Internet Marketing with QR Codes Connecting the gap between the real and digital world
Sep 01, 2014
Internet Marketing with QR Codes
Connecting the gap between the real and digital world
What are QR Codes?
QR Code = Quick Response Code
1D Barcode 2D BarcodeYou can find QR Codes at back of your mobile phones and devices. But, many news paper, magazines, and billboards are also using QR Code to engage people from print media to digital media using their mobile phones.
How Does QR Codes Work?
Open QR Code scanner app on your
mobile phone
Scan the code from print media
The QR Code scanner app
generates action based on the data
on the code
Allow phone to perform action by
QR Code
QR Code Usage Demo
YouTu.be/z7QaUClznXM
What Can You do with QR Code?
Generate Text
(Asif Anwar)
Call a Number
(+8801712181761)
SMS Template
(Send “Hi!” to +8801712181761)
Download Contact Information
(Asif Anwar, etc.)
What Can You do with QR Code?
Direct to a URL
(seoppcsmm.com)
Interact on any landing page with
Call to Action
(e.g. Bookmark Us, Order Now)
Like a PageFollow Twitter
YouTube ChannelSubscribe Email List
Coupon CodesOnline Commercial
What Can You do with QR Code?
• Download Link: Send to Download URL
• Event Marketing: Download ICS event file
• Instant Email: Mailto: tags to send email immediately
• Map Direction: Specific location using Google Maps
• Quiz Answers: Generate Answers in Text
• App Actions: Mobile Actions through Hosted Apps
• Skype Call: Make Calls Using Specific URL to Apps
• WiFi Connection: SSID and Password
Getting Prepared for Marketing
• Make sure you have valid contact mechanisms
• Make sure your QR code is not too complex
• Coupon codes properly working
• Make sure the URL is properly working
• Use Google URL Builder (trackable in Google Analytics)
• Canonical Link Relationship to fight duplicate contents
• Use easy to memorize short URL from Bitly
• Customize Using Google Chat API
• Test your QR Code
Some Marketing Strategies
• Business Cards (Download VCF file on mobile)
• Yellow Pages (Help get connected to business from print)
• Billboard (Direct billboard audience to URL or Advert)
• Newspaper/Magazine Ads (Online engagement from print)
• Newspaper/Magazine Articles (Encourage Online Comments)
• T-Shirts and Promotional Souvenirs (Make souvenirs useful)
• Product to Site (Engage with site from product tags)
Print Media to Business
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to transfer
content from other media to
mobile phone.
e.g. Send to mobile site for
recipes, since people can only
carry smaller devices while
cooking.
Cross Device Audience Transfer
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to engage
and respond to call to action
• Bookmark this product to shop later• Bookmark this shelf to shop later• Read more about this product• See commercial and features• See other products not in stock• See the available sizes & colors• Save contacts for this products• Find dealers for this product• Call Support, etc.
Bookmark or Call to Action
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to engage with
site from physical products or
places.
• Property to Site
• Tourist Place to Travel Site
• Shop to Site
• Window Shopping to Online Shopping
Place or Large Physical Product to Site
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to engage with social
media from location.
Send Facebook Like Traffic to
http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http://
www.facebook.com/Your-Page-URL
Tweet About Us https://
twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Just+visited+http%3A%2F%2Fwww.seoppcsmm.com
Social Media Strategies
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to spread to love.
Use QR Codes on:
• Product Labels,
• Tags,
• Packages.
To send Influenced Buyer to Shop
Word of Mouth Strategy
Some Marketing Strategies
Help Audience to engage in more
online actions from mobile phones.
Direct them to comment section of the article for
comments or feedback about your products. Or
encourage product surveys.
Encourage Online Engagements
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Some Marketing Strategies
Engage in more online actionsSend to specific URL
Help people to call instantly
Download business cards
Email your business
Direction for your business location
Send an event invitation
Text message template
Coupon code
SMS template
Gain access to your sponsored WiFi
Billboard to Site
More Resources• This Presentation: http://bit.ly/marketingwithqr• Market Size of QR Codes: http://bit.ly/qrmarketsize• QR Marketing Strategies: http://bit.ly/qrwebmarketing• QR with Google Chart API: http://bit.ly/bulkqrcode• Billboard ROI w/ QR: http://bit.ly/qrbillboardroi
- By Asif Anwar
• QR Marketing Tips: http://mashable.com/2011/11/11/qr-code-marketing-tips/
• QR Code for Business: http://www.inc.com/guides/2010/12/how-to-use-qr-codes-to-market-your-business.html
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