Motivating Mum UK

Do you know what this is?

If you have a barcode reader on your mobile phone, grab it now and read that code off the screen.  Go on, do it, it won’t hurt your phone I promise.

If you don’t have a barcode reader, go and grab a free app from the App store, or wherever you get apps for your phone – this is big new technology, and I really urge you to give it a try..

You should find a copy of the Motivating Mum newsletter on your phone.  How cool is that?

Technology like this just gets my head buzzing.  I can think of all kinds of uses for that little button.  I’ve already put one on my email signature, but it can go on business cards, labels, all sorts of things.  And the data within it can be anything you want it to be, from just your name and contact details, to a whole load of advertising blurb about your business.

I first saw these codes advertised on my MailChimp email software, and that was what led me to do a bit of further research.  My research led me to this, a Word Press plug in for generating codes, which you can then save, copy and use in your own site.  Go on, have a play – the form doesn’t look very pretty but you can have lots of fun with it!

When you generate the QR code using the form above, it will appear here.  You can check it, using your phone. After that you can right click it, copy it and save it anywhere you like.

I’m going to be experimenting with QR codes over the next few weeks.  Expect some more blog posts on this subject as I tell you what I have learned.

If you want to get this plug in for your own WordPress blog, you can download it here .  Or just bookmark this page and come back and use mine whenever you feel like it. And please don’t forget to press the Like button and tell all your friends about this.