You may have been seeing QR codes pop up in use all over the place. They’re those little squares made of other smaller squares, usually printed on a poster or flier. These codes can be scanned with the camera of a phone or mobile device in order to access a variety of content, including images, documents, contact information, and most commonly, web addresses. These can be placed just about anywhere you can display an image and make it far easier to access additional content without having to copy or remember a long web address.
These codes can be used for a variety of purposes and settings, including special events. Since QR codes are easy to use, make, and have multiple uses, they can be placed in and around your event to help make the guest experience, as well as the experience of the group putting on the event, far more enjoyable. In this piece I will go over the different ways to incorporate QR codes into events, as well as how to make them and some tips on how to best use them.
The most common use for QR codes is to distribute web addresses and URLs. Using a QR code for this makes it far easier, since you don’t have to remember or copy a long address in order to get to a particular webpage. However, QR codes can also be used to distribute contact information, images, documents, simple text, and more.
Some of the ways you can use QR codes for events include:
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Step 1: Create a Google Form
Step 2: Get the Google Form Link
Step 3: Generate a QR Code
Step 4: Customize Your QR Code
Step 5: Test Your QR Code
When deciding where to put your code, it’s important to keep in mind that QR codes are scanned with the camera on a phone or mobile device. Therefore, they must be placed on a flat surface with no warping so that the camera can easily read it. Posters, fliers, stickers, and business cards are among the best places to place a QR code. Uneven surfaces like telephone poles or warped walls would not be a smart location to place a QR code, as the code can become distorted and unreadable.
The best places to physically place a QR code are:
It’s also important to keep in mind your intended audience when distributing QR codes, which in the case of special events, is usually limited to people at the event, looking to attend the event, or the type of people the event is for. If you are holding a retro toy convention in New York, then it wouldn’t be a good idea at all to distribute your codes in a truck stop in Oklahoma.
If the codes you are distributing are meant to be scanned by guests currently at your event, then make sure that they are readily available and easily accessible to said guests. Tables, walls, posters, and fliers are the best places to place QR codes at your event.
With the tools available on QR Codeveloper, as well as other code generators, you can monitor the usage of any code you create. This can include how many times a code has been scanned, where it has been scanned, on what device, using what browser, and more. With these tools you can figure out which codes are reaching the most people and where to focus any advertising efforts.
With QR Codeveloper you can monitor:
As you can see, it couldn’t be easier to create unique QR codes for various aspects of your events. With easy to use tools, like QR Codeveloper, you will likely spend more time and effort designing and customizing your codes than actually generating them. This way, you can put more effort into planning the many other aspects of your event.
It’s easy to get started right away with creating QR codes. So give it a shot and see how easy it is to integrate QR codes with your event.
Effortlessly create, customize, and monitor dynamic QR codes.
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