QR codes can be effective for healthcare marketing, but they have limitations.
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They’re everywhere these days. You see them often. In magazines, newspaper ads, retail stores, on product packaging and in many unexpected places. Quick Response Codes, better known as QR Codes, with the black and white patterned squares that can be scanned by a Smartphone to link to a web page, registration form, contact info, etc. QR codes link print and the web and allows tracking of its use. And they are becoming more and more prevalent. Their use increased 1600% last year.
QR codes can be very effective, disseminating useful information to the consumer. The code can provide additional information, show a video, provide a place to respond, offer surveys and many other creative uses. QR codes have many positive attributes for healthcare marketers but also some limitations. A listing of both are offered here:
Positive attributes
1. Easy to create
2. Basically free
3. Can be printed on almost anything
4. Can disseminate a large amount of information
5. Provide information in a private setting
Limitations
1. Not everyone has Smartphone…only 35% of population
2. The linked website must be compatible with mobile platform
3. Smartphone must be close to the QR code
4. Phone must have the appropriate app to read the code
QR codes can be very successful for healthcare marketers. But their use should be strategic. It should fulfill a consumer need. And it should be easy to use
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