Do you ever use QR codes in your marketing?

By
Real Estate Agent with Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers HRE# 58089 - RS

Do you ever use QR codes in your marketing?

They can be very useful for buyers to learn more about a listing if they're standing by the sign.

QR code to a live streaming camera

For example, if you point your smart phone camera at this QR code it'll take you to a live streaming cam showing a 2 acre vacant lot for sale. How easy is that?!

Buyers can check on the view, the weather, the sounds - all done remotely once they save the link.  See a property at different times of the day.  Get to know the area even when you've left the island.

Go ahead and save this link if you just want to transport yourself to Maui's north shore - listen to the bird sounds, watch the sunrise and moonrise.  Don't you wish you lived here?

Park like grounds at 320 Hanauana Rd Haiku Maui

320 Hanauana Rd. Haiku Maui HI 96708 - MLS#394367

Thanks for reading my Maui blog...

Buying or selling real estate on Maui?  That's what I do.  Let me help YOU.

Georgie Hunter R(S) e-Pro, Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers
26 Baldwin Ave., Paia HI 96779
E-mail or call/text: 808 283-0635

Comments (20)

Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

QR codes are pretty useful but they are not at all the end all be all. Overall good though

Aug 02, 2022 08:44 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Hi Laura Cerrano - thanks for dropping by and offering some feedback! 

Aug 02, 2022 09:14 PM
Michael Jacobs
Pasadena, CA
Los Angeles Pasadena 818.516.4393

Aloha Georgie - I remember when QR codes made an entrance with a bit of fanfare but seemed to fall out of favor.  And then they came back.  Will time tell us more?  Let's see.  

Aug 03, 2022 05:19 AM
Joe Jackson
Keller Williams Capital Partners Realty - Columbus, OH
Clintonville and Central Ohio Real Estate Expert

This is an excellent post with great information. Thanks for sharing it.

Have a super fantastic week!
Joe Jackson, Realtor-KWCP

Aug 03, 2022 05:43 AM
Will Hamm
Hamm Homes - Aurora, CO
"Where There's a Will, There's a Way!"

Hello Georgie, I use to use it but have not for the last couple of years.  I know it is still a marketing tool we should use.

 

Aug 03, 2022 06:33 AM
Jeffrey DiMuria 321.223.6253 Waves Realty
Waves Realty - Melbourne, FL
Florida Space Coast Homes

I have used QR codes. They can help the most when attached to your signs (as buyers drive through neighborhoods).

Aug 03, 2022 06:40 AM
Adam Feinberg
Elegran - Manhattan, NY
NYC Condo, Co-op, and Townhouse Advisor

Since we generally can't hang signs- I can't use QR codes in that way. I am working to launch at podcast on my submarkets (Upper Manhattan rather than all of NYC which is what all the other brokers are doing) in the next month or so- and will have a postcard campaign with a QR Code for the 1st time announcing the launch.  I don't know how many people are familiar enough with QR codes- but I think it shouldn't be a problem since so many restaurants started using QR codes rather than passing out menus since the begining of covid.

Aug 03, 2022 09:19 PM
Kathy Streib
Cypress, TX
Home Stager/Redesign

Hi Georgie- I agree with Michael Jacobs they came in strong and then seemed to fall away. During Covid, restaurants used them to hold their menus. I used to have one on the back of my business card (a long time ago) that led the viewer to my before and after photos of stagings. 

Aug 04, 2022 05:06 PM
George Souto
George Souto NMLS #65149 FHA, CHFA, VA Mortgages - Middletown, CT
Your Connecticut Mortgage Expert

Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089 I have not used QR codes, but it is something I should consider using.

Aug 10, 2022 03:55 PM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Adam Feinberg Since the pandemic, many people have got used to them, plus it's so easy now without having to use an app - just point the camera at it and it works instantly.

Aug 12, 2022 05:01 PM
Roy Kelley
Retired - Gaithersburg, MD

I have never used QR codes in my marketing.

Thanks for sharing your experience.

Aug 18, 2022 08:08 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Thanks for all you do here in the rain Roy Kelley - you're a great member of the community.

Aug 18, 2022 06:22 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good morning Georgie - yes I have used them in brochures for some time.

Aug 24, 2022 03:14 AM
Paul S. Henderson, REALTOR®, CRS
Fathom Realty Washington LLC - Tacoma, WA
South Puget Sound Washington Agent/Broker!

The company I used to work for made us use QR codes before people really knew what they were for Georgie. I think I will begin to try them again after reading this post 😎

Aug 24, 2022 12:03 PM
Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089 - I got on the QR Code bandwagon when it was still fairly new and had zero luck. Paid a small fortune with signs using the QR Code and decided it wasn't cost effective for me. I don't really know anyone who uses them in my area anymore. 

I'm sure there have been improvements with QR Codes but I'm not willing to take the risk again. If I could take risks, I'd be on a plane knocking on your door or calling you on the phone in Hawaii asking you if you want to hang out on the beach with me and have lunch too!

Aug 29, 2022 10:08 AM
Georgie Hunter R(S) 58089
Hawai'i Life Real Estate Brokers - Haiku, HI
Maui Real Estate sales and lifestyle info

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP That would be a fun thing to do!  If you ever make it over to Maui, I sure hope you will call me up.

Aug 30, 2022 08:32 PM
Grant Schneider
Performance Development Strategies - Armonk, NY
Your Coach Helping You Create Successful Outcomes

Good morning Georgie - you know I just utilized one of these on a Zoom call.  That works too.

Aug 31, 2022 03:07 AM
Joan Cox
House to Home, Inc. - Denver Real Estate - 720-231-6373 - Denver, CO
Denver Real Estate - Selling One Home at a Time

Georgie, I have not, but my agent just did a flyer for an area she farms and used one.

Sep 05, 2022 05:10 AM
Sheri Sperry - MCNE®
Coldwell Banker Realty - Sedona, AZ
(928) 274-7355 ~ YOUR Solutions REALTOR®

Hi Georgie,

I use them on all my recent listings.  When the first QR codes came out, I started using them but having an app to open them up was just too cumbersome.  So I stopped using them. I picked back up during COVID because the process became much easier, and just about everyone knows how to open the link from the QRC. It is a good tool.

Sep 11, 2022 01:57 PM