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New Functionality: Contact Information QR Codes

New Functionality: Contact Information QR Codes. John L. Mohammed External Vice President Computer Committee Sacramento Professional Network. New functionality on the SacProNet website for creating QR Codes that encode member's personal contact information, and

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New Functionality: Contact Information QR Codes

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  1. New Functionality:Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed External Vice President Computer Committee Sacramento Professional Network New functionality on the SacProNet website for creating QR Codes that encode member's personal contact information, and for creating QR codes for Marketing August 28, 2012

  2. What is a QR Code? • 2-dimensional bar codes that encode text • Originally created to track parts in the automobile industry • Now ubiquitous as a marketing tool • magazines • newspaper ads • flyers • Can encode text in different formats • website URL • contact information vCard • email address • YouTube video, App store download, Skype call, ... Managing the Speaker Schedulte John L. Mohammed

  3. Examples abound Magazine Store coupon Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed Newspaper Ad

  4. New functionality on our website • Contact Information QR Code • Enables members to create a QR Code that encodes their contact information • Member has complete control regarding content • Code is associated with the member's profile • Marketing QR Codes • Content type that facilitates creating QR Codes for arbitrary text • Enables creation of codes that take readers to web pages, to promote events Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

  5. Creating your QR CODE Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

  6. Creating your QR CODE Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

  7. Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

  8. Why create a QR Code? • A QR Code containing your contact information makes it really easy for networking contacts to obtain your information • Your contact information can easily be put in the contact's address book • Use it on: • Name badge you wear to networking events • Business cards • Resumes • Websites Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

  9. Reader's Experience User starts Scanner and points at QR Code Information is recognized as a contact The information properly parsed as a contact With one click, user can add it to the address book Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed or add it to an existing entry in the address book or email it to his/her self or another person

  10. Marketing QR Codes • New content type: QR Code Generator • Any text typed into its QR Code field is rendered as a QR code when the node is saved • A sample node that can be reused is available from the navigation menu: • Committees → Marketing → Marketing QR Codes • Additionally, any text in any text area field using the default Filtered HTML input format can be rendered as a QR code using special syntax: • [mobilecode #preset="preset"]content[/mobilecode] Contact Information QR Codes John L. Mohammed

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