How To Create QR Codes
Derral here with DerralEVES.com.
Now I get asked all the time on how to create QR codes.
And in this video, not only am I going to show you how to create that QR code but how
to leverage it.
Stay tuned.
Now guys, QR codes are everywhere.
Theyíre in our marketing material, on our postcards, business cards, brochures, direct
mails, billboards.
Iíve seen them literally everywhere on anyone trying to promote.
And recently I saw it on a woman.
She tattooed it to her body.
A QR code!
Crazy isnít it?
Now she wasnít thinking straight because in a few years things will tend to sag and
you wonít be able to read that QR code.
She wasnít thinking.
So letís take a look at the different types of things that you can do to create those
wonderful QR codes.
Alright guys, you can actually type in ìQR Code Generatorî in Google and you will see
thousands upon thousands upon thousands of different generators.
And you wonít know which one to use.
Now, Iíve already done the research and I already found the one that I like and Iím
going to tell you why I like it.
Itís ìQR Code Monkeyî and you can get there at www.qrcode-monkey.com.
And the reason why I like it is because you can do URLís, text, email, phone, SMS, big
time, Vcard, Mecard, Location based Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and WiFi.
Now the great thing about this is that itís super easy to use.
So letís go ahead and type in a URL.
So letís just go ahead and put www.derraleves.com and the nice thing about this one is that
you can choose the type of color that you can use.
You can just go ahead and see which color, you can actually type in the color code up
there or just find it.
I donít know why I like red so much but I do.
So letís do a darker red.
The great thing is that you can do a no effect or a light gradient thatís on there as well.
Down here in the right hand corner is create QR codes.
So letís go ahead and do that and wall-a hereís our QR code.
But letís say do you know what?
I want to modify it to black.
I like the black look.
And also youíre able to upload an image so you can do it from their gallery of images
or you can upload your own.
So letís go ahead and find an image.
Iíve already got an image that I want to use.
Let it upload for a second.
Weíre going to set to the URL and now we are going to create the QR code.
Now check this out.
It automatically brings the logo right into the QR code.
So look, you donít have any upscale, nothing else.
Then to save the file.
You want to put it in a vector base.
I would always do EPS or PDF when youíre exporting it.
So letís go ahead and do PDF.
It automatically saves it to your desktop or your downloads folder.
But thatís how simple this truly is on the web version but you can do text, email, phone,
SMS, Vcard, all the different things thatís there.
And thereís a really powerful way to use it and leverage that.
But thatís basically the website generator for the QR codes and itís really great.
It has a Chrome app if you use Chrome.
So letís go ahead and move on to the Macintosh application.
OK this is the Macintosh application that I really like.
Itís IQR.
You can go to the App Store and search for IQR.
Now the reason why I like this is there are so many options that you can do.
So letís go ahead and type in http://www.derraleves.com.
So the great thing is, that it automatically creates that and you can see the preview from
there.
Another thing is you can use shortening services so if the URL is super long you can shorten
it up and it wonít have as much information.
So great great thing to do from there.
You can also do Twitter and you can check in with 4Square or Pinterest or YouTube, whatever.
I like this one too because you can actually do an application for Macintosh applications
so you can use a shortening service to do that as well.
But here is the reason why is I like this application more so than the web version.
This is why I love it; you can do the QR code reliability level.
You can do ultra, it really brings it in.
If itís just high, you can do high or medium.
Letís just go ahead and put medium there.
But hereís the cool thing.
Is you can do pixel styles.
You can do separated, Valentines, if you want to do Valentines look or Easter or fully rounded.
I like this one, itís great.
But you can also choose your background color like we did if you donít want white you can
do that or you can do an inner shadow or an outer shadow.
You can modify it around but you really need to, if you make a lot of options make sure
that it still works.
You know.
But you can do some really really cool things with your pixel styles you know and the one
that I, I mean thereís a lot of great things that you can do.
But you can do stripes or whatever but letís go ahead and do fully rounded.
And the nice thing is that you can modify it too.
See how I was able to modify that right there.
Thereís just a lot of great options.
And honestly, if your going to have that little logo in here this is a great way to do it.
You can either put it in front or behind.
You know.
Whatever you want to do.
It gives you complete control.
Down here, the control point style.
This is another one that you have the options to modify.
So you can put a star in there.
You can do rounded, centered you know.
Rounded sides, I mean thereís a lot of great options to give it that special look that
youíre looking for.
Octagon, I always like the octagon.
And you have your disk.
Now letís talk about QR code generators for windows.
Now I tried out a lot of applications, trying to find the right one for you, Iím actually
on a Macintosh.
And Iíll tell you what, I did not like any of the ones that I could find and theyíre
difficult to find.
There is a lot of spam out there with that so my recommendation for windows users is
just use QR monkey.
Just go to the www.qrcode-monkey.com and thatís what I would do.
What if Chuck Norris were to Tattoo a QR code to his body?
Once you scanned it, where would it go?
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