{"id":876,"date":"2013-02-05T23:32:37","date_gmt":"2013-02-06T05:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/?p=876"},"modified":"2018-07-21T14:37:02","modified_gmt":"2018-07-21T19:37:02","slug":"add-some-fun-to-your-forms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/add-some-fun-to-your-forms\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create More Engaging Forms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">In the world of lead generation, forms are a necessary evil. But there is no need for them to be dreary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s time to put some <strong>fun<\/strong> into your forms. Yes, fun!<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Volkswagen UK\" href=\"http:\/\/www.volkswagen.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Volkswagen<\/a> could have easily listed every one of their vehicle models in a drop-down menu. But they didn\u2019t. Instead they displayed every model as a thumbnail image. That&#8217;s a little more fun, right?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.volkswagen.co.uk\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-881 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #808080;\" title=\"fun forms\" src=\"http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_vw1.jpg\" alt=\"Volkswagen\" width=\"860\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_vw1.jpg 860w, https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_vw1-300x185.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"British Heart Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bhf.org.uk\/heart-health\/prevention\/calorie-calculator.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">British Heart Foundation<\/a> took it a step further than Volkswagen, and created a cute little animation for each activity.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bhf.org.uk\/heart-health\/prevention\/calorie-calculator.aspx\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-878 size-full\" style=\"border: 1px solid #808080;\" title=\"fun form\" src=\"http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_bhf.jpg\" alt=\"British Heart Foundation\" width=\"675\" height=\"497\" srcset=\"https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_bhf.jpg 675w, https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/funforms_bhf-300x220.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Other ways to de-drab your forms:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sliders<\/li>\n<li>Calendar pickers<\/li>\n<li>Maps<\/li>\n<li>Fun facts \/ educational tips<\/li>\n<li>A competition (post a time clock and the average form completion time)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Share this post:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/?p=876\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/juneux.com\/images\/twitter_share.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?url=http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/?p=876\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/juneux.com\/images\/facebook_share.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=http:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/?p=876\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/juneux.com\/images\/google_share.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the world of lead generation, forms are a necessary evil. But there is no need for them to be dreary. It\u2019s time to put some fun into your forms. Yes, fun! Volkswagen could have easily listed every one of their vehicle models in a drop-down menu. But they didn\u2019t. Instead they displayed every model &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/add-some-fun-to-your-forms\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How to Create More Engaging Forms&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-876","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-user-experience-design"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How to Create More Engaging Forms - June UX<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/juneux.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/add-some-fun-to-your-forms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to Create More Engaging Forms - June UX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In the world of lead generation, forms are a necessary evil. 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