Marketing & PR Firms - How to Create a QR Barcode With My Contact Information

After the invention of barcodes in the late 1940s, they rapidly developed to become sophisticated tools for reading data quickly. However, the market still called for a more complex system of decoding information. This is when "Quick Response" code or QR-Code was invented. Standard barcodes are unable to provide information such as links to websites or contact details. Unlike barcodes, QR-Codes are two dimensional, that is, they can store information in both the vertical and horizontal directions. Therefore, a QR-Code can hold considerably greater volumes of data than a standard barcode. Accordingly, you can use QR-Codes to store a variety of data including your contact information.

Generate the QR-Code Image


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Visit the website of a recommended QR-Code generator like one of those listed in the "Resources" section below.



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Select "Create vCard" or "Create Contact Information" from the generator's drop-down menu.









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Add the required contact information.



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Click "Generate."



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Download the newly created QR-Code image to your computer.



Scan it


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Download and install a recommended QR-Code reader app (see Resources).



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Launch the app on your smart phone.



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Scan the QR-Code and you will notice that it automatically adds a new contact to your phone.