QR Codes are becoming more and more commonplace now and I am sure if you look around you when out and about you will see them on the side of vans, in shop windows and on leaflets and posters. That`s not to say you know what they are for or how to use them!! I would say that the majority of the population have an idea of what they are but they maybe don`t know all the ins and outs of them.
QR Code is short for a Quick Response Code and it is basically machine readable code in the form of black and white squares, and in the main they are used for storing URL`s, so that when they are scanned on a smartphone they take the scanner to a website. All websites can have their own unique QR Code.
It is easy, if you have a smartphone, to download a free QR Code scanner onto your phone which will enable you to scan QR Codes. If you have an android phone you can go to the Google Play store and there are a few different scanners you can choose from, and if you have an iPhone you can go to the Apple store to download one. Once you have downloaded a scanner whenever you want to use it you simply open up the App and scan the QR Code and it will take you directly to the website it is connected to.
And if you have a website it is very easy to create a QR Code for the site, you don`t have to be a technological genius and it doesn`t have to cost you a penny. I use a website called http://www.qrcode-monkey.com/ where you just put your website URL in the box provided and click Create QR Code and you can then download your QR in either PDF or EPS format.
QR Codes are fantastic promotional tools to use with any advertising literature, you can put them on company vehicles, shop windows, on emails, the list is endless. The use of them is going to become much more widespread in the coming weeks and months so it is a good time to start using them now, particularly if you have a business.
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