{"id":309,"date":"2012-02-19T16:32:03","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:32:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/?p=309"},"modified":"2012-02-19T16:32:03","modified_gmt":"2012-02-20T00:32:03","slug":"qr-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/qr-code\/","title":{"rendered":"QR Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_312\" style=\"width: 258px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/qr-code-bsc1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"size-full wp-image-312\" title=\"BSC QR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/qr-code-bsc1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/qr-code-bsc1.png 248w, https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/qr-code-bsc1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-312\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This links to my website when scanned.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>QR means Quick Response code.\u00a0 Created in Japan and used for over a decade the QR code is similar to a store bar code which is scanned for pricing, inventory, etc., but the QR code is 2 dimensional.\u00a0 It&#8217;s utilized by smartphones and other mobile phones-camera enabled.\u00a0 Already estimates are 31% of smartphone users &#8211; take advantage of this &#8211; 14 million mobile users scanned a QR or bar code by June 2011.\u00a0 That is 6.2% of all mobile users.\u00a0\u00a0 The object is to make it easy for consumers to get connected to you.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The QR code is scanned by a phone for a brand (your business).\u00a0 This can be in your print ad, business card, a poster in your store window, etc.\u00a0 The code is used to link scanners to digital content.\u00a0 If you sell product packaging use your QR code to send consumers to more product information.\u00a0 Connect the QR code to your website, your Facebook page or your contact information.<\/p>\n<p>The code is free.\u00a0 Google QR code generator and you&#8217;ll find multiple choices.\u00a0 \u00a0Most QR codes are set to link to a webpage, but you can configure to your phone number or text.<\/p>\n<p>You choose the size generated &#8211; from s, m, l or xl.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_311\" style=\"width: 226px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fb-qr.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"size-full wp-image-311 \" title=\"Facebook QR\" src=\"http:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fb-qr.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fb-qr.png 216w, https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fb-qr-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-311\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This links to my Facebook page.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It&#8217;s proven to work &#8211; and one more step for your marketing plan. \u00a0Looking for more detailed information? &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.socialmediaexaminer.com\/how-qr-codes-can-grow-your-\" target=\"_blank\">read <\/a>more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>QR means Quick Response code.\u00a0 Created in Japan and used for over a decade the QR code is similar to a store bar code which is scanned for pricing, inventory, etc., but the QR code is 2 dimensional.\u00a0 It&#8217;s utilized &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/qr-code\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smallbusinesswebsite"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/309\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brendasimon.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}