Hello Everyone,

We’re trying to set up a QR campaign for liking our FB page (linky). However, when we load the QR code and use our QR code readers (my boss is running Android 2.3.4 on a Droid, I’m running Blackberry 6 on a 9330) our mobile browsers load the Facebook mobile site and it defaults to our personal pages, not the business page!

Does anyone know a way around this? Or why this happens?

@jasonreilly I agree with  @seleanaw, definitely check the URL the QR code goes to. Your business page will have a special URL that can be found in your settings on the page or when you go directly to the business page. You want the QR code to go there. You also will want to make sure your Business Page is not “protected” or locked for viewing. Once you verify all of that the QR code should work.

We had issues on a website one of our codes went to because there was a “redirect” on the page. We resolved that and were able to get the QR Code to stay at the right page. Good luck!

Great idea  @jasonreilly , by the way!

Hi Jason,

This may sound like a long way around a problem but here’s what happened to me. When I first added our a client’s FB Fan Page as a tab on their mobile web site it was behaving funny. One time it would go to a non-mobile optimized page, then the next time maybe to the mobile page. It was all over the place….So what I did and it has worked ever since, is go to the FB Fan Page on your mobile phone from your browser, not fm the FB app and copy the mobile URL. I then sent it to myself in an email and added it as the link for that tab on the mobile web site. Since then it has rendered just fine. In your case use that mobile URL as the URL to create your QR code. Should work, but as you found out it seems like you can never test enough.Good Luck, Mark

Okay quick update: I switched the URL to the wall feed 0 mobile URL (so it defaults to the top of the wall feed on the mobile device). My phone battery is toast, and I’m not allowed to charge it at work, so I just ran out to my car to charge it. I’ll have more news soon!

Yes I too use the QR for Facebook and Twitter likes.  Currently I have it printed on the bottom of my invoices, though I’m intrigued as to what Heather  @clusterwebdesign said about  ’32665 yourpagenamehere’.  I’ve not come across that.

@casmccullough not allowed, but not the fault of our management. We are leasing a building space. The building owners dropped all of these rules on us right before we moved in, claiming that it was required by insurance: nothing that plugs in (seriously: I can’t have a desk lamp, and our graphic designer is not allowed to have the magnifying glass + lamp she wants either), no potted plants with a pot greater then six inches, no fans, no heaters, no food at our desks, its crazy. EVERYTHING we could have at our old (but tiny tiny tiny) location is gone. Which sucks. We’re working on changing it.

@jasonreilly

That’s crazy about not being able to charge your phone at work.

I have never heard of an insurance company that puts those type restrictions on a tenant.

Could it be that the property manager is just trying to keep the utility bills down?

I’d seriously be asking to see that clause in writing for myself.

Are you allowed to plug in your laptops? Your computers?

If so, can you use the USB to charge your phone?

@emillewolstenholme Emille – I learned this trick in the recent Mari Smith Facebook course. I use QR-Code Generator found here -  http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ - choose SMS, and then enter 32665 in the NR field, and your FB page name in the Message field. For me, my FP page is ClusterWebDesign. Generate, and viola! 

I think in the right circumstances, this QR code could be really powerful. For example, when you’re waiting in line (but not for too long ) and you see this code, how many wouldn’t pull out their smart phone and scan it? If you’re at a tradeshow? 

Heather

Yes, assumed.