Are QR Codes Successful?

Are QR Codes Successful?

I am currently reviewing a text about marketing.  Schools hire me to do this on occasion.  One thing that disappointed me was there was nothing in it about QR codes and some of the other newest marketing techniques. QR codes have been around for a while. If you have not noticed them, they are the little barcode-looking square that appears on newspapers billboards, flyers, and even cars.

While QR codes offer some great marketing opportunities, they have not been as successful as other techniques.  In the article QR Codes are Dead! Long Live QR Codes, the author stated, “One of the most popular Tumblr blogs of 2012 is Pictures of People Scanning QR Codes. If you click through to the site you will see that it is empty. The joke here? No one scans QR codes (short for Quick Response code). It is obvious that QR codes have a bad rep and haven’t gained much traction on the consumer end of the equation.”

QR codes have been utilized well by some companies.  I am currently reading the book Neuromarketology by Brian Fabiano.  He is a marketing guru who was wise enough to put a QR code at the end of each of his chapters with the note, “scan to learn more!” Other examples of successful QR code use include:

• The Most Successful QR Codes Campaigns of 2012
• Six QR Code Campaigns that Actually Worked

For more information about how to use QR codes, check out the following articles:

•  5 Steps for a Successful QR Code Marketing Campaign
•  How to Use QR Codes on Your Resume and Business Cards
•  Using QR Codes for Business Promotion
•  QR Codes: Why You Should Be Using Them
• Marketers Target Impatient Customers through Smartphone Quick Response QR Codes