How To Use QR Codes

Quick Response QR Codes are a fast way to tag physical items that can be easily scanned by mobile phones allowing people to almost interact with the online site from the offline tag. Watch this example of scanning a QR code on a restaurant table tent using an iPhone. For more information on QR codes, mobile & internet marketing, please visit the site above.

Basic QR Code Usage

The most basic (and popular use) of QR codes is to display website information (a website address). Lets say you're at a trade show and you're walking by my booth. You want to find out more information about my company, so you open up your phone and start fumbling away trying to type in some long URL (that is on my display) into your browser, and off you go.

What They're NOT For

I've seen people put QR codes on their website and quite frankly that just defeats the purpose and nobody will ever scan it. The point is to take people from the physical world to the online world. If someone is already browsing your website, facebook page, twitter, some online 'property', they're already there. If I'm on my phone, I can exactly scan my screen of my phone with my phones camera now can I?

QR Code Generation

Creating your own QR code could not be any easier. There are countless websites online that allow you to easily generate a QR code image. You take the image they give you and print it on whatever you want, place it wherever you want, it's a 'label' so to speak. Here is one to get you started:

QR Content

Though typically QR codes identify URLs you can essentially represent any piece of information you like, here are some examples:

Website URL
Send a text message
Send an email message
Address Book record (vcard)
Display some text on your screen
Any bit of text you like

[alicecroll]

This guy IS the absolute Best in quickly detailing how to easily scan QR codes from an iPhone. Bravo & thank you❗️🏆

[sobrockfanvideos]

I am applying for a job that needed me to go for further information on their QR Code. I had been avoiding using these things because I thought it would be a much bigger deal or I needed a more expensive phone or something (although I did put the reader on my Apple iPad), but only because my T-Mobil LG regular cell phone is thrashed! I did just what you said, I Googled QR Codes and they have readers recommended right there to download. I got the reader (which was free) and downloaded the information all in minutes, however.... it started with you and this thanks immensely!

[genemenon]

Thanks Kevin for enlightening me about the use and benefits of using QR codes.

[LaRni_XV]

The MOST WELL explained & informative explanation of what & how QR codes work. Thank you very much🙋🏻‍♀️👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻😊😊😊🥰🥰

[BrianDion-em]

Thank you Kevin
This is very easy to understand and easy to apply on your phone
However, it's a little too long..

[sulaimanalrabei]

please anybody help me to rearrange this qestion
Q-1Below are the stages of a QR code jigsaw task. Put the stages in the correct order.
1-Create barcodes with a unique colour for each step.
2-Choose three or four recipes and save them to Pocket.
3-Give the learners a QR code with a web address link to the original recipe to check the answers.
4-Allocate each learner a colour. Explain that they each have steps of a recipe. Their task is to decode the steps and put them in order. Tell the class to find learners with the other colours and work together in groups.
5-Present a screenshot of the recipe web page that has been marked up with an app such as Awesome Screenshot to review language.
6-Show the codes or print them out. The learners scan the codes with their mobile devices and work in groups to put them in the right order.

[silviaaliciamenchaca]

Thank you Kevin for your clear and simple explanation

[excellencelanguagefacilita]

Thanks, Kev! Very useful and straight to the point advice!

[shuksy]

Really helpful video Kevin, thank you...very clear on QR codes now 👍🏾😀

[julietaaboka]

Thanks for the real life example with the billboard! Great with the unsophisticated folks.

[KevinMcKillop]

If all you need is a website address that's just fine. Sometimes people put contact information into a bar code as an example. A QR code simply represents some 'text' of some kind in a machine readable image, that's it.

[Stardxst]

9 years ago and you got better video quality than me! 😂

[KevinMcKillop]

A QR code is a QR code. How you create them doesn't matter as long as it's a standard QR code. So use whatever app you want to create it or scan it.

[Emperor-Wild-Man]

Short Vid with simple explanations without the high tech vocabularies. Thanks.

[shaktiraje]

Global Teacher Award winner Mr Disale using QR code in school Textbook. In Maharshtra, india

[frankfang]

How do you scan QR code that someone sent to your iphone?

[suzhentan]

Bravo Kevin, thank you! Clear and Simple.

[bernadettemurray]

Thanks for information, afraid went over my heads.

[gammaechofoundationproductions]

Hey Kevin, thanks for this! This video is very helpful, simple, short, and to the point! I look forward to seeing more of your videos! You just earned a new subscriber! :)

[carolhelliwell]

With the COVID identification needed if you go to a cafe and you have to show your code . Do they know automatically or do you have to set it up first. Thanks