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Stubb’s BBQ Uses QR Codes To Integrate Print & Social Media

I can’t lie. I love Stubb’s BBQ sauce.
I pretty much put it on everything.
And after seeing that they have incorporated QR Codes onto their product labels, I could not help but blog about it.
Here is a picture of the back label of the Stubb’s BBQ sauce bottle:

Upon scanning the QR Code, people are directed to [...]

The Handmade QR Code

Yes, I love our QR Code generator.
However, I cannot say that it creates QR Codes out of objects such as boots, calculators, briefcases, boomboxes and champagne bottles.
But a photographer by the name of David Sykes recently did that successfully.
Here is one of our favorite quotes from David about this project:
“The QR code is the [...]

QR Codes Enable the Random Tattoo

Throughout 2011, people found many ways to use QR Codes. Some were used to promote products and services… others were used to increase registration. And some were used simply for fun.
One trend that always excited us (but not necessarily our mothers) were QR Code tattoos.
We recently stumbled upon another example of this that was quite creative.

As the [...]

Loyalty Program using QR Codes

Does your company have a loyalty program or a rewards program that you want people to sign up for?
Sears has started using QR Codes on some of their signage to promote their rewards program, and I happened to spot them at the mall this week. The QR Code had very simple directions — “SCAN” — [...]

Donations Through QR Codes and SMS

Many thanks are due to Matt Pochily for sharing the picture of this QR Code below with us.
We think it’s a great example of how to use QR Codes correctly and for a good cause.
Matt spotted this QR Code inside of a sandwich shop:

Upon scanning the QR Code, people are directed to a mobile website. [...]

Mobile Websites for your QR Codes

It sounds like a simple concept, but many marketers today still fail to follow it.
What is the concept? Well, it’s this: Since people will be scanning your QR Codes on their mobile devices, you should direct them to websites that are optimized for the mobile audience.
If you are looking for a solution that can help [...]

Organize Your QR Codes

There is no doubt that QR Code usage has exploded over the past 12 months. Sure, they’ve been around for a long time. But marketers across the entire world have begun to understand them and incorporate them into their printed materials.
We have seen proof of this tremendous growth first-hand. Within our system, we have customers [...]

QR Codes in the Classroom

Here is a great example of how QR Codes can be used by folks other than marketers.
At the Hatfield Elementary school, Lyndsie Graves has incorporated QR Codes into her math class to engage her 3rd-grade students.
Is it working? Well, I would say “yes”! And you might agree as well after taking a couple of minutes [...]

How to make personalized QR code gift tags

The holiday season is here and hopefully you have started your holiday shopping and maybe you have already started wrapping… but what about those gift tags? Interested in trying something new this year instead of just the plain sticky gift tags that you just fill in the “to” and “from”? Spice up your gift tags [...]