{"id":1617,"date":"2011-08-18T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-18T16:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2016-11-11T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T10:41:55","slug":"should-small-business-being-getting-excited-about-qr-codes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cornwallseo.com\/search\/should-small-business-being-getting-excited-about-qr-codes\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Small Business being getting excited about QR Codes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer, no.<\/p>\n<p>I assume you know what <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/QR_code\">QR codes<\/a> are, if not go read and learn.<\/p>\n<p>I used them once, in Pizza Express, one was on the back of a menu and it gave me a business idea for a crowd sourced event. I scanned the scatty image and it sent me a recipe of classic pizza. Which is cool. Although I never looked at the recipes or use the QR codes since, even though I see them pop up like a rash on the hot, sweaty back of a Ginger in Ibiza.<\/p>\n<p>What I do use the scanner for though is &#8211;  and I hope  no one from Waterstones is reading this &#8211; is checking out the books in Waterstones, scanning them with <a href=\"http:\/\/redlaser.com\/\">Red Laser<\/a> and checking out the prices online. Mostly I download books by Kindle and If I could do it through the wifi at Waterstones (they don&#8217;t have wifi and neither does the Costa within the Waterstones) I would be willing to pay a few quid to have it there and then.<\/p>\n<p>I like to have things as soon as I want them, strange how consumers are these days.<\/p>\n<p>How much profit does Waterstones make on a \u00a310 book, couple quid I assume. But if instead of selling the book it merely acted as a showroom for books then&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>That is not the only use of Red Laser, it is also useful as a note taker of things you like to buy. It&#8217;s quite interesting to mooch around Tesco and Sainsbury&#8217;s scanning stuff. Well I find it interesting, but then I&#8217;m an uber geek.<\/p>\n<p>So, should small business get excited about QR codes? Not yet. Soon though, as more and more, business will be conducted in this manner and although it&#8217;s fun, the masses have not yet adopted it. Much better to let first movers iron out the kinks and allow you to analyze what works and what does not.<\/p>\n<p>Although, I quite like my idea using QR codes. I think I shall save it for Dragons Den.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Short answer, no. I assume you know what QR codes are, if not go read and learn. 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