Sharing a poll: link, QR code or embed

The link

The short link works everywhere — chat, email, a slide, a newsletter. It is also the only format you can frame with words: add a sentence of context above it (“two taps, closes Friday”) and you will get noticeably more votes than with a bare URL.

The QR code

Download the QR code from the poll page when the audience is in the same room as the screen: a classroom projector, a conference slide, a printed agenda, a table card. It removes typing entirely, which is the whole point.

• Print it at least two centimetres square; smaller codes fail on older phone cameras.
• Put the poll address in text underneath — some people would rather type it.
• Test the code on one phone before you print two hundred copies.

The embed

If you have a site or a blog, the embed snippet puts the poll inside your page so voters never leave your content. Embedding is a per-poll setting: when it is turned off, the frame shows a fallback instead of the poll, so check the preview after pasting.

Match the channel to the audience

A group chat needs the link, a lecture hall needs the QR code, a blog needs the embed. Sending all three at once splits attention; sending the wrong one adds friction.

Send one reminder, not five

A single reminder in the last quarter of the voting window usually doubles participation. Repeated nudges after that flatten out and start costing goodwill — keep the end date in the message so people know when it stops.