How to Link a QR Scan Code to your Website

It's the best thing since sliced bread.  Well not really, but QR codes make you feel like a special agent once you pull out your smart phone and scan it to pull up "secret" information.

You see them everywhere these days.  It reminds me of those images on the boxes of cereal where you had to get the special red glasses to see what was contained in the image.  There is something mysterious about QR codes.  For a long time I felt out of the loop, because I didn't have the App to scan for these.

Well recently, as I was creating some promotional material for my church, I thought it would be a neat idea to engage the younger population by linking a QR code to our church's website.

You can link a QR code to anything: a youtube link, your twitter account, or even a pop up text message.

First, if you don't have one, download a scan code app.  On my iphone, I am using ScanLife.

Now let's give it a shot.  Scan this image here -  Before you start thinking how lame that was, just imagine the places where you can put these: on the back of business cards, on church bulletins, on Gospel Tracts, on tickets for events, on promotional material.

Like I said before, people want to know what the code links to because they feel left out if they don't.  Now of course, only those who can are those with smart phones - which equals the majority of people under 50. So I think you will be ok.  The other thing to do is list a link or a recommended app to download to view them.

Ok, ok so I am done talking.  So how can you make these?  In order to find out you are going to have to scan the last item on the page.

You see?  You couldn't resist could you?  The power of QR codes.