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QR codes are starting to get recognized in mainstream society. Although the recognition process has been slow to say the least, based on recent developments it seems that it was only a matter of time before people began to use them in their everyday lives. According to Tech Crunch Facebook has begun allowing users to generate customized 2 dimensional QR codes for some useful applications. The Facebook code generator can be found here. It also seems that Google jumped into the mix a short time ago with their Favorite Places campaign by encouraging users to include a QR code in their storefronts directing users to their online listing page. If these two companies are battling for a place in the QR market it seems likely that millions of people will start to find resources to download QR readers for their smart phones. It is a simple application that gets downloaded to your smart phone.

QR codes can be scanned with a smart phone application available for IPhone’s, Blackberry, Windows, Android, and many other popular carriers. You can personalize your code online with a code generator at websites like Kaywa and embed a URL to your web page, Facebook fan page, text, phone numbers, or a ready to send SMS message and many other options are coming into the marketplace to enhance your marketing efforts. One new addition to the growing industry can be seen at Pangea Media who recently announced that marketing companies can generate codes that embed quizzes, surveys, sweepstakes and other types of customer acquisition strategies.

The most inexpensive way for the regular person to get their customized QR code out there is with a QR business card. Here are 40+ inspirational QR business cards that you might find interesting for your business.

You can use one of our existing QR business card designs and drop your generated code in or you can create a design from scratch and include your personalized QR code. We recommend you to generate XL QR code from Kaywa when adding to your business card.

1800BusinessCards.com is an online printing start-up featuring a Web 2.0 state of the art design studio. Design business cards, brochures, door hangers and more in just a few clicks. Upload unlimited images for free to enhance your designs. Users can also download hi-res PDFs with our iProof (Instant Proof) technology at no cost. Our graphic design team will check and fix any design errors before printing and will help you build one for free from scratch. The company is based in New York but delivers internationally.