QR Codes and Cowboy Hats: Promote Yourself ANYWHERE...

Want to experiment with QR Codes and mobile marketing? At

Calgary Stampede we put codes on shirts and hats and hit 

the grounds! We had all sorts of folks come up and ask to 

scan us (which, admittedly, feels a little weird at first) and 

from our comprehensive Analytics system we can tell you our 

codes were scanned by people from all over Canada and the 

United States, a few folks from the U.K., a couple from Israel 

and three people from Australia!

QR Codes on clothing. Look at it as a brand new way to 

promote your business, your product, your cause or you!

Ain't we cute? All for now! www.qrzap.com 

THIS JUST IN!!! DIAMOND SHAPED QR CODES!!!

Those cutting edge fellas at QRZap are at it again! How much more innovative can you get? Sure, QRCodes are incredible tools for transmitting unlimited amounts of information to mobile users anywhere you have the physical OR digital space to do so, but do they have be so...square? NOT ANY MORE!

Yep. We're dorks. But what does it do for a logo?

Definitely hip. Now I'm gonna have a bowl of Shreddies and get back to work. 

Facebookin' With QR Codes

So, you went to www.qrzap.com and got yourself a hyperfunctional QR Code all tricked out and linked up to a truly excellent, fully customizable mobile webspace (or QR Space, if you're hip to the lingo) but how are you going to make use of it for your social networks? As we like to say, you can put your QR Code anywhere you have physical OR digital space, so why not Facebook or Twitter? Why not indeed! Our previous post was about how to attach a QR Code to Twitter, this baby's ALL ABOUT THE FACEBOOKIN'!

1) Your Profile Image

Download your code (at www.qrzap.com, as I might have mentioned a few times) and save it as a jpeg on your desktop then attach it as a profile image just like you would any other type of image. Easy.

2) Insert it directly into your logo banner

Sexy as hell, ain't it? Fully scannable from your desktop. By the way, it turns out my spell-checker doesn't like scannable or hyperfunctionalized. Scan worthy? Functions with the capacity to be hyper? Onwards...

3) Put it on your wall  (or a friend's wall, or a fan page, or a corporate page, or...)

And what happens when you click on the image? 

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF THAT BADBOY!

And that, friends and neighbors, is how you use your QR Code on Facebook! Did I miss anything? Comment here or shoot me a tweet @web3v0! 

Attach Your QR Codes to Tweets

 There's all sorts of ways to use QR Codes for social networking and Twitter is no different! Making it your profile image is just a start! Why not attach it directly to a tweet, address it to whomever and see if you can make your business, your cause or you go viral! It's this easy:

Underneath the tweet interface on the left-hand side is a little camera icon. Click it!

You'll have the option of selecting an image from your desktop. Go to whichever file you've saved your QRCodes in, open and attach it just like you would for an email then send your tweet! You've just tweeted your QRCode! Here's what it looks like:

Cool, right? Thanks, Twitter!