Different time zones. Different schedules. One community! One challenge of having members from around the world is finding a time when everyone can join a live call. So I'm changing things up! Starting now, I'm offering TWO Open Office Hours sessions most weeks, at different times to make it easier for members to join, wherever you live or work. 📅 TUESDAYS — 7 AM CT / 8 AM ET 📅 WEDNESDAYS — 2 PM CT / 3 PM ET 🎙️ What's on the agenda? YOU decide! These aren't structured presentations. They're open conversations where you can bring your questions, ideas, or challenges. ✅ EZ Bio and building your Link-in-Bio ✅ QR codes and digital business cards ✅ Marketing and growing your business ✅ Skool communities and affiliate marketing ✅ Anything else you'd like to discuss! Whether you're across the street, across the pond, or on the other side of the world, I want you to have a chance to join. No agenda. No presentations. Just real conversations and helpful answers. 🌍 Check the graphic for international time zones and the community calendar for upcoming sessions. 👇 Let me know in the comments: Which session works better for you — Tuesday or Wednesday? If neither works, tell me where you're joining from and what time works better!

QR codes are everywhere these days. You see them everywhere: restaurants, business cards, flyers, signs, parking meters, product packaging, and even T-shirts! But there's a growing problem. Scammers use QR codes to trick people into visiting fake websites, steal personal information, and even collect fraudulent payments. It's called quishing — QR code phishing. And here's the challenge for those of us using QR codes legitimately: How do you get people to TRUST your QR code enough to scan it? That's why I believe branding your QR codes is more important than ever. ✅ Add your logo. A recognizable logo helps people associate the QR code with your business. ✅ Include a clear call to action. Tell people what they'll get when they scan. Don't make them guess. ✅ Use a recognizable destination. Whenever possible, link to a domain people recognize and trust. ✅ Make your QR code look professional. A well-designed QR code can help build credibility. ✅ Be consistent with your branding. Use your colors, logo, and messaging so people recognize your business wherever they encounter it. Of course, a logo doesn't guarantee a QR code is safe. Scammers can copy logos, too. People should always check the destination URL before opening a link or entering personal information. 🟡 Two QR Code Tools to Help You Stand Out I created two QR code tools to help businesses and creators use QR codes better in their marketing. 📱 QR Code Generator — Inside EZ Bio Create clean, professional QR codes that connect people to your website, Link-in-Bio, contact information, or other online destinations. 🎨 Logo QR Code Generator — LogoQRCodeGenerator.com Take your QR codes a step further by incorporating your logo, images, and branding. Perfect for flyers, signs, business cards, T-shirts, and promotional materials. Both tools help you make your QR codes more useful, recognizable, and on-brand. The goal isn't just to make your QR codes look better. It's to make them recognizable, communicate their purpose, and give people more confidence about what they're scanning.

So I've got lots of ideas about QR codes. However, I've got one really interesting story, which I'll get to at the end so you can have a little laugh. QR codes have become a familiar bridge between the physical and digital worlds. More than 90% of marketers now use them, and they’re increasingly being used to create experiences rather than simply point people to a website. If you want to have a little more fun with them, here are five quirky ideas worth trying. 1. Put One on Your Coffee Cup ☕ Give your morning coffee a digital sidekick. A QR code on a takeaway cup could reveal a joke, daily tip, playlist, discount, loyalty reward or even a secret menu. The trick is making the scan feel like a little discovery rather than an advertisement. 2. Turn Your Business Card Into a Mystery Instead of sending people straight to your contact details, make the QR code say something intriguing: "What's behind this?" or "Scan me. You might like this." The destination could be a personal video, special offer, portfolio, booking page or even a quirky introduction. 3. Hide QR Codes Around Your Business 🕵️ Turn your shop, office, hotel or café into a mini treasure hunt. Place codes in unexpected locations and give customers a reason to find them. Each scan could unlock a discount, piece of information, clue or entry into a competition. QR codes are already being used for contests, loyalty programmes and exclusive content, so there’s plenty of scope to make the experience playful. 4. Put One Somewhere Nobody Expects A QR code doesn't have to live on a brochure. Put one on a park bench, mirror, plant pot, shopping bag, luggage tag, restaurant table, car window or even a T shirt. The location becomes part of the marketing. A QR code on a restaurant table might say "Bored waiting for your food?" and lead to a game, special offer or behind-the-scenes story. 5. Make Your Product Packaging Interactive 📦 Don't let the relationship end when someone buys the product. Put a QR code on the packaging linking to a recipe, demonstration, setup instructions, reorder page, bonus content or surprise offer. Product packaging is already one of the most popular QR Code marketing channels, with 46% of surveyed marketers using it.