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Edible encoded messages. So how many people out there actually use these QR codes? Marketing executives want to know. I like the range of information you can put into a graphic. Over at http://www.qrstuff.com/ you can choose from 17 different input data types (below) including YouTube videos and big chunky plain text documents. The sample below is a list of the free apps on Amazon from January this year, clocking in at 152 words with 725 characters.

You can also go to bit.ly (URL shortener / tracking) and generate QR codes with link to your webpage, in this case a links to the article on about Amazon apps for the month of March 2012.

The bit.ly links can be customized with your own words or number system that you create. Use the bit.ly URL shortener prefix, or their equivalent j.mp prefix: http://j.mp/Free-Kindle-Apps. See the stats of any biy.ly or j.mp links by adding a plus sign: http://j.mp/Free-Kindle-Apps+

 Website URL
 YouTube Video
 Google Maps Location
 Twitter
 Facebook
 LinkedIn
 FourSquare
 iTunes Link
 Plain Text

 Telephone Number
 SMS Message
 Email Address
 Email Message
 Contact Details (VCARD)
 Event (VCALENDAR)
 Wifi Login (Android Only)
 Paypal Buy Now Link

And to cap it all off, you can integrate this with Google Analytics by encoding their "UTM codes" into the bit.ly link at the same time. These codes can be used to find out where your visitors are coming from with Analytics -- the information appears under "Campaigns".  If you click the link to see the stats above, you'll see the link also includes the google analytics UTM that comes after the standard URL (too many acronyms). P.S. If you haven't checked out the Analytics "Visitor Flow" stop what your doing and check it out - information rich. 

Update: See Real Time tracking beta. It works! Try opening and closing a page on your site.

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