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Tracking Your QR Codes to Bring Offline Marketing Online Posted: 10 Feb 2012 04:10 AM PST Over the past few years, QR Codes have become more mainstream and can be seen in most day-to-day activities. There are examples of some very good uses of QR Codes as well as some badly thought out QR Codes. QR Codes are great for getting offline marketing messages online quickly. Adding QR Codes to typical offline marketing material such as posters, flyers, business cards or event badges allows the user to see the message instantly. With all these offline marketing activities being used, how can the business track what is working and what isn’t? Well, with Google Analytics and I am sure most other analytics packages, you can put tracking codes directly into the QR Code and track when users scan the code. Below is a step by step guide to tracking QR Codes in Google Analytics. 1. Choose the URL that you would like the QR code that you are generating to return once scanned.
Example: www.oxondigital.co.uk/register/ 2. Now create your campaign tracking code that you will use to identify the traffic that you receive from the different marketing activity you are running. You can do that by either using the Google URL Builder tool or my GDocs campaign tracking spreadsheet. Example: Campaign Source: University-Flyer This will provide you with the following URL to use: http://www.oxondigital.co.uk/register/?utm_source=university-flyer&utm_medium=qr&utm_campaign=oxondigital4 *Using the campaign content tag you can differentiate between the ads. In the example above I could have used the Campaign Content to differentiate between the different campuses (Wheatley, Headington, Botley). 3. Now that you have your URL with the correct tracking code, you need to find a QR Code generator or use one of the following: - http://createqrcode.appspot.com/ The example below shows the outcome of what we have just created. Give it a try by scanning the QR Code on your smart phone.
4. Now place the QR code on the relevant marketing material that you are going to distribute. 5. To see the results of the tracking code, you need to go to Traffic Sources > Campaigns
6. Now that you have your campaign data you are more than likely wanting to delve further into your analytics to see metrics such as types of devices and locations. To do this you will need to create an advanced segment or two. This can be done in a number of ways, two of which I have shown below. Segment 1 Include > Metric = Medium > Exactly Matches > Campaign Medium (QR)
This segment will bring back results that were generated using the campaign medium name of QR. Segment 2 If you are using lots of different QR Codes you might want to split them by campaign name and campaign medium to delve into the specific marketing channel at the time. Include > Metric = Medium > Exactly Matches > Campaign Medium (QR) AND Include > Metric = Campaign > Exactly Matches > Campaign Name (OxonDigital4)
Once you have created your segments, you will be able to delve further into the data you have received.
The above shows you how you can track your QR code. So whether you put them on a poster, event ticket, t-shirt or coffee cup, you will be able to see what traffic they have generated to your targeted page and/or website. How do you use QR Codes? Are you making sure that you are tracking your offline marketing channels with techniques such as QR Codes? I look forward to hearing your thoughts in the comments below or on Twitter @danielbianchini Thanks to Dan Barker for help on some aspects of this post © SEOptimise - Download our free business guide to blogging whitepaper and sign-up for the SEOptimise monthly newsletter. Tracking Your QR Codes to Bring Offline Marketing Online Related posts: |
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China Financial Markets: When Will China Emerge From the Global Crisis? Posted: 09 Feb 2012 10:07 PM PST I am saddened to report that Michael Pettis' site China Financial Markets has been blocked. The link redirects to a site with a one line message "This Account Has Been Suspended". When I have more details, I will post them. Note: I just heard back from Pettis who is unsure of what happened. Hopefully this will be cleared up soon. I am leaving the rest of this post as I originally wrote it. This is really a shame because Pettis is invariably a great read. I am personally indebted because he has taught me most of what I know about trade. Michael Pettis is Professor of Finance at Peking University, and Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. When Will China Emerge from the Global Crisis? Via email (this may have been posted on his blog but obviously I cannot tell), please consider snips fromWhen will China emerge from the global crisis? by Michael Pettis. Caixin, one of my favorite magazines, has an interview with Liu Mingkang, former China Banking Regulation Commission chairman. In it Liu says: I've said in the past, that this economic crisis will spread from the United States to Europe and finally land in Asia. Now we can see that it's already begun influencing Asia.Reasons Obvious Above emphasis in red is mine. Yes Michael, I am saddened to say the reasons are indeed obvious. In China, when you overly criticize government you are going to run into problems, such as your entire blog being blocked (or something much, much worse). My blog is blocked in China as well. While on the subject of blockage, please consider Country Specific Blog Censorship by Google; Twitter Employs Censorship as Well; Echo Comments Not Working on Redirects. Also, please reconsider paragraphs above in italics by Guo Yuhua, starting with "Power is becoming too formidable and cruel. It is out of control, and without limits. It has kidnapped society and strangled reform. ...Only by empowering society and enlightening citizens can the strength to reform be developed." Is Guo talking about China or the war-mongers, the unions, the banks, and the corporate lobbyists in the US? My vote is all of the above. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 01:40 PM PST Germany's "Official Denial" If you seek confirmation that Germany is actively trying to force Greece out of the Eurozone, strong evidence appears in the form of an "Official Denial" Please consider Merkel Says Won't Force Greece Out of Euro German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she did not want to see Greece being forced out of the euro, warning that this would have "unforeseeable consequences.""Official Denial" Theory For a discussion of the "official denial" theory, please see Eurozone Breakup Logistics (Never Believe Anything Until It's Officially Denied) Cede Budget Sovereignty Roadblock Right in line with "official denial" theory, Germany started placing as many roadblocks as possible on Greece. On January 27, Merkel demanded Greece to Cede Sovereignty to Eurozone "Budget Commissioner". Unfortunately for Germany, French president Nicolas Sarkozy shot down the idea. However, Germany would not let it drop and two days ago Merkel floated a similar idea disguised as a Spaghetti-O. Spaghetti-O Roadblock For details of the Spaghetti-O loop proposal, please see New Merkozy Proposal "I will Give You Money If You Give It Right Back"; Mathematical Scam to Prevent CDS Triggers Schäuble Starts Salami Tactics In addition to the Spaghetti-O loop, Eurointelligence discusses the "Salami Roadblock". According to Financial Times Deutschland, Wolfgang Schäuble now wants the Bundestag to vote only on a fraction of €30bn out of the total cost of the second Greek rescue package of €130bn. He is supported by the finance ministers of the Netherlands and Finland who met as part of the secret meeting AAA-rated ministers. The reason for this unexpected move is that the coalition has reason to fear that the general exasperation about the lack of progress in Greece made it uncertain that it would be unable to get the necessary parliamentary for the whole package. Also the coalition wants to keep up maximum pressure on Greece. In Brussels the Berlin, the move was greeted with surprise and irritation, the paper reports.Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble Calls For Vote Courtesy of Google Translate, please consider Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble Calls For Vote Greece is waiting for € 100 billion - but in the coming days, the federal government wants to release a maximum of 30 billion. This announcement Schäuble irritates the Euro Group. Greek Deal Done? Earlier today we heard Greece accepted a deal. Not so fast. The Washington Post reports German FinMin: Greek deal on spending cuts appears to not yet fulfill bailout conditions That title was the entirety of the article. IMF Says No Deal Zero Hedge reports Greek Deal Done? Not So Fast Says IMF
Read that first bullet point carefully. We now have an official denial from the IMF. However, it is of secondary importance because it pertains to austerity measures and not a eurozone exit. Also read the last bullet point closely. Now the IMF is placing roadblocks. Zerohedge jumps to conclusions regarding the last bullet point "By the way, dear US taxpayer, the IMF - that's you." My take: Congress is not going to allocate any money for this boondoogle. Greece Forcefully Seeking to Dump Greece In spite of denials, it is quite obvious Germany wants Greece out of the Eurozone. However, France and other countries do not. The IMF appears to be siding with Germany, and that is a big change. If there is a deal, don't expect it to last. Greek elections are coming up, and even if they halt those elections (quite likely if a deal is reached), Germany will simply place more and more demands on Greece as soon as Greece misses budget targets (almost immediately). Why These Games? Germany seeks to absolve itself of any guilt for what happens to Greece. It wants Greece to make the exit choice, while placing as many roadblocks as possible to force Greece to do just that. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 09 Feb 2012 09:49 AM PST Bloomberg reports Japan Machine Orders Fall More-Than-Estimated 7.1% as Yen Climbs Japan's machinery orders fell at the fastest pace in three months in December as a faltering global economy and gains by the yen dimmed the outlook for exporters.Predicted Growth or Predicted Mirage? Spend enough money and you can get GDP to rise. But what about that deficit to the tune of 230% of GDP? To solve the deficit problem, Japan proposes massive tax hikes. What would tax hikes do for consumer spending? If Japan does pass tax hikes, it could strengthen the Yen. What would a strengthening the Yen do to exports? Simply put, the estimated growth is a mirage, if it happens at all, and increased government spending is going to cause other problems. For further discussion, please see Japan Faces Moment of Truth: First Annual Trade Deficit Since 1980; New Trend or Simply the Tsunami Effect? Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
Posted: 08 Feb 2012 11:26 PM PST Joe Weisenthal writing for Business Insider reports Consumer Credit Demolishes Expectations, Grows $19 Billion. It's hard to think that the economy is going into any kind of recession with numbers like these. For the second straight month we just got a HUGE number on consumer creditThe data on which that chart was produced was the Consumer Credit - G.19 government report. Demolishing the Revolving Credit Side of the Story Lance Roberts of Streettalk Live demolishes the revolving credit side of Weisenthal 's story (a $4 billion December rise) in an excellent perspective Consumer Credit and the American Conundrum. Demolishing the Non-Revolving Credit Side of the Story My job is to demolish the non-revolving side of Weisenthal's story, and it's an exceptionally easy task to do. Non-Revolving credit rose $11.8 billion in December. However, $8.8 billion of that is growth in federal government loans (which just happens to be where student loans are parked). Here are some charts I put together stripping out federal government loans. Non-Revolving Loans Minus Government Loans Non-Revolving Loans Minus Government Loans Detail True Bounce in Percentage Terms Note that the year-over-year "bounce" has not even gotten back to the zero-line in spite of exceptionally easy comparisons. Middle-Aged Borrowers Pile on Student Debt Reuters reports Middle-Aged Borrowers Pile on Student Debt Educational borrowing is up for every age group over the past three years, but it has grown far more quickly among those between 35 and 49, according to the analysis of more than 3 million credit reports provided to Reuters by the credit score tracking site CreditKarma (CreditKarma.com). That group saw its school debt burden increase by a staggering 47 percent, according to the analysis.Negative Payback on Retraining The benefit of going back to school at age 49 is likely negative. My friend "BC" comments: The payoff for 40- and 50-somethings taking on debt to change occupations or trying to find jobs in "health care" or "education" and compete with Millennials trying to secure similar positions is low or negative.Fewer Nonfarm Employees Now Than December 2000 Here is one key chart (of many) from Fewer Nonfarm Employees Now Than December 2000; Unemployment Rate: Some Things Still Don't Add Up; Obamanomics? Total Nonfarm Employees There are currently 132,409,000 nonfarm employees. In December of 2000 there were 132,481,000 employees. How's that for job growth? Retraining Scam Job retraining is scam perpetrated by for-profit universities, fueled by statements from Obama regarding re-training people for new jobs. Brick-layers are told they can be "chefs", take $10,000 courses and the universities call it a "success" if they land a job "in their field" at McDonald's. Unemployed roofers are led to believe they can become Java programmers, and they waste collective $billions trying. Meanwhile out of work Java programmers are told to take up a trade like roofing or auto mechanics. The cost of education keeps rising because Obama (like Bush before him), keeps adding to the student loan program when the entire student loan scam really needs to be shut down. Why Does the Scam Roll On and On?
One can always find success stories, but in aggregate, retraining middle-aged workers is a net waste of money. To Paraphrase Joe Weisenthal Now, to paraphrase Joe Weisenthal: "It's hard to think that the economy is NOT going back into a recession with numbers like these." The difference in viewpoint is understanding what the underlying numbers really represent. Mike "Mish" Shedlock http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.com Click Here To Scroll Thru My Recent Post List Mike "Mish" Shedlock is a registered investment advisor representative for SitkaPacific Capital Management. Sitka Pacific is an asset management firm whose goal is strong performance and low volatility, regardless of market direction. Visit http://www.sitkapacific.com/account_management.html to learn more about wealth management and capital preservation strategies of Sitka Pacific. |
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