Scan for a Cause – How Non-Profits Can Benefit from QR Code Campaigns
Scan for a Cause – How Non-Profits Can Benefit from QR Code Campaigns
Get creative and get scanning. Tie it into a mobile text campaign and you will rock your non-profit world!
You might be thinking, “I don’t understand it and doubt our donors are using QR codes.” Frankly, that is not the most important aspect. The following statistic is: The mobile web is expected to be bigger than desktop internet use by 2015. Why wait until then to be on the cutting edge with your non-profit marketing?
This new Facebook page seeks to bring awareness to lesser-known non-profits by combining qr codes with mobile. Text “QRC” to 90210 for updates and scan below and join us in spreading the word!
Click here for a list of free card readers to scan QR codes or scan below for list if you already have a card reader, but want to add others.
I just recently did a blog post on qr codes and bit.ly, the url shortner that is so popular. Check it out and see how bit.ly automatically creates qr codes. That will explain more about them; however, consider the following…
It is really cool, and can work great when sharing links for your non-profit. The reason bit.ly is a great option is that it ties into your existing metrics…giving you an integrated, real-time view of clicks.
With the bit.ly url shortening service, you can add a .qr to the end of a bit.ly url you have created and it will go to the qr code. (Here’s the qr code for this post http://bit.ly/NonProfitQRcodes.qr)
Here’s another example. Click here and the picture below with the qr code to scan is what you will see! Scan it…it’s a great cause!
You can also add a + to the short url and get the QR code in the upper right hand corner. Like magic!
Click here and see what happens!
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bit.ly jumps into the QR Code frenzy!
bit.ly jumps into the QR Code frenzy!
Here’s an interesting marketing “tidbit!” If you haven’t heard of url shorteners, bit.ly is one of the most widely used.
Following is the actual bit.ly short url for my previous blog post =>>> http://bit.ly/QRCodesMediaDarling. I created a custom bit.ly.
Here’s what is so interesting. They now have a QR code you can utilize (that will track the number of times someone clicks on it)…all as a part of the bit.ly system! Go to my previous blog post and snag one of the free card readers if you don’t have one, and start having some fun reading QR (Quick Response) Codes. The integration into mobile marketing is happening fast!
Text QRC to 90210 if you want to follow the QR Codes scene during 2011!
QR Codes will be the Mobile Social Media Marketing Darling of 2011
QR Codes will be the Mobile Social Media Marketing Darling of 2011
Here’s Coach B’s Prediction: Combined with mobile, QR Codes emerge as the top digital marketing technology in the United States in 2011. Yes, I believe they are finally going to have their breakout moment & SOAR! That means QR Codes will go both mobile and social! Watch for them. You are going to see them everywhere! With 51% of the population carrying smart phones, how could they NOT finally arrive and be utilized for marketing? I believe they will be huge for the three big R’s…Retail, Restaurants & Real Estate. And that’s just the beginning.
John Foley, president/CEO of interlinkOne, says,
QR codes offer a number of benefits for marketers. One of the most important is the ability to tie together the print, mobile and Web channels to increase the response rates on multichannel marketing efforts.
Since QR codes make it easy for people to jump from print to the Web, this intelligent tool can add to the success of your personalized URL (PURL) campaigns, too
A QR Code is a Quick Response Code which is “activated” through placing your smart phone over the top of it, delivering pertinent information via these two dimensional codes. The following videos will visually show you the power of QR Codes.
What do you see when you look at the QR Codes (called QRC’s) below? Gibberish? A jigsaw puzzle? Are you left scratching your head? Don’t feel badly. You may have never seen one of these before!
If you don’t have a card reader, go to the bottom of this post and download one for free, and then scan these! “Read it” for yourself! If you don’t have a smart phone, find someone who does and have some FUN!
Guess what this one is?
The U.S. has lagged behind the eight ball with QR Codes, while their use has flourished from Japan (where it was first developed in 1994) to Brazil. The time is now for digital marketing integration involving QR codes and mobile marketing.
Think I am kidding? Look at a commercial in Japan. Though I took the University of Kentucky Women’s basketball team to Japan in 1981, 82 & 83 when I coached at UK (and learned some Japanese), I honestly cannot understand anything except the fact that the video has over 600,000 views! That’s all I need to understand about the viability of QR Codes! The Japanese must already understand something about QR Codes that we don’t!
Here’s a creative use by a book store in Brazil. This got my wheels turning! I LOVE this!
Here’s a great creative campaign from Japan about alternative music.
The United States WILL catch up to the value of utilizing QR Codes. The Million Dollar Question is WHEN? Read how QR Codes will be coming to your TV!
I came back and edited this blog soon after posting because I discovered a video about a dual function QR Code campaign, implemented by the most unlikely of “marketers!” Very exciting! The U.S. is coming around!
If you don’t yet have an app for scanning QR Codes, following are some links to set up your own two Dimensional Bar Code and the free reader to connect to them. Just have some fun with QR Codes, and be prepared to be “in the know” by the time they hit big time!
i-nigma Reader – This is one of the best at reading any code it scans
Scan Life – This is one of the biggest
This photo shows the various ways in which you can set up a QR Code through Scan Life.
Scan Life is great for the reporting feature it also offers.
I love the site, QR Stuff, because I can have the QR Code in color! (Hey…I didn’t formerly own an interior design business for no reason! I like a little “style” when it’s possible and color adds it!) The following one is actually a sms message…
Snap Maze – also allows you to choose a color
Here’s some articles on the viability of QR Codes:
I am grateful to Cheryl James for introducing me to QR Codes. Frankly I had never heard of them until reading her blog post! I definitely became intrigued with them immediately.
http://bit.ly/BrilliantQRcodes
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How To Use a Vision Board to Engage the Law of Attraction
How To Use A Vision Board to Engage the Law of Attraction
Just like you put your car in drive to engage your engine so that you can drive it and move forward rather than remaining in neutral, engage the Law of Attraction and manifest what you want easily!
Bellagio, our boat, is coming into our life..it means “beautiful life!” Text JackCanfield to 90210 and learn more about his Success Principles! They resonate with the Law of Attraction. You can also text TUT to 90210. That will give you the opportunity to get Mike Dooley’s free daily Notes from the Universe and be a part of his “Totally Unique Thoughts” Adventure Club. Read about his books, Infinite Possibilities and Manifesting Change…It couldn’t be easier! You will learn that “Thoughts Become Things,” as Mike remind us! Surround yourself with ideas that feed you!
YouIncStarVideoChallenge Day 2 – Peter Sisson Speaks about VoicePoint & Toktumi Line2…people listen!
YouIncStarVideoChallenge Day 2 – Peter Sisson Speaks about Toktumi Line2 and people listen!
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Not only do you have the opportunity to check out a product that is drastically needed by this industry to elevate how you are perceived in the marketplace, you have a rare opportunity to get in on the ground floor with an already highly successful product that is now going to be offered peer-to-peer by VoicePoint. The company’s launch is built around one element…marketing Toktumi Line2, a powerfully and highly successful product that David Pogue and the New York Times have said has “the potential to shake up an entire industry!”
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What does triathlon training have to do with your Business Success?
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What does triathlon training have to do with your Business Success?
Everything!
“To be, or not to be: that is the question,” said William Shakespeare (from Hamlet)
“To tri or not to tri: that is the question,” said Dotti Berry (from Trek Women Triathlon Series).
Yes, I made the decision to tri. My friend, Sheldon, who has ALS and Sally Edwards, the legendary triathlon icon, both inspired Roby and me through the manner in which they approach life.
You can “try” or you can “tri.” People get the two confused.
The way it seems most people refer to “try” is via the following dictionary definition:
v. to make an effort or attempt: he tried to climb a cliff
I don’t know what you believe, but in the above scenario, the person either climbed a cliff…or he didn’t.
True Story: I had a person hand me a salt shaker one time and say, “Try to move that salt shaker across the table.” I picked it up and moved it to the other side. He said, “No, I said ‘try” to move it.” So, I held it, making great effort to hold on to it before finally moving it. He looked at me and said, “In life, you either do something or you don’t. Trying is an illusion.” That lesson stuck with me.
People often confuse success with lots of effort. Ironically, the opposite is often true.
Extra energy expended is often detrimental. Think I am kidding?
Think about Michael Jordan. Think about other world class athletes. Their movements are fluid and efficient.
The key to success, whether in sports or business, is eliminating extra and unnecessary effort, movement and energy. It is refining the behaviors and actions so that processes and systems are as efficient as possible.
You can “try” to complete a tri, but in the end result, you either complete it or you don’t.
And that is why completing a tri has everything to do with business success…if you understand the connection.
You either make the calls you need to make…or you don’t.
You either follow up…or you don’t.
You can “try to succeed” in business; however, you either succeed or you don’t. Assume 100% responsibility for either achieving business success or not achieving business success, without blaming others when you fail. This will enable you to refine those skills, behaviors and actions which lead to increased success the next time.
Tri it…you’ll like it!
That’s what we did for Sheldon… in honor of who he is in life.
In the second short video, Monica shows how choosing to learn to swim enabled her to complete a tri. Go Monica! Choose tri over try!
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Have you ever “dropped your business card” into a fishbowl many times throughout the years, whether that be a the local Chamber of Commerce meeting, at your favorite restaurant, or during a raffle.
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Your digital business card can be easily shared on Facebook with a link that shows up as “Expand my card,” allowing your web container (like mine at the end of this post) to open right there inside of Facebook! You can take your personal brand all over the internet, yet makes changes in only one spot!
This is an amazing personal branding tool that enables YOU to share YOUR story. Who, besides you, knows it better?
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“Find a Professional” is a new BusinessCard2 feature I recently added. And guess what? This feature is also FREE! Just when you think it can’t get any better, it does!
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3rd Annual Still Waters Music Festival with Angie Foster and Marcia Kester!
3rd Annual Still Waters Music Festival –
It doesn’t matter whether it’s business or pleasure…it’s all about connecting and engaging and a sense of community! It’s what we value the most! As we approach the last Saturday in July, keep this in mind.
Yes, it’s that time again! There is indeed a season and a time for everything! Instead of Eat, Pray, Love...this is Eat, Dance, Pay for Tickets!
It’s all happening down by the still waters at 4451 Masterson Road; Blaine, WA 98230 on Saturday July 31, 2010!
Here’s the general outline for the evening. Pay Pal button is at the end of this post!
5:00 p.m. – Arrive for beginning of potluck – Bring whatever food you like…it always seems to work out! We will be grilling some chicken.
5:30-5:45 p.m. – Roby’s cousin, Kyle Carlson, may join us again this year to play a few Beatles’ songs as potluck begins
6:00-6:30 p.m. – Marcia Kester – experience a little of Marcia during dinner and get your dancing shoes ready for later!
Marcia can be found singing and playing around Western Washington as a Solo Singer/Guitarist or with her band, A FEW GOOD MEN.Her voice tells the whole story: the heat, the honey and a bit of Delta hardscrabble. A savory vocal texture that falls somewhere between Patsy Cline and Bonnie Raitt and on towards the Shania Twain zone. Her arrangements add a modern flavor to classic songs… A taste of rock in the country tunes and a dash of country in the rock.
6:30-7;00 p.m. - BREAK – a chance to mingle and talk before two sets by Angie Foster. Angie says, “I’m a Portland-based, singer/songwriter/pianist. with a Sarah McLachlan meets Sara Bareilles vibe. Or so I’ve been told. (I know I should act cool, but wow, that comparison tickles the hell out of me!)”
7:00-7:45 p.m. – Angie Foster/1st set - Awesome upcoming blues singer & more! Check out her new cd released in June, 2010.
A contemporary pop songstress who creates as much magic on the keys as with her voice, Angie Foster will shake you to your shoes with soaring melodies and brilliant lyrics that seem to speak directly to you and you alone. And then, when you’re least expecting it, she’ll blast out a wicked tune smacking of sex and fun – and suddenly all is extraordinarily right with the world. Give yourself a special present today … and buy this glorious work!–Kimberly Gadette
8:45-9:00 p.m.- Break 9-11 p.m. - Marcia plays dance music (11 p.m. is official Ranch Quiet Time, so the music will stop, but conversations usually continue around the fire pit)
REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR LAWN CHAIRS!
Click on the button below to purchase your ticket PRIOR to the event…will just make it easier as people arrive! We will have a list at the door of everyone who has paid! Use the drop down box to make your selection if it is more than one ticket. The price is:
- $15 for one ticket
- $25 for two tickets
Come, bring a friend and have a great time!
iZigg is dot com that won’t burst | iZigg retail with 90210 is Live!
iZigg is dot com that won’t burst | iZigg retail with 90210 is Live!
If you have a business, and you are serious about connecting and engaging with your current clients and attracting the target audience that will propel your business to the next level, choose iZigg. Choosing a unique key word and combining it with the most famous short code in the global marketplace, 90210, is simply a no-brainer.
Whatever It Takes, grab this opportunity to get unlimited text messaging for a year for your business for only $2495! There isn’t a better marketing deal for text messaging in the global marketplace. Here’s a challenge. If you find a better deal, Text: CoachB To: 90210 and tell me. I will check it out and acknowledge it right here on my blog!
Be a winner in this gold rush! Visit CoachB 90210.
“IZigg Me” will translate to “Text Me” in Mobile Social Media Revolution
“iZigg Me!” replaces “Buzz me!” in the Mobile Social Media Revolution!
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I wrote a recent post with a headline, “iZigg…you zagg…I text CoachB to 90210…you text funky numbers I can’t remember!”
I have said it before and I will say it again. iZigg is a game changer!
Understanding WHY this is true is essential to making the best choice for marketing your company in the future.
In the past, we said to people “Buzz me,” translating to “Call me.” There was no company that branded in such a way to take advantage of that.
Social media has changed EVERYTHING!
People today say, “Tweet me” for Twitter, and “Friend me” for Facebook.
In both cases, the verbal comment translates to branding the company.
In the past, it was symbols that created a brand. The Nike swoosh is one example. Today, they don’t have to put “Nike” beneath the swoosh for people to recognize that it is a Nike product.
iZigg is going to change EVERYTHING…again!
The branding of iZigg 90210 through verbal comments means that, in the future, ”iZigg me” will translate to “Text me,” and people will be able to remember 90210, the most famous short code in the global marketplace!
Instant recognition…instant branding. They will be the first “Verizon, Sprint, or AT & T” in mobile marketing. There is currently no recognized BRAND in the mobile media industry.
IZigg has truly fired the shots and created the beginning of the Mobile Media Revolution. Mobile media will PUSH social media out into the marketplace in a new way, creating the Mobile Social Media Revolution.
Rather than a statement of “Join the Revolution,” a question puts it more precisely, “Who WOULDN’T want to join this Revolution?”
Now you understand why iZigg holds more potential than any other mobile marketing company out there!
iZigg is a large media agency, offering media agency “franchise type” opportunities to individuals, enabling you to create mobile marketing campaigns for your clients (and much, much more in the future). Mock up a few and share with potential clients. That’s what I did when I met with Sally Edwards, triathlon icon, in Seattle on Monday. It was great fun to be a part of the audience in the show, A NewDay Pacific NW, and then to hear her speak that evening…especially since Roby and I are participating in the Trek Women Triathlon on September 19 in Seattle…our first!
If you have an iZigg Media agency and you would like to learn an easy way to do mockups, a visual way to show potential clients about iZigg Mobile Media, sign up for my FREE webinar I will present on Thursday, July 22 at 6 pm PST/9 EST.
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It’s Official! iZigg Launched & is LIVE! Text Coach B to 90210 & Join The Mobile Media Revolution!
It’s Official! iZigg Launched & is LIVE! Text Coach B to 90210 & Join The Mobile Media Revolution!
Get ready. Social Media is going to propel it! That’s why I refer to it as the Mobile Social Media Revolution. It goes together like a hand in a glove.
If you are a serious business person, you are going to want to do one or both of the following:
- Use Mobile Marketing for your Business – iZigg, offering the branding opportunity of combining 90210, the most memorable and researched five digit code in the global marketplace, with your unique key word ,gives you an equity branding position. No other mobile media company can offer this unique positioning!
- Carpe Diem – Yes, seize the day with iZigg as a business opportunity! iZigg has a binary compensation plan. You can watch a webinar on demand presentation at iZigg SMS. It gives you a tour around the back office, showing you how easy it is to set up campaigns and also gives a brief summary of the comp plan. To see a detailed outline of the comp plan, visit CoachB90210 and click in the middle section where it says “WOW” and you will see the Official Comp Plan symbol. Click on that for full disclosure & details.
The bottom line is that NOW is the time to join with our iZigg 90210 Dream Team! Remember “Where’s the Beef?” with Clara? I tell people, “Be sure and ask, ‘Where’s The Value?’ “Let me answer that question as follows:
- One KEY value point is that the closer you get to me, the more you benefit as I will be placing people under you! That delivers one essential component to you…LEVERAGE. Yes, your leverage is increased when you join us now.
- You will be joining the #1 Team in iZigg when you join our Dream Team comprised of many savvy internet marketers. That is a bonus added value! Why? We are already teaching our team how to succeed via internet marketing. Sure…this is a great product to share with family and friends who have businesses. They will literally thank you for helping their business move to the next level with this mobile, text message, permission-based marketing. AND…we also know that we don’t want to leave any stone unturned and miss an opportunity. We will simultaneously teach you how to reach individuals and businesses outside your current sphere of influence.
This second point is what I call Age of Influence Marketing. I do not subscribe to the either/or (offline/online) philosophy. My business approach is both/and. Why choose one marketing method over the other when you can integrate the two and have twice the success!
Click on picture below to be taken to my website. You have several options. You can:
- Personally utilize the product for your business by selecting a product (see below and text CoachB to 90210 about a creating mobile marketing campaign for your business!)
- Join at the $99 level and offer mobile products to your clients
- Join at the $448 ($349 + $99) – Build a Team & also have the ability to direct sale mobile products to your clients
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This video says it all! This is the day mobile media changes forever. WHY? iZigg with 90210, the most recognized 5 digit code in the global marketplace, is the first mobile media company that can brand with its short code. That is a game changer!
iZigg 90210 is a push, not a pull. It will PUSH your brand, your product, your services, your event, out into the marketplace with social media power. iZigg is creating the Mobile Social Media Revolution!
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