New Functionality: Contact Information QR Codes

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New FunctionalityContact Information QR Codes

• New functionality on the SacProNet website for
  creating QR Codes that encode member's personal
  contact information, and
• for creating QR codes for Marketing

John L. Mohammed External Vice President Computer
Committee Sacramento Professional Network
August 28, 2012
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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, ...

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Examples abound
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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

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Creating your QR CODE
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Creating your QR CODE
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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

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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
or add it to an existing entry in the address book
or email it to his/her self or another person
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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

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