro sites, landing pages and sites?

You might be interested in our Mobile marketing platform. It automatically generates QR codes for every mobile site built.

Just sayin -- Branded QR codes are sooo awesome. There are a couple cool blogs with creative ideas: Check these out:

Using QR Effectively in Your Next Guerrilla Marketing Campaign | Creative Guerrilla Marketing

I understand the QR Code usage, however why should you create mobile sites if for example when you have a wordpress site you can just add a plugin so your site can look mobile?

Out of the box they typically output a list of posts and lack a proper menu navigation system that you would normally see on a more business orientated mobile website... they also typically lack a click to call button too... they are great if your want a mobile blog but i think you will find more businesses want a functional mobile website instead of a mobile blog... ideally they should be able to have both. and also work on both smartphones and non smartphones too

on a side note i think wpnexus is for facebook fan pages and not mobile web...

hope that makes sense

cheers

jay