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Product Camp Atlanta: Social Media Meets Quick Response (QR) Codes: 25 Great QR Ideas In 10 Minutes (Then We Brainstorm 25 More Ideas)

August 20, 2010 • Atlanta, GA USA – Here are my notes for my session Saturday (8/21/10) at Product Camp Atlanta: Social Media Meets Quick Response (QR) Codes: 25 Great QR Ideas in 10 Minutes: Then We Brainstorm (25 More Ideas).

QR Code For A Cause

In this session attendees find out how to integrate Quick Response (QR) codes in their product, product packaging and marketing to increase customer engagement resulting in increased: sales; product use; satisfaction; and fewer call center calls.

1. If your company has a product that requires installation, please raise your hand. A scan code on the outside of the box: launches How to Install [a ceiling fan] video on the outside of the box.
2. If your company has training videos, please raise your hand. A scan code on your software box: launches a training video for your software.
3. Scan codes on retail “shelf talkers” launches backstory features and benefits video for each product. (Example: Say Cheese)
4. Does your company seek print media coverage? Have your publicist give scan codes to print journalists – and distribute with your PR Newswire Release – to help activate print editorial coverage. The Oprah Magazine uses scan codes in advertorial pages in its September 2010 issue, as reported by the (excellent) 2D Barcode Strategy blog by Roger Marquis. (Example: Laptop magazine used 13 scan codes in its June 2010 edition to add video to its product reviews.)
5. If your company helps non-profits, raise your hand. Keep it raised if you have a video showing what your company did to help the non-profit; or how you can help the non-profit.  A scan code launches a video backstory about your company making a difference in the community.
6. Does your company run conferences or events that use registration badges? (Hands raised please.) The scan code on each name tag enables each guest to quickly and easily exchange contact info.
7. Do you work at a TV network? (The Weather Channel? CNN? TBS?) The scan code in your marketing campaign launches video of your new TV show or special. FOX TV Network launched its FOX CODES brand Quick Response (QR) codes (8/2/10) teasing its Fall Shows. The Weather Channel is also using scan codes. As of 8/17/10, 22,200+ views on their YouTube channel showing how The Weather Channel is using the QR code.
   

   Say Cheese: (Scan Code--> Video: Why This Cheese Is Unique)

8. How many here are seeking their next employment opportunity? Put a scan code on your business card and LinkedIn Status Update that points to your contact info. Print scan codes on Avery labels and place the code on all your name tags for the networking events you are attending. How many here today are self-employed? Then, it should be an easy-fast decision to add a scan code to your business card: even just to spark some conversation that you are using one of the latest social media tools to increase engagement. If you work for a large company, time to get scan codes added!
9. Please raise your hand if your company has ever sponsored a run, a walk or used street teams or product samplers? Include a scan code on the event t-shirt that launches a pre-filled in tweet. You can create a scan code t-shirt via Zazzle.
10. Does your company post videos to YouTube? (Hands please.) Include a scan code on your marketing tools, product; product packaging. Anywhere that’s appropriate to re-purposed your videos on YouTube. I’m amazed at the number of How To Videos are available on The Home Depot website: Learn How To Start and Maintain A container Garden. You’ll find scan codes in The Home Depot gardening department. There’s a video from American Standard regarding “innovative flushing systems” comparing the features and benefits of the Champion 4; Cadet 3 and their Renaissance Toilet To Go (Really!) I suspect you’ll  start to see scan codes for these videos when you are in The Home Depot looking at toilets.
11. Does your company giveaway promotional products? Swag? Show of hands please. If you put a website address on the item, it’s probably appropriate to also put a scan code on the item.
12. Do you want people that see your marketing message to call you now? Put a scan code on it that auto-dials your phone number. There’s an easy-to-use scan code to do that!
13. Have you ever run a sweepstakes? Scan2Win. There’s a scan code for that too.
14. Anyone here ever assemble IKEA furniture? I could have used the how to assemble video while I was assembling my IKEA desk. I learned about torque when I sheared off the screw. I had to make a separate trip back to IKEA for a replacement. A video might have saved me by showing me how hard to turn the screw. Howcast, the how-to video network, posted an excellent “how to assemble an IKEA table example from their blind pitch to IKEA.
15. Are you doing a PowerPoint or Keynote Presentations? Make it easier for your audience to get your contact info into their contacts.
    

    Calvin Klein Jeans Outdoor Teases Video

16. Do you have an RSS feed that would be appropriate to view on a Smartphone? Enable your audience to scan the code and go directly to your RSS feed.
17. Who uses Direct Mail to your own database? Image a unique scan code for each recipient that launches a micro-site customized to that recipient. Any field in your database gets populated on that web page.
18. Anyone from AutoTrader.com here? In July 2010, Kelly Blue Book introduced a scan code virtual or physical sticker kit that dynamically points to the current Blue Book price of the specific used car – or Craig’s list ad – that the potential buyer is scanning. That’s dynamic content.
19. Anyone here from Verizon Wireless? How many scan have you had of your two dimensional (2D) EZcode? (More than 200,000 as of 8/17/10) That’s the most scan codes to-date in a single campaign. Scan codes activate print. Where ever you use a web address or phone number, it’s probably appropriate to include a scan code.
20. Show of hands. Raise your hand if your company uses video testimonials? Video testimonials are prefect for scan codes. Let your customers speak for you or your company.
21. Where are the New Biz Dev people in the audience? Any of you had a hard time getting in to see a potential prospect? Try delivering a cake with an edible image of a scan code on top that launches a video that you create especially for the recipient. Or, use the scan code cake for a product or service launch party or other special event.
22. You can use a scan code to automatically address an email from a Smartphone
23. How about a Smartphone menu of three choices: Watch video. Email Us Now. Call Us Now. Buy Now. FOX Network’s FOX CODES gets you to a menu of choices.
24. Anyone staying for the Product Camp Atlanta After Party? If you had sponsored the After Party, you could have placed a scan code on the cocktail napkins with Scan-Nap. It’s likely that nearly everyone attending the After Party has a Smartphone and would be curious enough to scan it.
25. Social Scanning Around Bar Codes: creating community/word-of-mouth around your product. See 5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now by Mashable/Social Media (Jennifer Van Grove) (8/20/10). The first huge trend: Social Scanning! (Stickybits, Bakodo) And, iPhone App Makes Barcode Scanning a Social Experience by Mashable/Tech (Jennifer Van Grove) (8/16/10). And, watch this YouTube video for TOTem’s Tales of Things (1/20/10). [Thanks to my colleague, Eileen Lichtenfield, for calling my attention to this video.]

Okay. That’s 25 scan code example in 10 minutes. Let’s brainstorm 25 more examples …

Do you have a scan code example to add? Your name and company please …

1. Please raise your hand if you are from a service business? Your name and company please … Other ways you might use scan codes? Who has a scan code use for …
2. Another service business …
3. Please raise your hand if you are from a company that has a physical product? Your name and company please. Other ways you might use a scan code? Who has a scan code use for …
4. Packaging use? [Reach Toothbrush example by Roger Marquis (2D Barcode Strategy) – Reach "By Design" QR Code 8/18/10)
5. Product use?
6. Other marketing use for scan codes?
7. Other ways to increase sales?
8. Other ways to reduce call center calls?
9. Other ways to increase product or service use?
10. Other ways to increase product or service satisfaction?
11. Where else might you share contact info?
12. How about an event and share a calendar item?
13. Other uses?

Questions? Discussion?

GREAT! That's more than 50 scan code uses. For more uses, please see my article: 101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes: Creating Audience Engagement With The Next Killer U.S. App.

Thank you for all your great scan code ideas today. Give yourself a round of applause!

Related That’s GREAT! blog posts:

• That’s GREAT! – 101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes: Creating Audience Engagement With The Next Killer U.S. App (6/12/10)
• That’s GREAT! – Top 10 Reasons ScanLife EZcodes Are Better Than Quick Response (QR) Codes For U.S. Marketers (6/11/10)
• That’s GREAT! – Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Integrating 2D Quick Response Codes In Your Marketing Plans (8/2/10)
• That's GREAT! (8/20/10) Product Camp Atlanta: Social Media Meets Quick Response (QR) Codes: 25 Great QR Ideas In 10 Minutes (Then We Brainstorm 25 More Ideas)

Got more examples? I look forward to reading your Comment. Thanks!

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101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes: Creating Audience Engagement With The Next Killer US App

June 12, 2010 • Atlanta, GA USA – 2010 is the year of quick response (QR) code in the United States.

By December 31, 2010, a major broadcast or cable TV network and one or more national brands – or Facebook – will do for QR codes in the U.S. what American Idol did for mobile texting. If you work at a major broadcast or cable network or major U.S. consumer brand and are first (in a big, useful, powerful way), you’ll also benefit from a massive amount of traditional consumer and trade media coverage; social media and word-of-mouth buzz.

This means you need to get started – today!  QR codes just took-over Times Square, reports Mashable (6/11/10). Facebook is experimenting with quick response codes, reports TechCrunch (3/16/10). Google started testing the scan code waters, also reports TechCrunch (4/7/10). Now is the time to figure-out which scan code uses makes the most sense for your business. Like Twitter, scan codes cross corporate silos. (Marketers must take the leadership role among silos so that your company takes the correct scan code path to success from day 1.)

Tech-savvy U.S. marketers will choose to use the ScanLife EZcode brand version of quick response scan codes, rather than the QR code first developed by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994 and now ubiquitous in Japan. (The Top 10 reasons EZcodes will win the defacto standard battle in the U.S. is the topic of a another That’s GREAT! blog post.) To download the free ScanLife app for your smart phone, text SCAN to 43588; search your app directory for ScanLife; or go to getscanlife.com)

Here is my list of 101 actual or potential uses for quick scan codes for smart phones (with cameras):

1. 

   Dan Smigrod • Business Card (front) • Text SCAN to 43588 to get free scanner app, ScanLife. Then, scan this code, to get contact info for Dan Smigrod

   Scan Code Meets Street Team Meets Flash Mob 2.0 – scan code meets flash mob meets Street Team – scan the code on the t-shirt to send a Tweet.

2. Business Cards – recipient scans the code to import your contact info. [Download the free ScanLife Smart Phone scanning software and try it on my business card.]
3. Logo Jet – scan code on the exterior of a jet: be first and watch it go viral. Unexpected = traditional media coverage
4. Clothing Designer – Who are you wearing? The fabric design incorporates the scan code. Scanning the code launches the designer’s website. (Now let your customers order an outfit via the web incorporating THEIR scan code into the design of the outfit. (Think HP fashion-meets technology on Project Runway. HP should be sprinting to a personalized scan code leveraging their personalized fabric printing solution.) Scanning the code might take you to a Twitter profile.) See photos of scan codes meet fashion. And, here’s a photo of scan code dating dress! Band/models/rocker chicks wear scan code dresses along with scan code accessories (video). Designer Lendorff Kaywa servers up this high-end fashion scarf with a scan code. And, “tush” codes in France. And, this from Ralph Lauren, as reported by Time magazine (8/14/08)
5. Head of Lettuce – find when and where the lettuce is grown: it’s already being done in Japan.
6. Website – on the Contacts page. Here’s how we use the scan code on the GREAT! website. [Fast Company uses a scan code to take the reader directly to the writer's Twitter feed. This example is from 6/22/10.]
7. Big Box Retailer – Manufacturers provide how to install videos via scan codes. Place scan codes on all their product boxes. If the manufacturer is not already doing so.
8. Product Packaging – If you sell a product that requires installation, including a scan code on the box (to play the how to install video). This helps sell product; helps with install; helps reduce call-center calls; and reduces returns.) Lighting Labels Blog writes: QR Codes are Coming to Packaging (3/16/10). Putting Dots on Paper blog post says, The Stars Align for QR Codes (3/16/10)
9. Magazine/Newspaper Ad – scan the code to launch a how to video; a calendar item; or pre-filled in tweet (Click here for Macy’s Kenneth Cole fragrance ad example) Click here for an example of Ford in The Times of India newspaper. (3/28/10)
10. Magazine/Newspaper Editorial Coverage – scanning the code launches digital content such as video coverage or updates for news by topic or story. Car and Driver magazine includes a code with each car pictured for additional information.
11. Outdoor Billboard – great for a teaser campaign for a new movie or TV show. Scan the code to watch the trailer, sneak preview or teaser episode. Mashable reports: City of New York Blankets Times Square with Giant QR Codes (6/10/10)
12. Interactive Television – imagine the TV show story line incorporates scan codes that reveal additional information for the character or viewer.  (For the viewer the scan code might include the backstory on how this stunt was done. Think mash-up of movie DVD bonus content meets TV show. Viewers are engaged with the programming) ["EZcodes are a key ingredient in the new season of La Carte Aux Tresors (Treasure Hunt), a popular French prime-time TV show modeled on America's Amazing Race," according to the ScanLife.com website. Click here to see a video clip of the show using a ScanCode. Click here to see a video showing how The Weather Channel incorporated a scan code into its weather forecast (2/10).
13. Name Tags – create and add your scan code to your name badge to make it easy for conference and exhibit attendees to get your contact info. Print your scan code on Avery labels and you are done. (Avery: it would be great to have a 3/4" square Avery label for scan scan codes! While the initial interest may be small, you'll get media coverage for being innovative. I'd like to buy the first box of these Avery Easy Peel labels for EZcode scan codes please.) Conference event organizers can automatically generate scan codes for name badges too. Click here for a name tag example reported by Fast Company (3/16/10) at the South by Southwest conference in March 2010.
14. 

    Scan the Code to Launch a Tweet • Text SCAN to 43588 to get free scanner app, ScanLife. Then, scan this code, to send a tweet to Dan Smigrod

    Books-Books-Books – Text Books – until all text book content is delivered via an iPad, add scan codes to text books to “add” video to the book. Children’s Books – add scan codes to help make learning fun! Novels – add scan codes for sidebar stories about the characters or author commentary. Recipe Book – scan the code to see the “how to” video (cooking technique, how to make this dish, inspiration from the author). Non-Fiction – add scan codes to add content updates since the book was published. Brand Digital book by Alen Adamson includes a scan code on the back cover to take you to the Amazon page to order the book.

15. House For Sale Signs – add scan code that launches video or photo tour of the house. Realtor Lesley Lambert in Western, MA uses scan codes to help sell her clients’ homes (see her video).
16. Land For Sale Signs – add scan code to get details about the land
17. Luggage – add your scan code to your luggage
18. Train – add scan code to get a schedule and route
19. Train Ads – add scan code to get contact info
20. Toys – manufacturer includes on each toy for an extended experience. For example, when you scan American Girl, you get an additional story about your American Girl.
21. Games – scan codes an extra interactive game play dimension that launch a video
22. Appliances – Can’t find the instructions for the vacuum cleaner you bought two years ago? The scan code launches the appliance manual on the website
23. Museum – scan the code for audio commentary for this piece of artwork
24. Theme Park – create a scavenger hunt with scan codes (Click here for a “SCANvengerHunt” example in Dayton, OH) SCVNGR is a scan-venger hunt game app ….
25. Historical Site Markers – scan code reveals video or text about this historical location
26. Facebook – scan code provides your info. FaceTime Strategy blog “predicts Facebook will use the codes for profile information and status updates.”
27. Groceries – scan code for a recipe added either by the manufacturer or the retailer
28. Restaurant Menu – scan code for the recipe
29. Restaurant Menu Item – Click here for a scan code on a McDonalds hamburger wrapper in Japan. (nutritional info)
30. LinkedIn Page – add your scan code with your contact info
31. Travel Brochure – scan the code at the hotel will call you (mash-up of scan and Live Chat) Click here to see how the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino uses the EZcode.
32. Free Digital Asset – Scan this code to get animated wallpaper from Nike.
33. CD – Scan the code to get bonus content: free wallpaper, video, ring tone and tour schedule.
34. DVD – Scan the code to get bonus content: video
35. Catalog – Sears uses EZcode scan codes to show product review and specs. Click here for “This Is Canada” brochure with extensive use of scan codes. (6/10/10)
36. Airport Signage – passengers on the go get connected to airline’s flight status
37. College Campus – Case Western Reserve University student organizations use their scan codes to promote their campus events
38. Google Maps – scan code to get a walking map from here to the Georgia Aquarium. (An extremely long URL – such as a Google Map with directions – can be a simple scan code!)
39. Calendar Item – scan this code to save the date, time and place for the Big Boi release party
40. Discount Code – scan this code – now – to get a text message with the promo code to get 25% off your purchase today.
41. Call Us! – scan this code to call us now to place your order!
42. Email Us! – scan this code to email us now (from your smart phone)
43. Movie Ad – scan this code for your choice: watch the movie trailer, find the closest theater or buy tickets now. Every movie ad should let you see the movie trailer – now!
44. TV Show Print Ad – scan this code calendar entry code to save an event to your smart phone calendar including: date, time and place (TV channel). [CNBC ran a full-page ad in The Wall Street Journal (6/22/10) print edition that contained a scan code (Microsoft Tag) to launch a video (on YouTube) promoting the CNBC original, American Greed Special Presentation: Mob Money.]
45. Tweet This! – scan this code to tweet this story (with suggested text for your tweet)
46. Concert Venue – guests scan the code when existing the concert venue to tweet: a) they enjoyed the show; and b) promoting the next event at this concert venue. This helps: a) build the concert venue brand; and b) promotes the next event
47. How To I Get There From Here? – this scan code contains the Google Maps URL for directions from Point A to Point B. For example, If you have been to the Millennium Park you may be surprised to learn that there is a 1,500+ theater underground: the Harris Theater for Music and Dance. How about scan codes located in the Park to help promote the theater?
48. Craker Jack caramel-coated popcorn and peanuts snack – Free Prize goes digital – these scan codes fulfill digital assets (it’s a surprise until you scan the code; or, your choose of free digital asset)
49. Chicago Water Taxi – place the scan code of the roof so that tourists crossing over the bridges when the water taxi passes can find out how where/how much/frequency for a water taxi. (You missed a sale!)
50. Hallmark Greeting Card via SmartPhone – I saw an ad (poster) in the Chicago O’Hare International Airport this month for sending Hallmark Greeting Cards via smart phone. I would have preferred a scan code instead of texting to get further instructions. (It’s easier and faster …)
51. Media Release – add scan codes to media releases
52. In Store – add scan codes to all signage. Examples include: Tweet this to a friend; save the date for our fashion show; see a video about this product
53. Wall Painting – add a scan code as tall as the building for dramatic impact (Think gigantic spectacular sign in Times Square) Click here for a blog post that includes photos from Times Square to Tokyo from InventorSpot by Ron Callari.
54. Restaurant Business or Post Cards – scan the code to make a reservation via Open Table.
55. Grocery Shopping Cart – on sale this week (scan code remains the same: content changes weekly)
56. Bus Shelter – scan to find out when’s the next bus (launches app for that!)
57. Taxi Stand – scan to call a taxi
58. In the Mens’ Urinals – first use gets traditional media coverage! [GREAT! proposed and implemented the first interactive urinal communicator for CMT Outlaws. ("Don't miss Outlaws on CMT. You seem to miss everything else.")]
59. Scan2Win – for your chance to win, scan this code. This functionality is built into the ScanLife EZcode scan code service.
60. Email Signature Block – add a scan code with your contact info or a calendar item for an upcoming event such as the premiere of a new TV series
61. Teaser Mailing – imagine ’snail mailing’ a potential Client a Scan code (that’s it! It’s a teaser mailing!) that auto-generates a tweet back to you from the recipient to schedule a lunch meeting [For example, I mailed a scan code on Monday, June 7, 2010 to a hard-to-reach senior marketing executive that I would like to meet for lunch to discuss a (GREAT!) idea. Let's see if he uses the pre-filled in tweet to reply to me to set up lunch!]
62. Direct Mail – include various scan codes (call us; watch a video, launch website, enter sweepstakes)
63. Instruction Manual – include scan codes for watching the installation; repair or trouble-shooting videos
64. Invoice – turn an invoice into a marketing tool with a scan code that launches a video or website
65. Truck – got one or more trucks that include a phone number or web address? Include a scan code too!
66. Video Game – add bonus content, clues or links within a video game
67. There’s An App for That – add a scan code that takes the consumer to the mobile app that you want them to download on an iPhone. For example, The Wall Street Journal ran a 1/4 page house ad (6/9/10) to get their podcasts on-demand from a mobile phone. The ad included a scan code that launched the Apple iTunes App Store on my iPhone and took me directly to the free app (Stitcher) to install. It’s just an easier/faster way to find/install a new app. 325,000+ apps should be using a scan code to launch “Install” the app in the Apple iTunes App Store
68. Restaurant Guide – include a scan code for each restaurant to launch map/directions
69. Trade Show Management – your scan code on traditional collateral launches your trade show app
70. Conference – BMO Capital Markets included a scan code in their print ad to get their conference materials on your mobile
71. Music – if your audience is music, take ‘em to your music or music video on YouTube.
72. Film – if you want to get people to watch your movie in the theater, have them scan the code to watch the movie trailer – now! The 2009 film, Surrogates, starring Bruce Willis, used the code for a Scan2win sweepstakes to see a advance screening. Click here for an Indiana Jones and the Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull poster using a scan code in Australia.
73. Tickets – add a scan code to provide advance info for your guests (or help activate word-of-mouth). For example, launch a tweet: “Just got my ticket to BLUE MAN GROUP at THE VENETIAN in Las Vegas. NY Times says, ‘THE SHOW ROCKS!’” (Use the code codes to sell tickets too.)
74. Vacuum Cleaner – Bissell vacuum cleaner brochure has a scan code that launches their mobile website. I’d like to see the scan code on the vacuum too! For example, launch a video to show how to replace the fan belt.
75. Temporary Tattoos – if you have ravening fans, let them show it – and share it – with a scan code. For example, the scan code might launch a tweet to the rock star. First one that does this idea (for the right product) will generate huge trade and/or consumer press. Click here for some non-commercial temporary tattoo examples.
76. Photography Art Exhibit – Imagine an art gallery that has 20 different framed scan codes: that’s it. Each scan code reveals a different photo from the photographer. The photographer can “rotate” the photos daily, weekly or monthly so that the exhibit changes. [This idea is inspired by an exhibit I saw many years ago at the Chicago Art Institute. Each "painting" was a different date in black Helvetica type on a white background. Meaningless? Now image that the date happened to be the day you were married. That's an image that's bigger than life that the artist couldn't possibly capture on canvas, but just did simply by displaying the date. I'd love to link to the Artist's work ...] [They beat me to it! QR Code Show 6/23/10]
77. Uniforms – if all your employees wear the same t-shirt, adding a scan code on their tee can help create an interactive guest experience. And, the scan codes could lead to different call-to-actions.
78. Google Favorite Places – We’re a Favorite Place on Google – let’s go to the videotape for the backstory on the window stickers you will start to see. Lightning Labels Blog writes, “Google Sends Out 100,000 QR Code Stickers” (12/21/09)
79. Penthouse For Sale – Fourth largest U.S. real estate company announces (6/9/10) it’s first to market NY penthouses using EZcode scan codes.
80. Window Displays – learn more about the items in the window
81. Shelf Talkers – recipes for produce, meat, beverages, etc.
82. Standees – Xbox “Halo 3″ used Microsoft Tag scan codes
83. YouTube Video - scan the code at the end of the video to take you to a related video
84. TV Commercial – :30 seconds not enough? Scan this code within the commercial for expanded video content
85. Display Classified Ad – scan this code for a map showing the destination
86. Bedtime Story Meets Bedspread-Boy – a dozen scan codes: for different dinosaur  stories, photos, videos and more each week for 52 weeks – a mash-up!
87. Barbie Bedtime Story Meets Bed Spread-Girl – a dozen scan codes for a different Barbie stories, photos, video and more each week for 52 weeks – a mash-up!
88. Wheaties Cereal Box – scan the code to see video of the athlete on the box
89. Picture Frames – scan the link to see artwork that changes daily
90. Board Game Cards – turn that “take a chance card” into a video opportunity. We’ve scene games incorporate TV, CD and DVDs. Now games can include music, video and other multi-media without the expense of a CD or DVD packed in every game box. First game to integrate a mobile phone into the game experience will be rewarded with traditional media coverage and word-of-mouth buzz
91. Twitter – How about creating a TwitScan(TM) service that creates a scan code and provide a short URL to it!
92. Webinar – integrate scan codes into your webinar for additional content
93. Teaser – place scan codes in unexpected places without an explanation to tease (movie, TV show, new product, new service)
94. PowerPoint (Keynote on a Mac) – engage your audience with bonus content; first and last slide has a scan code with your contact info
95. PayPal Payments – scan the code to make a donation to the non-profit via PayPal
96. Made you look! – oh! Those Brits!
97. Rubber Stamp – with your scan code! (on your forehead?)
98. RSS Feed – convert your RSS feed to mobile and assign it a scan code
99. Building – Here is a photo of a scan code building in Tokyo (12/09)
100. Wine Bottles - Lighting Labels Blog writes about two Portuguese wineries using scan codes on their labels (3/18/09)
101. Political Campaign – scan the codes to: volunteer, donate, see the candidate speak on an issue. Click here for First Political Campaign Poster with a 2D Code (2d code blog) 9/23/08.  Click here for “Use QR Codes for Political Action” by David Rogers (4/9/10)

Look for me at the Atlanta Interactive Marketing Association (AiMA) Mobile Marketing Bootcamp on Thursday, June 24, 2010.* ** I will be wearing a TWEET ME tee. When attendees scan the EZcode on my tee (pictured), they’ll be able to re-tweet this message:

RT @Smigrod 101 Uses For Quick Response Codes: Creating Audience Engagement http://www.blog.GREATtv.com #QR #AiMA #Mobile #Marketing

[If you would like a unique TWEET ME tee customized to your Twitter account, please tweet: "@smigrod I want a TWEET ME tee UNIQUE to ME" ... I will tweet you back within 48 hours so you can buy your unique TWEET ME tee from the uSCANmeSTORE I set up on Zazzle to demonstrate this EZcode brand version of a quick response (QR) code example.]

Got additional ideas for how quick response codes are used/can be used? Please add a Comment (and include a link, if appropriate). I would like to expand this blog post beyond 101 uses. And, please check back for more examples.

(For the backstory on scan codes – including EZcodes, Quick Response (QR), Data Matrix, High Capacity Color Barcode – please see: Barcode in Wikipedia, Mobile tagging in Wikipedia, ScanBuy or ScanLife.) And, join the scan code conversation via the LinkedIn Group: 2D Codes for Global Media.

Related Links

• Mashable - 5 Unique Uses for QR Codes (1/7/09)
• QR-Blog – See Great Dino Roar movie 100 ft. tall spectacular sign on Madison Square Garden using a QR code, trade show badges using QR codes
• QR Code - Tracking service, News, Videos, Forums, Focus groups and more – See Google.com/favoriteplaces video, “check-out” the artist rendering of a potential Dubai QR Code Hotel
• Sinap – QR Code Sand Castle in Japan (7/28/09)
• Shopper Marketing Magazine – Quick Response (QR) story (undated)
• CNET TV – How To: Use QR codes (3/24/10) [excellent overview video]
• Design Taxi Blog – Inventor of the QR Code Develops a New Reader Application (for iPhone) (6/11/10)
• Twitter – ScanLifeSupport, uSCANme, QRMe
• Maximim Management blog – QR Codes Still Looking For The Right Business Model And Problem To Solve (1/24/10)
• CenterNetworks – Why QR Codes Will Be Big Business in the U.S. (2/8/08)
• Advertising Age – Google Bets (Again) on QR Codes (12/7/09)
• 2d code – comprehensive site about all things scan codes
• Lexington eBusiness Consulting: Mark Sprague’s Blog – Understanding QR Codes: Improving Website Performance/Drive traffic using QR Codes (4/26/10)
• TechFlash – Microsoft officially releases Tag, its mobile barcode technology (5/27/10)
• Associated Press (via USA Today) – Bar codes used for more than just groceries ((6/7/10)
• PR Newswire – Inventor of the QR Code Develops a New Reader Application (6/9/10)
• PR Web – Mobile Discovery’s QR Code Campaign for Canada Tourism Makes Headlines Across the U.S. (6/10/10)
• Marketing Daily (Commentary by Jeff Weidauer) – Next In Mobile Marketing: 2D Barcodes (6/10/10)

Related Links (after my 6/12/10 That’s GREAT! Blog Post)

Scanning Apps For Smartphones

• ScanLife
• i-nigma
• RedLaser
• NeoReader
• Stickybits
• Scvngr
• Microsoft Tag Reader
• 2d code – QR Code and 2d Barcode Readers

Scan Code Generators

• ScanLife – Generates EZcode, QR Code and Datamatix (jpeg, png, bmp formats)
• Kaywa QR Code – (Non-Commercial Use Only)
• Delivr
• QR Stuff
• 2d code – QR Code Generator List by 2d code online magazine

Special Thanks To

• Christian Oliver – the first business card I received containing a quick response code was from Christian Oliver

Postscript (after my 6/12/10 That’s GREAT! Blog Post)

• Cocktail Napkins – ‘buzz marketing’ – print your EZcode scan code on ‘web enabled’ bar napkins. Click here to learn more about ScanNap by NapkinsONLY.

Related That’s GREAT! blog posts: [Added 8/2/10]

• That’s GREAT! – 101 Uses For Quick Response (QR) Codes: Creating Audience Engagement With The Next Killer U.S. App (6/12/10)
• That’s GREAT! – Top 10 Reasons ScanLife EZcodes Are Better Than Quick Response (QR) Codes For U.S. Marketers (6/11/10)
• That’s GREAT! – Ugh! Top 10 Mistakes To Avoid When Integrating 2D Quick Response Codes In Your Marketing Plans (8/2/10)

*Thanks to those that – asked me about – or scanned my TWEET ME tee at the AiMA Mobile Marketing Boot Camp on Thursday (6/25/10). Keynote speaker – The Coca-Cola Company Group Manager for Strategy & Planning, Global Interactive Marketing Tom Daly – referenced scan codes multiple times in his opening remarks (and video) regarding customer engagement. With this extra boost of visibility for scan codes at the Boot Camp, I was surprised that I did not get more people asking about – or scanning – the EZcode scan code on my tee. Perhaps I should have asked one of my Atlanta fashion and glamour models to wear my Tweet Me tee at the event?!

** I won an Apple iPod touch from AiMA in their Text-to-Win sweepstakes. The Text-to-Win sweepstakes engine was from Whoop. You can’t win unless you enter! At the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, I won a Neato Robotics Neato XV-11 robotic vacuum cleaner.

Disclosures:

• ScanBuy provided GREAT! with a free ScanLife EZcode scan code business account.
• [As of July 2010] GREAT! is a value-added reseller of *Scanbuy’s Scanlife 2D and 1D Platform for Quick Response (QR);EZcode; and Datamatrix codes. GREAT! provides two (2D) scan code implementation, scan code management and scan code consulting to clients and their agencies. Contact us.

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