Book Description
Forget the Dummies! This is the "Genius Guide" to Marketing with Mobile Tagging, using QR Codes, Microsoft Tags, and other popular Mobile Tagging technologies; an all-in-one, complete guide for all your Mobile Marketing needs. Rock-solid, research-based facts from the heavy hitters in the industry. Direct advice and anecdotes from professional marketers who have employed tens of thousands of QR Codes in various marketing campaigns. A thorough review of the best resources out there for generating your QR Codes. Original, never-before-published "Best Practices" for implementing QR Codes and getting the best results. A "Hall of Shame" of simply bad implementations -- even by Fortune 500 companies -- and how to avoid them. What Sets This Book Apart: Mobile Marketing isn't rocket science, but it does take care. A professional guide to all aspects of using QR Codes. "Ultimate" means ULTIMATE. This Manual includes: Step-by-step Checklists, tips, tricks and how-to information for creating your own QR Codes, customizing them, tracking and quantifying their use and the response of your customers, using them to best effect, and best of all, The all-new, original and exclusive list of Mobile Marketing, Tagging and QR Code best practices, to stay clear of the many pitfalls and problems that humble one campaign after another. Not Like the Others: If you've purchased other titles, whether ebooks, or paperbacks claiming to dish on all the details of the use of QR Codes for marketing, you've no doubt been very disappointed. The information out there falls into only three categories: Lists of potential ideas for using QR Codes Technical information on the QR Code coding scheme Senseless cheerleading/naysaying about the technology itself (including finger-waving at ridiculous uses). What You Get: This book contains information of a rare, 4th variety: Sample Content Found Nowhere else: Why 2-D Barcodes Who Uses QR Codes Setting Up Shop to Create QR Codes Why Use QR Codes When NOT to use a QR Codes QR Codes gone Bad... QR Codes Done Right Getting Fancy (Designer QR Codes) Bending the Rules (True Q-Art) Advanced Professional Strategies Security Concerns Friendly Hosting Solutions QR Code Competitors The QR Code's Future The Exclusive list of 26 Mobile Tagging Best Practices A manual like no other. This is the unofficial, and until now, as-yet-unwritten manual that should come packaged with your QR Codes. Information not found anywhere else: Shotcodes, Blotcodes, Microsoft Tags, Wimoreality: Why they are not QR Codes. Why Near Field Communication (NFC) has nothing to do with QR Codes Easy ways to Make Your Sites Mobile, for Cheap of Free. Squeezing the Most Data Possible into Your QR Codes, without Data overload. How to accomplish high-end customization and Designer QR Codes without breaking your QR Codes Proprietary vs. Open Technology: Why QR Codes lead. Exclusive Mobile Marketing Campaign Checklist Complete Glossary and Index Advanced Analytics Using Google Analytics campaign tracking and reporting 214 Pages, Packed with Vital How-To Info Hundreds of Diagrams and Images Interactive Demonstrations and Links Free Access to Online Resources Complete Index and Mobile Marketing Glossary