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Wicked Cool QR Codes

Lori — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:12:12 +0000

What the heck is a QR Code?

A QR (Quick Response) code is a two-dimensional image that can be scanned by a smartphone or other camera equipped digital devices, and will automatically direct you to a multitude of information.

You may have seen them on catalogs, food packaging, and ads in the past and never given them a notice.

QR codes have been around since 1994 in Japan and they are being used more broadly in advertising with the smartphone boom. More consumers are accessing the web thru their mobile devices and QR codes are a great way to quickly get your content to the viewer.

Why the heck do I need a QR Code?

From linking to your homepage or a specific page on your website to giving someone turn by turn directions to your stores location thru Google maps. The limits to your usage are pretty limitless.

But isn’t that what URL’s are for? Yes, but URL’s can be long and easily forgettable.

Picture your ad in a magazine and someone sitting in a waiting room is passing the time by flipping thru it and sees your awesome ad, designed by WCS of course. At the bottom of the ad they see your long URL directing them to your site. They may love the ad, of course, and love the product you are selling but they don’t want to write it down and maybe the want to quickly share it with others. How can they do that? A QR code.

The pull out their smartphone, open the QR Code reader app and scan the code. From there they can facebook it, email it, text message it, to others in a matter of minutes. In that short time your little ad with its nifty QR code has spread the word of your awesome product to millions of other potential clients.

Aren’t QR code generators free and easy to use? Why the heck do I need you?

Good question. Yes, there are many QR code generator websites and they are very easy to use. What we offer is our abilities to customize your QR code for use on web and print.

By customizing your QR code you are branding it in a unique way that makes it stand out and aids the viewer in explaining what the code does.

A QR Code can handle a degradation of up to 30% of its data, depending on the rate of compression, and still works. What the heck does that mean? Basically we can add all kinds of stuff to it and it still scans okay.

WCS QR Code Services

Now that you have decided to have a QR Code created for your website, social media presence, or any web based content, we can help you create a code that will stand out from the rest. From creatively placing your logo in the middle of the code with matching colors to your branding to making a full illustrated mascot with a QR Code built into the design, we do it all.

WCS QR Code Pricing

Custom QR Code pricing starts @ $35.00 for placing logo in the center, and starts @ $135.00 for QR code Mascots

Some custom QR Codes we have done in the past.

Sticker Robot Reduces Prices…

Lori — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 03:27:01 +0000

I received this in my inbox today so if any of you are in need of stickers head over a order em now because they have reduced their prices! www.stickerrobot.com

House Re-design

admin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:09:36 +0000

About 2 months ago we decided to renovate our house from the very top shingle to the flooring. New paint inside and out, new kitchen new appliances… THE WORKS! I am soooooooo freaking happy to say it’s almost over. The last tile and carpet should be laid Monday and then they do the roof and we are done! It’s been a long, hard, tiring and MESSY road, even a water pipe broke and flooded the kitchen and the upstairs bathroom the DAY they new tile was laid. But the results are awesome and well worth it. We will be posting pics soon, but the point is to say that we will be returning to our normal hours as of Monday, we can’t wait, when we started this we had NO idea how disruptive this would be, but we survived!

Cool Contest!

admin — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:48:49 +0000

My Sister-in-law sent me an email today letting me know about this contest for Pammy J’s Boutique Clothing. In the end my sister sent in 3 designs. You could tell all these women really put alot of time and effort into these designs just like all the small business owners I’ve designed for over the years. So when you get a min stop on over and vote for one of these designs and keep supporting WAHM’s and the little man. Voting is until June 30th!!! :D

www.pammyjdesigncontest.com

WCS changes

admin — Tue, 13 May 2008 21:56:02 +0000

Currently we have 4 emails that our clients can use to contact us. Over the next few days we are going to be dwindling this down to one sole email. Then we will be implementing a support/invoicing system. We have been having some attachment/bouncing email issues lately and this system will completely fix this. All client communication, proof mock-ups etc… will come through this system. You will have you own account you can sign into to contact us or even pay an invoice we have set up for services. This change will be taking place very soon so please bear with us during the switch and remember our sole email addy now is info @ wickedcoolstudios.com. (without the spaces)

On another note we are moving house! So our toll-free line will be unavailable during the next few weeks so please note to either email us at the addy above or use our site contact form. Thank you! :)

orphan works bill = art theft

admin — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:55:59 +0000

Whether you’re a professional artist, or someone that once took a few photos you think are rad, you should know about some new legislation facing Congress.

Currently before Congress stands the new Orphan Works Bill. If passed, this bill will adversely affect visual artists, as it would drastically affect copyright laws.

Right now, anything you create is protected by copyright, whether you register it or not (although if you don’t register it, you cannot later claim copyright infringement.) Under this new legislation, nothing you create would be protected unless you commercially register it. You would have to pay to own rights to anything you create, commercially or just for your own pleasure, so that other people cannot steal your work.

The idea behind the Orphan Works Bill is to “free up old work” from copyright owners who have passed away (currently copyright laws last through the owners lifetime, plus 70 years.) But what if you’re still alive and making new work? You basically get screwed. In a sense, it will “orphan” anything you’ve ever created. Unless you want to digitize all your work, or pay big bucks to register your creativity, you’ll want to check out more on this legislation. A good clearinghouse of info can be found HERE.

~ Article by Juxtapose Art & Culture Magazine – click HERE to view

top design don'ts

admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 23:35:31 +0000

A lot of our clients maintain there websites themselves after we finish the initial design. We always try to educate clients on how to maintain there site in a professional manner, but we all have to live and learn from being a new website owner. We will be writing a 5-8 part series about how to maintain your site and not drive potential customers away with un-needed jazz. We notice the same mistakes over and over with new site owners (mistakes we ourselves made at one time as well). We hope to pass this info along as to better prepare you for keeping your site, fun and professional at the same time. Keep an eye out!