Posts by Steve Deakin

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Static QR Codes vs Dynamic QR Codes: Which Should You Use?

By Steve Deakin in Digital Marketing April 22, 2026

A QR code looks simple from the outside: scan the square, open the page. The important choice happens before you generate it. You need to decide whether the code should be static or dynamic. That choice affects editing, tracking, print risk, campaign...

Branded Links vs Bitly: Which Is Better for Trust and Tracking?

By Steve Deakin in Digital Marketing April 22, 2026

Short links used to be a tidy way to save space. Now they do a much bigger job. A link can make someone trust a message, ignore a message, scan a QR code, share a campaign with a colleague, or assume the whole thing is spam. That is why the choice...

From Flyer to Checkout: Building a Trackable QR-to-Conversion Funnel

By Steve Deakin in Case Studies March 14, 2026

From flyer to checkout: building a trackable QR-to-conversion funnel A flyer can still work, but only if it has a job. Too many flyers are designed like tiny posters: logo, offer, phone number, website, social icons and a QR code floating in the...

Photographer Booking Funnel: Bio Page + QR + WhatsApp CTA

By Steve Deakin in Photography Marketing March 01, 2026

Photographer booking funnel: bio page + QR + WhatsApp CTA Photography marketing often gets treated like a portfolio problem. Better images, nicer grid, cleaner website. Those things matter, but bookings usually fail in the gaps between interest and...

UTM + D2eak.link Tracking: A Clean Analytics Setup Guide

By Steve Deakin in Tutorials & Guides March 01, 2026

UTM + D2eak.link tracking: a clean analytics setup guide UTM tracking is one of those marketing tasks that looks simple until a team starts doing it in the wild. One person uses "Instagram". Another uses "ig". Someone adds spaces. Someone forgets...

Branded Short Links: Setup, Best Practices, and Mistakes to Avoid

By Steve Deakin in Tutorials & Guides March 01, 2026

Branded short links: setup, best practices, and mistakes to avoid A branded short link looks small, but it carries a lot of weight. It tells people whether a link belongs to you, whether it is safe enough to click, and whether the campaign behind it...