Thanks to Janine of Your Virtual Wizard for the convo on Twitter about this - just wanted to post here on the boards for others who may be interested.

Social QR Code is a FREE QR Code Generator Designed for Social Sharing and Social Media.

From the Social QR Code site:
A QR Code - "Quick Response Code" – is a two dimensional barcode that was developed in Japan in 1994 by the Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave, where it was initially used to keep track of inventory in the automobile manufacturing industry. Since then, QR Codes have been used around the world in a much broader fashion.

But never before has a QR Code been used to support and promote Social Media Marketing and Social Sharing. Social QR Code is the first QR Code generator specifically designed to increase Facebook fan page "Likes", Twitter “Followers”, and to share content through Social Media.

Social QR Code is a free service that allows users to easily generate QR Codes that, when scanned by a smart phone camera, direct people to a socially-designed Landing Page.

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Thanks for sharing these...QR codes are becoming increasingly popular it seems. I personally am in two minds about them - a lot of people dont know what they are or what they do, or they dont have the necessary software on their phones to 'scan' the codes. One issue i have with them is you don't really know where you're going to be taken to after scanning the code...I would only scan a code from a person/company that I know and trust! On the other hand, they can be used in pretty nifty ways, for example I was given a business card with the ladys QR code on the back of it! Definitely something to think about anyhow.

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I think the idea of using it depends on your target market: if that might include tech-savvy, web-savvy, or wanna-be-savvy folks, then a QR code is going to say "modern", "savvy", and "up to date on current trends".

Margretta

Jackie,

If a lot of people don't know what they are...they eventually will as the purchase of smart phones increases, as will the use of QR codes.

Most smart phones come with QR scanner software already installed and/or free on their provider's marketplace. I can vouch for ATT and Verizon.

Most QR codes come with an accompanying text caption stating, 'Scan for a coupon' or 'Watch our video' or 'scan here to join our Facebook page'. I don't think I have come across a code where I didn't know where I would be taken.

I use QR codes on the back of my business cards and interestingly, this has been the icebreaker during conversation when I handed the card to them.

Janine

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Hi Janine,

thanks for answering my concerns! You are right, I'm sure people will eventually know how they work especially at the rate of which smart phones are taking over.

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Thanks for sharing this, I'm in love with QR codes!

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Yes, thanks for sharing. Love it!! I also found this one in my research:

http://www.morovia.com/free-online-b...code-maker.php

I tried it with our website, CAC and it works great!

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