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QR codes help mobile marketers to achieve a highly desirable goal

10/12/201210/12/2012 John Montgallo

QR Codes used in mobile marketing campaigns

Feeding instant gratification is a need for any marketing strategy, and barcodes suit that perfectly. If there’s one thing that mobile marketers know about consumers, it’s that instant gratification is always a win, and it is now being discovered that QR codes are helping to meet that need. These barcodes come with a promise that something appealing will occur right away. This is the concept of instant gratification and it is one of the most effective forms of mobile marketing that can be achieved. It can be extremely useful when…

Some are still not sure how and what is a QR code

09/10/201209/10/2012 L. Green

Though the barcodes are everywhere in mcommerce, their usage instructions isn’t. This is leaving many consumers wondering what is the point, what is a QR code and what do I do with it? Brands, companies, and marketers are moving into mcommerce with leaps and bounds and are employing QR codes as a vital part of that process, many smartphone using consumers are left wondering how these mysterious looking black and white squares are used. Though the barcodes are drawing interest, there is still a learning curve to consider. As important as…

New form of QR code boosts mobile commerce through instructional encouragement to scan

04/17/201204/16/2012 Jesse Collins

Survey says…half of mobile campaigns have implemented a QR code. Scanbuy.com data has indicated that half of all marketers have already implemented QR codes as an element of their overall mobile marketing, and an additional 86 percent intend to incorporate it into their mobile commerce efforts in the future, making it clear that these barcodes are growing in popularity. The question that remains is whether or not it will have the desired impact on consumers and whether or not they will actually use them. Though the awareness of QR codes,…

Vogue Australia adopts QR codes to reach out to mobile consumers

02/02/2012 Sam Lambert

The print industry continues to acclimate to a world growing more enthralled with technology. Magazine publishers are beginning to realize that they must adapt to this changing world or risk being left behind by consumers. Mobile technology can be intimidating for an industry that has, until very recently, been almost entirely separate from technology. QR codes have, however, provided the industry with a way to break into mobile technology without having to battle the steep learning curve. Vogue Australia has included a QR code in its latest issue, hoping to…

Mall retailers use dressing rooms as marketing opportunity with QR codes – it may be the perfect fit!

12/29/2011 Julie Campbell

Though it became quite common for mall retailers to place QR codes in their storefronts and windows throughout the holiday shopping season, some have also taken on a more unique strategy involving the use of the two dimensional barcodes located in the store fitting rooms. A Nellymoser report showed that this season, 7.2 percent of mall retailers incorporated the use of QR codes as an element of their overall strategy for mobile. This figure was compiled when the researchers went to over 700 different retail locations. They also discovered that…