Ask HN: How can I drive more users to my survey site?

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by smoyle • 15 years ago

4 7 15 years ago

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I have a project site where I am gathering information on who people think is the smartest person by reputation. My current bounce rate is pretty high. Any thoughts? Its at http://www.thesmartestpersonproject.com/. Any help is much appreciated!

djloche• 15 years ago

I think having a 'give us your email address' as the first step may be turning people away. If you allowed authentication through twitter, facebook or linkedin, people may be more inclined to participate.

smoyle3• 15 years ago

Ooh - that is a great thought. I was wondering if that could be a part of it. Anything else?

jdee• 15 years ago

I rolled up to the site and my thought process was 'theres not enough information here as to what this site does, so im not prepared to enter my email address'

ColinWright• 15 years ago

Clickable: http://www.thesmartestpersonproject.com

SabrinaDent• 15 years ago

You need to radically re-pitch this. What is the benefit to me? Why would I take the time to do this and why would I give you my email address?

You need to make this about me, not you. "Nominate the smartest person you know and help us find the web's smartest person!"

smoyle3• 15 years ago

Makes sense - thanks for the insight!

Ask HN: How can I drive more users to my survey site?

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