Incredible Polling for Live Events
I waited on this review until we used it live. We needed something to collect/show our polls and results during live events. I did **zero** testing with this product before going live so I put a lot of trust in the software. The full story follows...
This past Thursday we had our usual monthly live event with ~120 live attendees. We used Swift Polling to run 4 anonymous polls during this event to get some industry feedback. In the past, we used GoToWebinar to present live polls to attendees but these days, we're using Streamyard so that's no longer an option. Before Swift Polling, we used ProProfs Polls and that was a legit trainwreck. So here's how our experience went.
The day of the event, I created the 4 polls and linked them together. So, after submitting poll 1, poll 2 gets shown, then poll 3, etc. Poll 4 shows the final "thank you" message. The polls were set up to hide response results because that was used as a webinar teaser to keep attendees until the end.
Then I created a one-click poll link and set up an examplesite.com/poll redirect that linked to the loooong Swift Polling one-click link (they have a support article that explains how to get the link).
Next, we went live and showed the 4 questions throughout the event with the same examplesite.com/poll each time. We provided links in the chat as well and kept explaining how results would be shown later.
At the end, I opened the Swift Polling dashboard, dragged it onscreen and displayed the results of each poll to the audience.
It was simply perfect. The presentation looked top-notch, the software was fast, responsive and worked as described. And the most important part of all...we got 53 out of ~100 attendees to respond. We barely got 10 with Proprofs Polls so we were quite happy with the end result.
If you need live event polling, this here software is a complete, 100% no-brainer at this lifetime price. Please do not hesitate on it. Thanks for offering the deal on AppSumo!
Suggestions:
1. Give me an easy way to create a one-click login link for attendees.
2. Piggy-backing on the above, give me an easy way to make it a short URL. We have our own, but others may not.
3. Give me a special "cleaner" screen to help show the poll results live during events. The current screen shows my plan info and other details. I know it's collapsible, but some people might not see the arrow. It would also be nice to show my company logo on that "cleaner" screen. It would be really nice to have a pop-up modal window that doesn't show the browser URL bar or anything besides the polls and results when clicked.
Elizabeth_SwiftPolling
May 9, 2024Thank you so much for your candid and meticulous feedback. We are very happy that it increased your audience engagement and served you greatly. Also, thank you for the suggestion; we will definitely consider and discuss your points.