QR codes forecasted to bring proximity-based action oriented marketing to $2.3 billion in 4 years

Paypal QR Code Mall

QR code marketing campaigns paying off. Proximity based, action oriented marketing solutions saw an exponential growth to its demand last year, and a Smith’s Point Analytics report is now suggesting that it may bring this market to the $2.3 billion mark by the year 2016. The reason is that QR codes, NFC tags, and various forms of other two dimensional barcodes – combined with computer vision and other emerging technologies – are giving brands the ability to take advantage of all new channels for communicating with consumers through strategies based…

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LevelUp follows an example left by Starbucks concerning mobile payments and businesses

LevelUp Mobile Payments with QR Codes

LevelUp, a mobile payment platform for smart phones and other mobile devices, has re-launched one of its most popular services. The service was once built to track deals and bargains offered by local retailers in any given area. LevelUp chose to discontinue the service because it did not mesh well with the platform at the time. Now, however, the company has taken a new approach to developing a new system, one that is based loosely on a model being used by Starbucks. Starbucks’ mobile payment system uses an app that…

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