Ask a quick question in your email ('are you planning to come?', 'which one would you prefer?',...) and let people answer simply by clicking on a link, instead of having to write a formal email response. YAMM Polls lets you easily insert a mini form in your draft and will collect all responses in your Google Sheets.
This article is for users who want to insert simple forms with one question to their emails, and collect short answers.
If you want to add multiple questions or more complex forms with MCQs, then please use Google Forms.
Why use YAMM Polls?
When you ask a question with YAMM Polls, you make it fast and easy for your recipients to reply. They simply choose their answer directly from your email.
Here are a few examples:
- You're inviting your friends or family to an event (a wedding, party, corporate event ...) and need to quickly know who will attend
- As a product manager you are about to release new features on your product and want to collect feedbacks
- You are trying to understand your prospects' needs and check if they would be interested in what you're selling
- etc.
Set up
1. Insert the form links to your Gmail draft
All your form links must begin exactly with the following syntax:
Where YOUR_RESPONSE corresponds to the response you want to collect.
Let's take the example where we want to know who will attend our wedding. To test this feature, you can make a copy of the following template on Google Docs to your Gmail draft:
We have included the three following answers / responses to our form: Yes, No, Maybe.
Here's a table with the corresponding links to each answer:
| Response / Answer | Link to insert in your Gmail Draft |
| Yes | https://yet-another-mail-merge.com?response=Yes |
| No | https://yet-another-mail-merge.com?response=No |
| Maybe | https://yet-another-mail-merge.com?response=Maybe |
Note: YAMM is case sensitive so your answers will appear in your spreadsheet exactly like how you typed them at the end of the links (upper or lower cases). If you inserted 'https://yet-another-mail-merge.com?response=MAYBE', the answer will be 'MAYBE'.
In your Gmail draft, simply insert your links with your answers like any normal link. So you can insert them behind images, buttons, or simple text. In our example we'll choose to insert them behind text:
2. Activate the tracker and send your mail merge
Once you're ready with your template, send your campaign to people you want after activating the tracker. If you forget to do it then YAMM won't be able to collect your recipients' answers.
3. Collect all responses and enjoy the result
When your recipients answer to your form, they will be redirected to the following page, which confirms that their responses have been recorded by YAMM:
Go back to your spreadsheet, and you'll notice a new column called 'YAMM Poll' which has been automatically created. You can then collect and check all your recipients' answers at a glance:
Comments
9 comments
Quick question: Can we only use Yes, No, or Maybe? Can I create a custom responses, like:
Or if I were trying to gauge which service my clients feel they need most:
This polls application is excellent!
I have a doubt.
I would like to know if the confirmation page can be changed when the user sends the response.
If this option is only enabled with the premium account I am interested in buying it
This feature is awesome!
If I send one email to multiple recipients at the same company and include a poll, is there a way to track who responded to the poll or is there a way to track if a response was changed/updated from the original confirmation?
Thanks!
This polling feature very useful.
Do we have any option in adding another tab/table for remarks where recipient can draft some text and submit.
This feature is incredible!
Is there a possibility to have a different landing page for the answer?
Hi Pros De Zutter,
Yes you can but the answer might not appear on your spreadsheet, it's why we recommend using the three links listed in the article.
Thanks !
Richard
I just ran a poll and the results it generated didn't correlate with people's responses. I'm not sure what went wrong with this.
Hi Golibe Omenaka
Are you using multiple accounts on the same time? It can affect the YAMM feature. Also, can you try to send another YAMM Poll and see if you are facing the same issue?
If so, we suggest to contact our team support at support@yet-another-mail-merge.com
Thank you
Does the recipient have to click a link to show feedback on my side? The only reason I am asking is I have had people who apparently clicked "Yes" only two business days (upon my follow up) unsubscribe and state they never clicked yes. Also, I re-purposed the link the provide three options of a date (April 22, April 23, April 29) and the first link has about 90% of the replies - can this be done by some servers?
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