QR Code Generator is Now Available for all Starsnsites Content Management Systems! Get yours today. Smartphones are becoming more and more popular these days. With the steady use of the iPhone and the rapidly spreading Android platform, a whole new market is emerging. Smartphone allow rapid access to all kinds of data, whether it's online shopping or simply communicating with friends and family.
One of the most exciting methods is the use of Quick Response (QR) Codes. QR codes are two-dimensional barcodes that can be included in magazines, signs, billboards, business cards, buses, or any other place information needs to be conveyed.
Users of smartphones with a reader app installed can scan the code to display text, connect to a wireless network, view contact information, display a web page in the phone's internet browser, or even interact with already installed apps on the phone.
This connection between the real and virtual world is known as hardlinking or object-hyperlinking, and opens a whole new method of marketing. Advertisements can now communicate directly with readers. For example, you can use the QR codes to include the URL of your website in an advertisement to allow readers to jump almost instantly to your site to find more information, communicate with you, or purchase a product you are selling.
Other uses could include adding coupon codes for promotional campaigns, avoiding the need to carry or use physical coupons on the go. In the age of instant access and fast-paced lives, people are looking more and more for faster, easier ways of interacting with businesses, and QR codes are at the cutting edge of this movement. Don't delay any longer, the quickly growing demographic of smartphone users is just waiting to be tapped into.
