Guide
Can a QR code sign people up for email notifications?
Yes. Scanning a follo QR code opens a page where people follow with their email address, and from then on, on paid plans, follo emails them each update you send. There is no form to build and no mailing list to manage.
Step by step
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Create a follo for the thing people care about
A business, an event, a team, a waitlist.
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Print the QR code
It links to the follo's page, where the Follow button is.
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People follow with an email address
follo confirms it with a sign-in link.
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Send updates
Each update goes to every follower in follo, and by email on paid plans.
What the message looks like
Riverside Night Market: schedule change
Opening an hour early this Friday for the holiday.
Other ways, and when they're better
A sign-up form
Better when you need more than an email address, like names or preferences. You then need a tool to send to that list.
An email list
Better for long newsletters with images and sections. It means sign-up forms, unsubscribes and a tool to run.
A group text
Better when the group is small and everyone already knows each other. It gets noisy fast and shares everyone's number with everyone.
What follo is
follo is a one-way notification service that lets people follow a person, business, product, event, group, property, waitlist, or other subject through a link or QR code and receive updates from its owner.
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Questions
Can people stop the emails?
Yes. Every email has an unfollow link, and followers can turn email off in their settings.
How many emails can I send?
Up to three updates per follo in any 24 hours; your plan sets the monthly email allowance.