One of the hottest topics in print these days is the use of quick response (QR) codes. When scanned with a smartphone, these codes take people directly to the Web. This gives smartphone users an immediate way to respond to your marketing pieces, even if they aren’t at...
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2012 USPS Mobile Barcode Promotion
Due to the high success of interest the 2011 mobile barcode promotion realized, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has announced it will be doing another mobile barcode promotion in the summer of 2012. The mobile barcode promotion is meant to help spur interest...
USPS Mobile Barcode Postage Promotion
The USPS recently finalized a summer blockbuster postage promotion - a postage savings of 3% for utilizing mobile barcodes such as QR Codes in your marketing material. The following is some general facts about the promotion. When is the promotional period? The...
Recommended QR Code Generator Sites and Readers
You may have heard about the advantages of QR codes, thought about how they may benefit you, read how to create one, but wondered what are the best QR Code Generator sites and Readers out there. Although we at Action Graphics have not exhausted the list of QR Code...
How to Create a QR Code
Creating a QR Code is extremely easy and free to do. Below is a step-by-step guide on how to create a QR Code. + Go to a QR Code Generation website (read [intlink id="722" type="post"]here[/intlink] for our recommended QR code generators). For this exercise we will...
Using a URL Shortener to Create a More Readable QR Code
QR Codes are a great resource to create multi-channel engagement among your intended audience. One common and beneficial actions of QR Codes is the ability to launch a webpage. QR Codes are most easily read if there is a short URL or less characters that create a...
QR Codes Are Everywhere!
You are starting to see them everywhere. They look like square jigsaw puzzles, sometimes in color but most often in black-and-white. They are in magazine advertisements, on billboards, on websites, and on business cards. They are quick response codes, or QR codes...