Your search for the easiest way to add online forms to your Web site is over. Google Forms are the easiest way to put a form on your Web site. Forms is a tool that is accessible via Google Docs. Why would you consider using a Web-based form?
Here are a reasons our tourism business NorthernEdgeAlgonquin.com uses forms on our Web site:
- developing an email database of subscribers for newsletter and blog
- allowing guests to check availability
- gathering data from attendees (food allergies, health concerns)
- managing contact info of guests
- getting feedback on improving our tourism experiences from guests.
The reasons I recommend using Google’s Forms tool is:
- it couldn’t be simpler to create a form, no programming is necessary, it’s WYSIWYG. My first form took less than two minutes
- send invitations to complete the form by email or embed it into a Web page
- results can be private or public or shared within a team
- form creators can choose to be notified by email whenever the form is filled out
- form results can be analyzed in a spreadsheet, complete with calculations
- form results are online and can be accessed from anywhere that you can put your fingers on a keyboard
The short video below shows how to do it, and trust me, anyone with a 5th grade education will easily be able to create and share a form easily with Google’s intuitive form tool. The most difficult part is getting a free Google Account at GMail and clicking on the Google Docs link.
From there, start a new Spreadsheet and click on share. Check the fill out a form box and you’ll be brought swiftly to web form heaven.
Are you using Google Forms to help your tourism web site? Share your story.
