When to Hire Someone to Help Create Your Quiz

Hiring someone to help create your quiz can make sense when you want support with the setup, the design, or getting everything connected and ready to use.

As the business owner or expert, you should definitely stay involved in writing the quiz. That includes the outcomes, questions, answer choices, title, and description.

Your voice being in it will make a massive difference in how people feel when they take your quiz. The way you describe their situation, ask a question, or explain what they can do next is part of what makes the experience feel helpful.

You have a particular understanding of the people you work with. You know what they tend to get stuck on, how they describe it, and what advice actually helps them move forward. Bring that understanding into the writing.

For example, imagine you’re a business coach reviewing an answer choice that says:

I struggle with time management.

You might realize that the experience you want to describe is more specific:

I spend all day helping everyone else, then realize I haven’t touched the work I needed to do.

That wording gives someone a situation they can recognize. It also tells you more about what’s happening, which can help you guide them toward a useful result.

Your involvement is what brings those details into the quiz.

The outcomes especially need your attention. When someone finishes answering questions, they’re looking to you for an explanation of what their result means and what to do with it.

Read the advice and consider whether it’s what you would actually recommend to someone in that situation. Make sure the explanation sounds like you and reflects how you understand the problem.

Bring that same attention to the title and description. Those are the first words someone encounters. They should communicate what the quiz will help them understand in language that feels familiar to your audience.

You can absolutely collaborate with someone on this writing. They can ask you questions, help organize your thoughts, suggest wording, and edit the draft. Talking through your ideas may be an easier way to contribute than starting with a blank document.

Stay involved as those ideas become the quiz. Work through the questions together, contribute the details that matter, and adjust anything that doesn’t sound like something you would say.

There are also plenty of parts you can hire someone to handle.

Putting the quiz on your website and connecting your email software are clear examples. If you’d rather have someone else manage that setup, you can give them the quiz content and explain where each result should lead.

The visual design is another area where help can be useful. Someone can choose images, style the quiz to fit your brand, and design a custom cover page or outcome pages if you’re using those.

You can provide the direction for how you want the experience to feel, then let the designer work through how to express that visually.

Think about where your quiz project is getting stuck. If you have the content but keep putting off the website setup, hiring help with that part can get the project moving. If you want a more considered visual presentation, bring in someone who can create it.

Be specific about what you need help with. “Set up my quiz on my website and connect the results to my email software” gives someone a much clearer job than “Make me a quiz.”

As the pieces come together, take the quiz yourself and read through each outcome. Pay attention to whether the whole experience feels like someone is getting help from you.

The person you hire can take a lot of work off your plate. Keep contributing the voice and expertise that made your audience want your help in the first place.

Josh Haynam

Josh Haynam is the co-founder of Interact, a place for creating beautiful and engaging quizzes that generate email leads. Outside of Interact Josh is an outdoor enthusiast, mindfulness student, and sustainable nutrition advocate.

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