60 Percent of Social Media Users Made a Holiday Purchase Based on Recommendations [Infographic]
Think social media just fun and games? According to social media and marketing agency Mr Youth sixty-six percent of social media users made a holiday purchase as a direct result of social media interactions with brands or friends and family. Additionally, 65% of users’ recommendations led to a purchase, with recommendations of social media users [...]
QR Codes for Small Business 101
One of the ways a small business can market itself better both offline and online is by using QR codes. Although, currently quite new to business owners and customers, QR Code usage has been rising (see these QR code stats from back in April) and it’s wise for any small business owner to jump on [...]
QR Code Shopping Wall Trend Continues
A few months ago I posted a video on QR code shopping walls in Korea, which provides busy commuters with a convenient way to purchase items they need on the way home from long work days. Now the trend is spreading, here are some great pictures of shoppers in Singapore buying Christmas items by scanning [...]
QR Code Generator New Version Release
Now in COLOR! The latest version of our QR Code software has some great new features and is still easy to generate QR codes for your business cards, campaigns and other print material, and will now do it all in color. Instead standard back-and-white add a little color to your codes to make them stand [...]
If You Use QR Codes You Need a Mobile Site
I’ve helped a number of clients add QR codes to their business cards, print advertising, etc., and was shocked to learn that many of them are putting urls in their codes that send visitors to non-mobile websites. Because QR codes can redirect potential customers (or existing customers) to any site, you need to ensure that the website [...]
QR Codes May Redefine the ‘Convenient Store’
One of the most creative ideas yet for the use of QR codes. Watch the video:
Ten Steps to Getting Internet Leads
People often ask me what the best ways are to bring leads into their business via the internet. While it really does depend on your niche, I’d have to say the following three internet lead builders can convert prospects into paying customers quite well. Video Blogging Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) So how are you [...]
QR Codes in Business: 3 Direct Benefits
As we have written about many times at Techie DIY, many companies today are using the power of QR Codes as part of their marketing strategy. If you haven’t heard, quick response codes, or QR codes are simply a type of barcode that were first used in Japan for tracking down auto parts during manufacturing. [...]
Beware Of Fake AntiVirus Software On FireFox
There are reports today of a new social engineering attempt to install an infection onto your PC. This is tied FireFox and Windows, so if you are not using both of those, you have nothing to worry about. If this applies to you, then there are several things to be aware of. One is something [...]
Online Business Ideas -a Hundred of ‘em
I thought it would make for some fun reading if I came up with a list of 100 online business ideas. Many of these I have done successfully over the years, some were contributed by others, and there are a few that I came up with, and believe can work well, I just never had [...]