Sportswear manufacturer Brooks Sports Inc. has launched a multichannel marketing campaign to supports its new Ghost 3 shoe that includes 10,000 direct mail pieces printed with 2D barcodes. The 2D barcodes from JAGTAG play a pivotal role in this effort and are featured in print materials and on employee promotional T-shirts at 600 retail locations nationwide in addition to the direct mailers, which are being sent to Finish Line customers. Consumers who e-mail a photo of the 2D barcodes with a camera phone can enter a sweepstakes. Prizes include an all-access VIP package to a Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon, for which Brooks is a sponsor. Consumers also receive a video about the Ghost 3 shoe and can opt-in for more information and communications from Brooks. This is Brooks’ first mobile campaign. The JAGTAG 2D barcodes deliver multimedia to both smart phones and standard phones, without requiring the consumer to download an application prior to use. "By incorporating JAGTAGs at the point-of-sale and in direct mailers, Brooks has created an innovative way to share the excitement of the Ghost 3 shoe and the Rock 'n' Roll Marathon with a mass mobile audience,” said JAGTAG CEO Ed Jordan, in a statement. Seattle-based printer Revolution handled the direct mail pieces for the campaign while JAGTAG and integrated promotion marketing agency Marden-Kane are administering and managing the sweepstakes.
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By vytas barsauskas on Jul 29, 2010
i work with an organizatin that allows us to place 2 Mb of data with a barcode with invisible ink. that data can be read as video, photo/graphic or text. Do you see any interest in building depth to your bar code program with this new technology.
By Joe on Jul 29, 2010
Well it worked fine until i tiried to retrieve the meseage. It said my "device was not supported" So I guess therein lies the problem. I can read a QR Code just fine, but until there is a universal application to read JagTags, QR Codes, etc... this will be a limited application. Still pretty cool though.
By Chantal Tode on Jul 29, 2010
The mobile industry is definitely struggling with finding a universal way for marketers to interact with consumers. SMS, QR codes, 2D barcodes, RFID tags and embedded NFC technology are all being used to varying degrees right now, each with its own pluses and minuses. It will be interesting to see how this all shakes out over the next few years. QR codes and 2D barcodes are darlings of the print industry right now but even RFID and NFC have print implications. The technology can be embedded in posters, for example, which consumers can wave their phones over to get information.
By John Cashman on Jul 30, 2010
Joe - Unfortunately it means that your phone doesn't support video. Chantal - We are pretty happy with the response rates to the Brooks campaign and agree with Chantal that the finding a universal means will benefit us all including JAGTAG. JC
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