The document provides steps for creating an effective interactive print campaign using Layar Creator, including developing a campaign concept and plan, preparing assets, creating the campaign, testing it, and publishing. It recommends exploring Layar Creator showcase projects for inspiration, testing campaigns thoroughly, and refers to additional Layar Creator resources for tutorials, guidelines, and support.

1. How to Create an Effective Campaign
with Layar Creator
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2. Steps to Great Campaign Creation
• Check out Layar Creator showcases & Explore Layar Creator yourself
• Make a realistic Campaign Creation and Marketing Plan in conjunction with your
Print Production Plan
• Come up with Campaign Concept
• Prepare your pages & assets
• Create your campaign and augment your pages
• Test your campaign
• Publish your campaign
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3. Layar Creator: Activate print with digital content
• Easy to use, bulk upload, simple drag & drop
functionality
• Interactive digital buttons linking to various
destinations, including videos
• Custom buttons with your own design
• Measurable results once published
Read more: Layar Features on Layar website
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4. Layar Creator Showcases
• Check out our LAYARED magazine to see what
interactive print is all about
• View LAYARED magazine online
• Read existing use cases for inspiration
• Visit Layar blog for latest show cases
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5. Layar Creator Exploration
• Sign up to start using Layar Creator right away !
• Experiment with the Creator using your own print material, or
• Recreate interactive print experience on LAYARED magazine using
materials prepared by Layar
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6. Getting Started with Layar Creator
• Video Tutorials - a list of tutorials that demonstrates the Layar Creator
• Quick Overview
• Bulk Uploads
• Using Buttons
• Campaign Management
• AR video Creation
• Understanding Stats Report
• Getting Started Guide - detailed explanation on each element of the Creator
• Check out all helpful resources available on Layar Creator Support forum
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7. Questions to yourself
After checking out the use cases and playing with the Layar Creator, ask yourself the
following questions:
• Is Layar technology something for my business ?
• Does it have all the features I need ?
• How can I integrate it into my business ?
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8. Campaign Creation & Marketing Plan
A reasonable and deliverable campaign creation plan is the key to the success of the
campaign. Here is a checklist that you need to address:
• The objectives of this campaign
• What activities are needed in the campaign creation process ?
• Who should participate in the campaign creation team ?
• How much time should be spent on each activity ?
• Tip: reserve enough time for learning and playing with the Creator
• Tip: Testing is critical for good user experience and it always takes more time than you thought
• Which marketing actions are needed to create awareness ?
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9. Campaign Concept
• Work with your creative team to come up with a nice campaign concept deliverable
using the Layar Creator
• Try to come up with a theme for the entire campaign
• Get users in with “wrong reality”
• hidden reality -> reveal
• locked reality -> unlock
• incomplete reality -> complete
• Add discounts & exclusive content
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10. Campaign Concept Examples
Reveal hidden
message with Layar
solve the puzzle !
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11. Campaign Concept Examples
Print Ad
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12. Campaign Concept Examples
Print Ad
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13. Campaign Concept Examples
Print Ad What you see with Layar
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14. Campaign Concept Examples
Discount & Exclusive
Content
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15. Get Your Pages & Assets Ready
• Prepare pages according to the best practices
• Select pages that you want to augment carefully
• Use Layar Logo + call to action
• Create instructions for users
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16. Page Design Guideline
• Planar target object (magazine, poster, CD
cover, etc)
• Sufficiently high resolution of the object
• Sufficient size & image detail
Good insufficient details
• Frontal view image
• No borders or clutter
• Avoid glare and highlights
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17. Which Page to Select ?
• Choose cover page
• Upload images on a page separately instead of the entire page
• Try to avoid uploading pages with large blocks of text. It is best to upload the
image portion of the page.
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18. Layar Logo + Call to Action
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19. Layar Logo + Call to Action
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20. Where to Place the Layar Logo ?
Layar + call to action in or underneath the
image to guide the reader
This triggers the user to scan the image itself.
In this case, it is recommended to upload the
image to the Creator instead of the entire
page.
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21. Where to Place the Layar Logo ?
If every segment of the page is augmented:
you can use one logo on top of page
This triggers the user to scan the entire page.
In this case, it is recommended to upload the
page to the Creator.
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22. “How to User Layar App” Instructions
• Instruct users on how to discover AR content
• Reserve space for instructions
• Mention how to download/ update
• Create your own look & feel
• Keep the Layar logo intact
Download the layar logo and instructions package here.
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23. “How to” Instructions Example
• Custom Instructions on the cover page
• VPRO Gids - dutch public broadcasting
organization
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24. Create Custom Buttons
• Create Custom buttons that:
• match the look & feel of the print
• are visually attractive to the users
• are self explanatory
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25. Where to Place the Buttons ?
• Balancing digital content: editorial vs advertising
• More an aesthetic choice
• place where it makes the most sense
• look natural in context with the physical object
• visible to users
• Better on more visually busy part of page and NOT on blank spaces
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26. Button Placement Examples
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27. Test Your Campaign Thoroughly
• Thorough campaign testing is critical
• Both technical and aesthetic aspects
• Test your campaign as much as possible
• both iphone and android devices
• latest layar app
• If possible, do a test with a small group of users !
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28. Testing Guidelines
• Double check the quality of the pages
• Are user instructions in your publication clear enough ?
• Are Interactive Print buttons placed at the right place ?
• Are the buttons sticky to the print
• Does each button function correctly ?
• no broken links
• videos can be played
• Does the campaign offer good user experience ? Read more: complete testing
• what’s more natural, scanning the entire page or a single image on the page ? guidelines
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29. Campaign Creation Timeline
• Below is a recommended timeline distribution schedule
Check out Layar possibilities Prepare campaign pages,
Come up with Campaign
& custom button designs & Create campaign Test and finalize the campaign
Concept
Explore the Layar Creator how to instructions
Timeline in
percentage
0% 20% 40% 70% 80% 100%
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30. Layar Creator Resources
• Layar website
• Layar Features
• Use Cases
• Layar blog
• Layar Creator Support environment (forums & ticketing system)
• Video Tutorials - a list of tutorials that demonstrate Layar Creator
• Getting Started Guide - detailed explanation on each element of the Creator
• Testing Instructions
• Best Practices & Tips
• FAQs
• more
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