Creating and Using Bar Codes for Smart Phones

Bar codes are cool, easy, and they take your reader EXACTLY where you want them to go!

   Any clients or prospects that are even the slightest bit techno-oriented will love the idea of scanning in your barcode with their phone just to see what happens. It gives them a chance to use their technology and show off a cool toy to their friends - or anyone else who happens to be nearby! The really cool part is that what they are actually showing off is you and the site you sent them to!

Barcodes are very easy to make and can link to any site on the web. It takes less than 2 minutes to make a bar code and they work with all smart phones! Here's the scoop on making your own barcodes:

1. Find a barcode generator: There are a lot of choices in websites and software when it comes to generating barcodes. For me, the two most important factors were the ease of use (I do NOT consider myself to be a techno-geek) and the ability to make barcodes for free. After researching many, many websites I picked the online barcode generator by tec-it because it fit both of my personal requirements. For a direct link to their site...scan the barcode! Make sure you pick the 2D barcode as it is the most commonly read by smart phones.

2. Copy the web site address and post it into the "data" field.

3. Instead of generating the barcode, I would recommend you download it. This gives you the opportunity to crop the barcode and remove the reference to the tec-it website that you'll see under the generated barcode.

4. Once downloaded, right click your new barcode, select "save as picture" and then name and save your picture.

5. Insert the picture into your advertising, newsletters or whatever else you'd like.

That's it, you're now a barcode generating pro and the talk of the town amongst your technologically inclined clients and prospects!

Enjoy!!