Get cool with a QR code

QR codes are those square barcode images that have been popping up everywhere. Anyone with a QR code reader app on their smartphone can scan one and they will be taken to a website, see a message or see a phone number... whatever the QR code was set up to do. This marketing tactic isn't gaining popularity as fast as predicted because people find it cumbersome to have to scan the code without knowing where it will take them. However, it's still pretty cool and there are some creative ways you can use them. For example, get a QR code printed on the back of your business card and have it link to your class information. Or make t-shirts with a QR code on the back and have it link to your website or facebook page. The one place you probably don't want to put a QR code is on your facebook page or website because in those cases you would want to put a direct link rather than make people scan their computer screens.

Creating your QR code is free and easy. Go to http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ and enter a website that you want to link to. Your QR code will appear and you can start using it right away! Here's the QR code that links to my website: