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Posted on October 21, 2010 - by

Google reader shares from social web for October 21, 2010


Posted on October 21, 2010 - by

Just because you don’t get QR Codes doesn’t mean they won’t become relevant in the future of marketing & customer engagement

For those of you have been reading this blog over the past month know that I’ve been covering the various use cases for QR Codes and how to effectually implement QR Codes for marketing and customer engagement. You can thank Kipp Bodnar who introduced me to QR Codes a  few years ago and Robert Rice who re-energized my QR Code infatuation earlier this year for that. Since then I’ve done a lot of research on how to measure QR Codes, create QR Codes for various types of content such as Facebook like actions, vcards, mobile websites and help launched two QR Code projects in Raleigh, NC. One being the state fair QR Code scavenger hunt and the second being a community wide event adding QR Codes to posters so people could scan the QR Code for scheduling information.

I’ve also added a lot of QR Code focused blogs to my Google Reader and met virtually some very smart individuals who have been using QR Codes for years and/or have created QR Code generators/analytics platforms such as Nick Ford and Dan Smigrod. The use cases for QR Codes are growing rapidly in the last six months and recent reports have stated that QR Code scans are up 500%. Not to mention both Google and Bit.ly implementation of QR Codes with creating short urls and providing analytics with them. Also we implemented QR Codes for checking into locations with TriOut by providing businesses with custom quick check-in QR Codes.

QR codes: Next big thing or 3D optical illusion. @hazenj (and me) still not sure. #triamaWed Oct 20 17:34:54 via TweetDeckallison najman
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But even with the growing list of case studies and major brands using QR Codes I’ve seen a few blog post and tweets saying they have their doubts about the future of QR Codes or  they don’t get QR Codes and don’t see a practical use case for them. Some are saying the same about location-based services but that argument is for another blog post. Regardless this reminds me of four years ago when people said that @Twitter was a fad and Facebook was irrelevant and blogging was for people who just stayed home in their pajamas. Look at where we are today.  I’m NOT saying that QR Codes and/or other 2D Codes or even Microsoft Tags are the next big thing or run to add  QR Codes to your next “social media marketing campaign strategy” #jk so you can look cool and sell to your clients that you half way know what you’re talking about but I’m saying don’t doubt the technology and give it time.

In the mean time here are a few QR Code blog post and examples that I hope can show you the value of QR Codes and various ways you could potentially use them in the future.


Update


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What are your thoughts on the future of QR Codes?


Posted on October 20, 2010 - by

Social Media Infographic – Are you a social media villain?

Today I came across this very interesting infographic by Search Engine Journal describing how to get rid of the villains in soical media. List in the social media infographic are the troll, the skeptic, the whistle blower and more, take a look below and read the descriptions to see if they’re talking about you in the infographic.


Are you a social media villain?


Posted on October 20, 2010 - by

Google reader shares from social web for October 20, 2010


Posted on October 19, 2010 - by

Google reader shares from social web for October 19, 2010


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