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		<title>QR Codes at bus stops</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since March 2010, bus stops in the County of Rogaland, Norway, have been equipped with individual QR codes. At the time of writing, the installation has covered more than 2800 QR codes around 1200 bus stops.&#160; 
Currently when scanned, the QR-codes provide current information regarding the scheduled departure times at each location. Soon these departure [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/trends/qr-codes-at-bus-stops/</link>
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		<title>Driving traffic online using direct mail marketing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Source: http://www.overnightprints.com/news/driving-traffic-online-using-direct-mail-marketing-1064&#160;



There are an overwhelming number of consumers who actively search the web to learn about new products and services, which has led many small business owners to create websites that either educate consumers on their offerings or allow them to buy directly. However, driving traffic to web pages can often be difficult, with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/trends/driving-traffic-online-using-direct-mail-marketing/</link>
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		<title>Share and Track the Story of Any Object with Printable QR Codes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[source: http://mashable.com/2010/08/18/tales-of-things/&#160;
Name: Tales of Things
Quick Pitch: Adding memories and stories to objects and places via the Internet of Things and read/write QR codes.
Genius Idea: The Internet of Things is a growing trend; the term defines the idea of objects that are tagged, web-connected and endowed with the ability to relay data. This startup is all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/trends/share-and-track-history-with-qr-codes/</link>
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		<title>Why QR Codes Are Poised to Hit the Mainstream</title>
		<description><![CDATA[source: http://mashable.com/2010/07/20/qr-codes-mainstream/




The QR code, or quick response code, is simply a two-dimensional bar code that came into being in 1994 and found a large audience in Japan. Stateside, however, QR codes — while clever for tying real-world objects to online content — have always remained on the outskirts of public awareness. 

 



Nonetheless, we’ve seen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/trends/why-qr-codes-are-poised-to-hit-the-mainstream/</link>
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		<title>Paper campaign starts action against email footers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reported from www.print21online.com 
Companies with footers encouraging users not to print emails are being targeted by APIA’s paper – part of every day life campaign.
According to Tim Woods of the paper – part of every day life campaign, an increasing number of industry companies, organisations and individuals are damaging their business value chains by using [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/news/paper-campaign-against-email-footers/</link>
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		<title>Introducing Marilyn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A great big CQ welcome to Marilyn!!!!! She has joined the CQ team and will be doing quotes. We are really glad to have Marilyn as part of the team. She has many years of experience in the digital print industry and has accumulated a huge amount of knowledge.
All quote requests are still to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/people/introducing-marilyn/</link>
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		<title>Introducing Collette Quinn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Collette is the virtual host of our facebook page and can also be seen on our building, greeting by-passing traffic with her witty observations on life.
Every week her speech bubble will say something different.
What would you like her to say?
Click on Collette’s image below to go to the Collette Quinn photo album and enter your [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/people/introducing-collette-quinn/</link>
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		<title>Lincoln Rd Opening Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We had the Lincoln Rd opening party on Wednesday 9th June. Thank you to everyone who came, it was a huge success. There were about 160 people so the response was fantastic! The feedback on CQ&#8217;s new look, the prizes and Nickelby the magician (yes we had a magician) was extremely positive and we had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/news/lincoln-rd-opening-party/</link>
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		<title>359 Lincoln Rd</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you hadn’t heard (where have you been?) CQ have moved to 359 Lincoln Rd because we keep on growing! We’d run out of room at our Manchester St office, and needed to move to larger premises. 
Here are photos taken from the last four weeks showing the new offices taking shape. Hover over the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/news/359-lincoln-rd/</link>
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		<title>Use Mobile Marketing to Build Your Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s a really easy way to build your business and keep in touch with all of your clients.          
Place point of sale signs at appropriate locations (check-out, table, counter or wall) and let the customer subscribe to your emailing list before they leave – just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://news.cq.co.nz/trends/use-mobile-marketing-to-build-your-business/</link>
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