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Prototypes of Volkwagen Up! display QR code to boost interest in Germany

Volkswagen Up! prototype vehicles were camouflaged earlier this year and driven around Germany in its major cities featuring a QR code that would allow mobile device users to scan it and obtain more information. When the users of devices such as smartphones and tablets use a QR code scanning app in combination with the device camera to scan the barcode, they are redirected to a mobile website that would allow them to sign up to obtain more videos and pictures of the Volkswagen Up!, which is the auto manufacturer’s latest city car offering. This promotion was a very temporary one that was designed to create a rapid burst of hype. The vehicles are no longer being test driven around the cities, and as the QR code is no longer … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes

Study shows that consumers are eager for mobile coupons, but few receive them

Study shows that consumers are eager for mobile coupons, but few receive them

A recent study from the Mercator Advisory Group, an independent market research and analytic firm based in the U.S., suggests that the demand for mobile coupons is growing, but few people are getting such items. Mobile coupons are a growing trend in the world of mobile marketing and commerce. These digital coupons are often used as an incentive to encourage mobile consumers to scan a QR code or interact with an NFC-based advertisement. These coupons … Read entire article »

Filed under: Commercial, Featured News, Mobile Marketing, Near Field Communications, QR Codes, Trends, United States

Something Massive acquires Circ.us, claims title as first post-PC advertiser

Something Massive acquires Circ.us, claims title as first post-PC advertiser

Something Massive, a digital advertising agency, has announced the acquisition of Circ.us, a creative communications firm with a knack for augmented reality. Something Massive believes that the acquisition will make it stand out in the increasing crowded digital advertising business. The company is now billing itself as the “first post-PC advertising agency,” claiming that it is no longer bound to computers because of the advent of sophisticated mobile technology. As such, the firm will be … Read entire article »

Filed under: Augmented Reality, Featured News, Mobile Marketing, Trends

The number of mobile gamers in the United States has broken the 100 million mark

The number of mobile gamers in the United States has broken the 100 million mark

Newzoo, an international market research firm, has released a new report that is drawing attention to the rapidly growing popularity of gaming over mobile devices. It was entitled “Mobile Games Trend Report”, and it showed that the number of people in the United States who use their smartphone, tablet computer, or iPod Touch mobile devices for playing video games is now greater than 100 million. What Newzoo found was that among the American gamers who played on … Read entire article »

Filed under: Entertainment Industry, Featured News, Mobile Commerce, United States

Linking Mobile works to bring transactional QR codes into offline marketing techniques

Linking Mobile works to bring transactional QR codes into offline marketing techniques

Linking Mobile has announced that it is creating an affiliate cost per acquisition (CPA) model that will sell ads based on the use of transactional QR codes through offline marketing channels. The strategy has already been implemented for the first time, in the form of the printing of the barcodes onto 100,000 leaflets that promote the Accident Advice Helpline (AAH), which Double Bubble has been distributing through advertising throughout London. Instead of paying for the printing and … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured News, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes, United States

QR Codes on Steroids

QR Codes on Steroids

What’s a QR Code? They are those rather odd looking black and white square barcode now appearing in your magazines, newspapers and on your favorite products. By scanning them with an app on your phone they can open websites. Truth is we believe the QR code is just a bit, well, boring. Why not shake it up – perhaps add 3D layers, and sound? That humble QR code can do so much more for you … Read entire article »

Filed under: Augmented Reality, Featured News, International, Mobile Commerce, Mobile Marketing, QR Codes