2. Background QR is short for “quick response” QR codes can be read by any QR barcode readers or camera phones Created in 1994 by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave. Common in Japan and South Korea, but has had slow adoption in the West
3. Uses for QR Codes Can be used for many different purposes. Largely used for marketing purposes Other uses: used in oil paintings, used as an interpreter at historical points of interest, etc.
4. How you can use QR codes for your blog Good tool to use for an offline marketing campaign Go to http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ You can use URLs, text (250 characters), phone numbers, SMS (160 characters) For my blog, I used a URL. I also used a URL shortener at http://goo.gl/ QR code is then generated. You can embed the HTML into your blog or save the image to use in a document.
5. Tips for Offline Marketing Save your QR code as an image and then put it into a document Put some text in the document, but don’t be completely descriptive. Use a URL shortener to disguise your blog’s URL. Try to be cryptic in order to generate interest
