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How Not To Screw Up With QR Codes - at TeaCampLondon
1. Who Am I?
● Terence Eden
● Mobile Internet Consultant with 9 years
experience in Mobile Web
● QR strategist for Museums, Government
departments, Network Operators, Advertisers...
and now you!
● Read my blog
● http://shkspr.mobi/blog/
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4. What's a 2D Barcode?
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5. What Is A QR Code?
● Free and Open Standard
● Can hold URLs
● (and much more)
● Quick and easy to scan
● Works on all cameraphones
● not just “smartphones”
● Free apps for all platforms
● http://GetReader.com
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6. Myth
No one is using QR
codes
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7. QR Codes Are Everywhere
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15. Myth
QR Codes can only
contain a URL
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16. Any Form of (UTF-8) Data
● Text
● Hello World
● URL
● http://shkspr.mobi/blog/
● Phone Number
● tel:+447717512963
● Email Address
● mailto:qrcodes@shkspr.mobi
● SMS
● smsto:+447717512963
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17. Myth
It's easy to damage a QR
code
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31. III Mobile Friendly
● Respect the user
● Not everyone has a phone as awesome as
yours
● Pay Per MB is still common
● How fast is the mobile internet abroad?
● How fast is the mobile internet at home?
● How fast is the mobile internet at work?
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33. IV International
I18n – Can all your customers
speak English?
+44 – Will any of your customers
be calling from abroad, or have a
foreign SIM card?
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34. V Multi-Platform
What %age of
stakeholders have an
iPhone?
Do you know your
demographics?
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35. What Not To Do
http://www.2dbarcodestrategy.com/2010/12/barnes-noble-uses-qr-codes.html
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36. VI Statistics
● Part of your existing analytics
● Mobile specific
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38. VII CTA
● How do you tell people to scan?
● What incentives can you give them?
● What's contained in the code?
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39. VIII Testing
● Test
● Test on another phone
● Test on a dozen phones
● Test in different network coverage
● Test alternative MNOs
● Test in various lighting conditions
● Test after the code has got damaged
● Test in physical location
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42. IX Usefulness
● Why are you doing this?
● What will your customers get out of this?
● How do you know if you have succeeded?
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43. X Can They Be Scanned?
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50. Considerations
● Are staff trained?
● Is everything mobile friendly?
● Why are you creating them?
● How are they monitored?
● What is the decommissioning process?
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