Let’s get real for a minute. Have you ever taken an online quiz?
From “What Hogwarts house am I?” to “What animal am I?” to “What should my career be?”, online quizzes are all the rage. You’ll be minding your own business, scrolling social media or a blog then BAM there it is…a little quiz grabs your attention and says just the right thing to peak your curiosity! Before you know it you’re answering questions (and even giving out your personal email) so that you can discover what color of cat you were in a previous life…
Admit it. You know exactly what I’m talking about.
Now, quizzes might seem like a fun side-hobby but did you know they can actually be incredibly effective tools for building your email list?
Think about it. People LOVE taking quizzes. And if you build a quiz that grabs the interest of the demographic you are trying to reach, all you have to do is:
Put the quiz somewhere they will see it.
Ask for their email in order to get their quiz results.
BOOM! You’ve got a new subscriber!
When I was asked to test Interact; an online quiz creator software, I jumped at the opportunity. I needed something to spice up the content I was creating and attract more people interested in what I have to offer. Creating quizzes geared towards my target demographic was a fresh strategy I’d never tried before.
Here are the benefits I have discovered from using Interact Quiz Software.
#1 Rapidly grow your email list
When I put my first quiz out there, I had an almost 50% conversion rate from people who clicked on the quiz. That means I got 25 emails for every 50 people who took the quiz. THAT is a great statistic!
#2 Segment your list
There are so many benefits to email list segmentation! A “get to know you” style quiz can help you understand your audience better, automatically separate them based on responses, and enable you to write more personalized, applicable content to them. This is a great strategy for increasing open rates, boosting engagement and getting new clients or customers.
#3 Drive Sales
A quiz is an easy way to show which of your products or services may be of use to a particular person. If you don’t sell anything that can be marketed through a quiz, you can also use a quiz to direct your readers to affiliate products and services.
#4 Get Seen On Social Media
As a business owner, it is getting harder and harder to be seen on social media due to frequently-changing algorithms. A sure way to be seen is if an individual shares something you are attached to. Enter interact quizzes! People often share their quiz results on social media and this is an easy way to spread your business name around on Facebook and grow your presence.
#5 Boost Audience Engagement
Creating a fun, interactive quiz is an easy way to encourage audience engagement. You can also use quizzes to get valuable feedback from your readers and customers.
So far, I have been extremely pleased with my experience using Interact. I was looking for a tool that is simple to use (for myself and my clients), something that looked modern and attractive, and something to boost my numbers that was also fun to do.
Here are more benefits when you use their platform:
Customizable Design
Branching Logic
Multiple Quiz Types
Opt-In Form Builder
In-Depth Analytics
and much more…
There are many options for your business with Interact that I suggest you check out their website and sign up for one of their plans which range from Free to Pro and very affordable!
Is your business off the ground and doing pretty well? Cool. Well done. That stage is often super annoying and tedious. Turning your idea into something that you can actually make money from doesn’t exactly happen smoothly. You’ve probably got everything nailed at the moment, but are there a few things you’re lacking? You can always improve.
Nowadays, pretty much every single business should be up and running online. They should also have a website to accompany everything they’re trying to achieve. Websites are now a staple in the business world, and if you don’t have one, you could be missing out on a lot. Almost every single individual on the planet has access to the internet now, so you might as well make the most of those eyes.
If you’re not online, then you could probably still get a few sales and generate some good money. It happens with some firms. But they’re so important if you want to make serious strides. Let’s go into a little more detail as to why they’ve become an essential part of this game.
First Point Of Contact When something goes wrong with a product or someone just needs to get in touch with a company, they don’t really phone up anymore. This generation is jam-packed full of phones, but many don’t really use them to call anyone! Instead, they’ll want to deal with someone in a live chat, or they’ll want to read the FAQ. A website provides that comfort and that welcome. It’s like a home for the entire company.
People Lazily Look For A Site When you want to know about a certain topic, person, or event, what do you do? You research it online, don’t you? The instinctive thing to do nowadays is to open your computer or whip out your phone and surf the web. So, what if someone sees your company and wants to know more? If you don’t have a site up, then they’re going to Google your name and check out a little more info. If there’s no website there, then they’re going to be a little let down. That’s just how it is these days!
Millions Of People Are On The Web As we briefly mentioned before, there are lots and lots of people online. Right now, there are millions scrolling through search engine results, social media, and other stuff. You have to get in amongst all that if you want to push on as a company. If you’re not with the times, you might end up getting swallowed by competitors that are willing to do so.
People Expect A Website Nowadays We’re now firmly stuck into a society that is caked in technology. Kids these days are literally baffled at how we lived our lives before all of this. They don’t quite understand what it was like before all of this convenient button-pushing. That same spoiled mentality has crept into pretty much everyone’s line of thinking these days. If you don’t have a page that has a pretty website design, then you’re going to be judged negatively. Standards are only going to increase from here on in, too.
Lisa Crisalle, founder of the International Association Of Health & Nutrition Business Owners, teaches us the value of investing in a mentor or coach to help us succeed in business.
Lisa gives insight into why it’s important to “stay on track” even when we have multitudinous new ideas and opportunities that may distract us from our original commitments and goals
With all the hustling you do for your business, trying to bring about success, it’s hard to imagine a time when you might actually want things to slow down or need to find new goals. We work so hard at growing our business, improving our products and services, and getting clients that we forget how attainable success is. Success can become overwhelming very quickly. Alternatively, you might end up needing to change up your goals for the betterment of your own well-being as well as your business’s. If things have gone so right for you lately that you’re finding yourself in a bit of a spin, here’s what you should do!
What to do When Things Go Too Right for Your Business
1. Get Organized as Fast as Possible
When your business starts gaining momentum, one of the easiest things to lose track of is your sense of organization. As things pick up speed, however, organization is the last thing you want to let go, so if you’re feeling disorganized, get organized right away! Losing your organization will create issues, messes, and problems at unpredictable levels of severity in the future since you’ll be more likely to make mistakes and forget about tasks. Be sure to keep your to-do lists updated and check in regularly to make sure you’re not missing anything. Make sure to keep your records clean.
2. Refocus Your Goals
This could simply mean remembering your current goals and refocusing on them, but it could also mean adjusting them so they focus on what’s actually important. Is your goal to keep growing your business and get more clients? Or is it to provide quality services in a personal way? Whatever your goal is or whatever you want it to become, focus on that. Then plan and prioritize to accomplish that goal. This might mean continuing your business growth, but it might mean turning away new clients so you can give your current clients the attention they need.
3. Get Some Help
If projects, details, and tasks are falling through the cracks despite proper organization and goal-setting, then it might be time to bring in some help. Determine what projects you can outsource without sacrificing the quality or goals of your business and then find some reputable people or companies to help lighten your workload. Alternatively, you could hire employees and delegate tasks you don’t have to personally handle or that cause you the most stress. Don’t be ashamed of asking for help! You and your business will benefit from it.
4. Learn, Research, and Implement
Who are your competitors and what are they doing? How are they making their business run well? What are some of the latest technological updates that apply to or can be used in your business? What’s your target market like and have they changed at all? Take some time to learn from your competitors, colleagues, and customers in order to help you and your business improve. Continually search for ways to do what you do in a better, more efficient way.
5. Enjoy and Congratulate Yourself
Remember to take some time to enjoy what you’ve accomplished. Go out to dinner, buy something nice, go on a short trip (or a long trip), invest some money, do whatever you want but please acknowledge and celebrate your success. Celebrate, Dance, Laugh, Enjoy. You deserve this!
Conclusion
Things are constantly changing. Your business is changing, as is your market, your customers, and more. Success and failure; busy seasons and slow seasons; this is the way of the world. The success of your business depends on your ability to learn, react, and flow with these changes.
As a business owner or entrepreneur, I’m sure you know that it is incredibly difficult to find a healthy balance between living your life with family and friends and taking care of your business and business responsibilities. There is a constantly-growing to-do list on the business side of things and it’s difficult or nearly impossible to “leave work at work.” It’s altogether too easy to eat, sleep, and breathe work since your success is dependent upon your ability to hustle and accomplish tasks.
That being said, one of the most important things you can do for yourself, your business, and your success is to establish a healthy, effective business-to-life balance. Here are three tips for doing exactly that.
3 Tips for Establishing a Business-to-Life Balance
1. Invest in your health It’s difficult to lead a company, inspire others, build a team, or grow a business if your mind and body are unhealthy. You might be bringing in record-breaking sales for the time being, but if that’s at the expense of your health, then it’s unsustainable. Plan time throughout your week to exercise, stretch, meditate, and go for walks outside. Don’t skip or rush meals; rather, pay attention to nutrition and fuel your body properly. Make sure you’re getting the sleep your body needs. Get your head out of the craziness that is your business every once in a while and remember to live life, not just do things in it.
2. Clarify your vision
There’s no sense in working crazy hard on your business if you don’t have a clear goal as to what you’re working towards. Most business-life imbalances are due to murky clarity. If you’ve lost sight of your vision, then take a day or two to recenter. Figure out what you want, and then go after that. If you don’t know what your vision is, then you might want to take some time to really think about that. Consider what your ideal day would look like and put together a plan to make that happen. Start going in the direction you want, taking it one step at a time, and cutting out steps that are distractions. There will always be a lot of good ideas and great opportunities, so narrow it down in order to accomplish what you want. Remember that success rarely happens overnight.
3. Deliberately leave work and restore yourself with family
As a business owner, work doesn’t end. There’s always something you could be doing, even if it’s just improving something you already did. This can lead to intense stress as well as an inability to stop working, creating a perfect recipe for imbalance. Rest and restoration won’t happen automatically, you must deliberately make them happen. Pick a day or few evenings per week to close work and invest in family time, social outings, or something you consider fun. Get rest, restore your energy, do something you enjoy, and you’ll be far more able to do great work afterwards.
Conclusion
Balance will always be hard, especially since it can fluctuate so easily. Something that was well-balanced last week has to be adjusted when workload increases or if a family emergency arises. Just remember what your priorities are and keep them in place. Sacrificing one thing for another is fine for a little while, but balance is needed if you truly want to sustain regular growth.
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