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Why create an online interactive quiz?

Why create an online interactive quiz?

by | Apr 14, 2025 | Audience engagement, Engagement

The quiz, whether interactive or static, is a particularly popular marketing format for brands, because of its powerful engagement skills. Remember the personality tests you used to fill in in magazines, or the cultural quizzes that enlivened your evenings as a student. The simple curiosity of discovering the number of correct answers you had found or your most prominent character trait encouraged you to answer all the questions in the quiz.

Adapted to marketing, the interactive quiz has all the ingredients to activate your audience and collect valuable data that you can then use to improve your offer or optimise your communication.

In this article, we present the main advantages and types of online interactive quiz that you can organise. Finally, we share our tips and best practices for creating a successful marketing game.

SUMMARY

What is an interactive quiz?

An interactive quiz is a type of game in which, after answering several questions, the user obtains the expected answer. A knowledge quiz will reveal the correct answers to the questions asked. As for the personality quiz, it will tell the participant which character trait or personality typology he or she most closely corresponds to.

The whole point of an interactive quiz is to learn a little more about yourself or a subject you’re passionate about.. En tant que tel, le quiz est par nature un jeu interactif, puisque le résultat dépendra des réponses données par l’utilisateur.

Very popular in its educational format, the interactive quiz can also be a powerful marketing tool. For example, it can enable brands to test their audience’s knowledge of their offer, their world or their niche. It’s also a good way of finding out more about their buying habits, what consumers think of a company, and their specific needs.

Why offer an interactive quiz to your audience?

As well as collecting first-party data (i.e. data shared directly by the people concerned) on your audience’s opinion or knowledge, an interactive online quiz generates a number of tangible benefits for the companies offering them.

 

Engagement and virality

The first obvious benefit of interactive quizzes is to boost the virality of content and audience engagement. Take BuzzFeed, for examplewhich has become famous largely thanks to its interactive online quizzes. These quizzes can be shared thousands or even millions of times on social networks, increasing the brand’s visibility and brand awareness.

The interactive quiz mechanism is one of the most engaging, particularly when it comes to holding your audience’s attention. Because they want to know the answer to the questions asked, or the result of their online personality test, participants will be much more inclined to follow each stage of your interactive quiz, right up to the final revelation. And because they’re curious about the results of their friends and family, they’ll also be tempted to share your quiz with their friends and family.

Creating an interactive quiz is also a very effective way of generating traffic to your site. By adding a ‘hint’ button under a question, it is possible to direct the participant to a page (such as a product sheet, for example) to help them find the answer they are looking for. This way, users who want to win will be more inclined to visit the website, increasing its traffic organically.

Consumer education and differentiation

Another advantage of the interactive quiz is its ability to educate your audience, and therefore generate more qualified leads. A survey conducted by Demand Metric in partnership with Ion Interactive revealed that marketers consider interactive content to be seven times more effective at educating their audience. According to the same survey, this difference in lead qualification generates three times more conversions than in a sales funnel in which the content is exclusively static.

Finally, organising an interactive quiz can enhance your brand image and help differentiate from your competitors. For 88% of the professionals surveyed, interactive content is effective or very effective in this respect, compared with 55% of marketers who only work with static content.

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The different types of interactive quiz and their marketing benefits

One of the advantages of creating an interactive quiz (other than collecting first-party and zero-party data) is the possibility of choosing from a wide range of formats and game mechanics. Depending on your audience and your objectives, you can turn to :

Personality quizzes for collecting and activating first-party data

Already well known to users, the personality test is engaging because we are naturally attracted by the prospect of finding out more about ourselves or those close to us. This format, applied to marketing games, can be used, for example, to discover the product preferences of your audience and optimise your retargeting.

The prediction game to engage a fan base

In the run-up to a major sporting event, an interactive prediction quiz is a highly effective way of boosting community involvement. The excitement generated when the results are revealed and the chance to win prizes encourages the commitment of prospects and brand customers alike.

The same applies to other interactive quizzes such as the Blind test (or music quiz), but this time in the world of music.

In this way, semantic targeting offers a more subtle and precise approach to reaching users interested in a specific subject, while preserving the confidentiality of their data.

Surveys to gather additional information about your audience

It is also possible to create an interactive survey-type quiz to collect qualitative data on its customers and better understand their needs and preferences. Rather than a simple MCQ or personality test, the questions in this online quiz will relate to the buying habits, preferences or aspirations of a segment of consumers.

The company can then use the first-party data collected to optimise its advertising campaigns, improve or adapt its product/service offering, or strengthen the commitment of its community. And more, this gamification mechanism allows you to improve the qualification of your prospects and the satisfaction of your customers without having to use a traditional form.

Our tips for a successful interactive quiz

Ready to create an interactive online quiz? Here are the steps to follow to ensure its success:

  1. Identify the objective of your interactive quiz (to provide online entertainment for your audience or to collect data)
  2. Choose the subject of your quiz (a particular product, the history of your brand, a personality test);
  3. Draft intriguing and hard-hitting interactive quiz questions to keep participants engaged and arouse their curiosity;
  4. Apply a points system to each question in the interactive online quiz;
  5. Define the possible results once the quiz has been completed and any rewards based on these results.

Do you need help creating an interactive online quiz around your brand universe? Discover all our quiz mechanics as well as our different design options and choose the ones best suited to your marketing campaign.

Gamification, the driving force behind successful marketing campaigns

Gamification, the driving force behind successful marketing campaigns

by | Apr 14, 2025 | Audience engagement, Captivate the audience, Collect data

Gamification marketing means creating interactive experiences to capture the attention of audiences, collect data and activate it.

Today, brands are seeking innovative marketing solutions that can address new challenges, especially in a context where advertising needs to reinvent itself (end of third-party cookies). Gamification is one of the tools available to marketing teams to communicate differently.

Let’s find out in more detail how gamification can become the driving force behind the success of your next marketing campaigns.

What exactly is gamification marketing

This technique involves integrating game elements into an overall marketing strategy, with a view to increasing consumer engagement and boosting sales. Brands create interactive and playful experiences for their customers. By interacting with the content, they remember them more easily.

To understand gamification in very concrete terms, let’s take the example of a game. Let’s imagine an advertisement for a pen. In a traditional advertisement, the brand simply displays a photo of the pen. The pen is highlighted by a colorful and attractive design. In a gamified ad, the pen invites web users to play a game of tic-tac-toe. By clicking on a button, they are immersed in an interactive experience with the product. If they succeed in the game, they can win a discount voucher to buy the product.

There are many different competition game mechanics. There are gauges, scores, league tables, instant wins, countdowns, scratch-offs, casino games, quizzes and polls, and so on. These fun and creative animations can be adapted ad infinitum according to the objectives of the brands and the knowledge of their audience.

We will now look at the benefits of gamification for advertising strategies.

The 4 benefits of marketing gamification

Catch the attention and getting to be known

The first challenge for brands is to stand out from the competition. The aim is to increase visibility and brand awareness, attract new customers, introduce a new product, etc.

With online games and challenges integrated into the advertising device, visitors pay much more attention to the message. A customer who has a fun and enjoyable experience on a site will remember the brand longer. This can go far as to create an emotional bond, influencing the decision to buy.

As far as events are concerned (whether on social networks, a website or a newsletter), recurring high points such as Christmas, Easter, etc, help to reach a wide audience. Audiences are brought together in a festive atmosphere that encourages play. The brand can also create its own highlights (brand anniversary, organised event, trade fair, etc.).

Engaging audiences

It’s undeniable that audience engagement is greater when content is interactive. The reason is simple. Games offer a fun action that attracts the visitor’s attention before asking them for specific information of action. For example, giving their contact details, installing an app, or giving their opinion in a survey. This is the first step in establishing a brand-consumer relationship.

Interactive games can be used to encourage users to explore a company’s products and services, for mechanics that highlight the features or benefits of the products (quizzes, shopping lists, etc.).

They are also engaging in terms of the time spent with the brand, thanks to mechanisms that capitalise on the spirit of competition (score-based games, gauges, etc.). Finally, the appeal of a gift or promotion revealed at the end of the campaign can generate massive number of new leads.

In the example below, Leroy Merlin launched an operation to survey its audiences about their ranges, while recruiting new leads. In total, over 3.5 million clicks and opinions were collected.

 

game marketing data collection

Boost conversions

Interactive games are also an excellent way of boosting conversions, through the distribution of attractive discounts. These prizes are offered as part of a 100% winning scheme, where each participant automatically receives a voucher. Brands can also offer gift vouchers in exchange for proof of purchase. This encourages customers to buy more products by playing the campaign again.

As well as driving participants to the website for immediate consumption, these game campaigns can also support a period of in-store promotions. Consumers are encouraged to buy more products to increase their chances of winning the reward.

Finally, thanks to the installation of conversion pixels, it is possible to directly measure the sales generated by a game campaign. This feature is particularly useful for brands that want to closely monitor the results of their campaign and evaluate its effectiveness.

Collecting and activating data

By using interactive games as part of their marketing strategy, brands can collect data on consumer preferences and buying habits. This data on existing and potential customers enriches their CRM database. This in-depth knowledge of customers enable brands to personalise their communications. Loyalty programs, for example, offer rewards for repeat purchases. This encourages customers to remain loyal to the brand and buy more products.

In addition, the data collected can also help brands to recruit new leads and acquire new customers. The information collected via interactive games can be used to create more effective and better targeted advertising campaigns. Brands can also use this data to create programmatic lookalike audiences to expand their base of qualified prospects.

By using this information to improve their product and service offering, brands can increase their conversion rate and sales while strengthening their relationship with consumers.

Conclusion

In short, gamification is a powerful marketing strategy for stimulating customer engagement, generating leads and collecting qualified data. Brands that choose to integrate interactive games into their marketing strategy enjoy a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace.

A tool like Adictiz, for example, enables you to create and distribute these interactive formats, give them media coverage, manage data collection and integration into your CRM, and finally activate the data. Relying on a comprehensive platform for launching gamified campaigns means making the choice of performance, with formats tailored to each message.

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Gamification for the employer brand

Gamification for the employer brand

by | Mar 11, 2025 | Audience engagement, Engagement

These days, it’s increasingly difficult to find qualified profiles to strengthen your teams, but also to retain talent within your company. It is therefore crucial for organisations to strengthen their employer brand, not only to boost their attractiveness to candidates, but also to better engage and retain their employees.

Gamification is a tool that can help create a strong employer brand, at every stage of the employee experience. In this article, we share with you some best practices and concrete use cases for gamifying your employer brand and responding to the HR challenges you are currently facing.

SUMMARY

What is an employer brand?

Simply put, employer branding is the way companies present themselves to their employees. While a company’s brand image is primarily designed for and communicated to its customers, its employer brand is also aimed at its employees and the talented people who might consider joining its teams.

It is therefore an organisation’s unique value proposition
as a recruiter and an employer. An employer brand includes a range of very tangible elements, such as the conditions and benefits that the company offers its employees (salary policy, financial and intangible bonuses, etc.). But it also includes more intangible elements, such as the company culture, the values espoused by the organisation and its employees, the career prospects for both the company and its employees, etc.

The employer brand is also built around the image that the company conveys through different
communication tools (career page, LinkedIn profile, presence at trade fairs). But it is also co-constructed by all employees, past, present and future. This involves feedback that they share via their own networks or with a wider audience (on a site such as Glassdoor, for example, but also via their LinkedIn profile, etc.)

Why consolidate your employer brand?

The employer brand is a key element in a company’s ability to grow in the long term. The stronger the employer brand, the more likely it will be to attract, engage and retain the best performers in its teams.

Building your employer brand means you can :

  • Optimise your talent acquisition strategy. The employer brand helps to attract, engage and retain the most talented people. Not only will talent be more likely to apply to a company that enjoys a good reputation as an employer. But they will also be more motivated to give their best to the organisation and will tend to see themselves as long-term employees.

  • Ensure its financial stability. Recruitment is a major expense for companies. In the same way, high staff turnover and positions left vacant for too long can have a negative impact on an organisation’s profitability. The ability to attract and retain the best talent is therefore crucial to productivity and growth.

  • Consolidate your brand image. A company’s ability to offer its employees good working conditions is just as important to its customers. Consumers value responsible brands that respect people, starting with their employees.

Why gamify your employer brand?

Gamification, or the introduction of playful elements into a context not traditionally associated with games, is an excellent way of consolidating your employer brand. Here are 3 concrete steps (awareness, acquisition and retention) where this strategy can be a winner.

1. Gamification to develop an attractive employer brand

In the same way that gamification can be used by brands to raise their profile with potential customers, it is also an excellent way of capturing and retaining the attention of talented people. By introducing playful elements into its communication materials, a company can communicate more effectively with candidates and convey its values and messages in an impactful way.

Gamification offers a multitude of mechanisms for conveying information to your target audience, via an interactive quiz, for example. An interactive approach ensures that your audience will pay closer attention and retain the message better.

For example, many talented young people want to work for companies that share their values. Gamification can be used to communicating and reinforcing the employer’s unique value proposition with candidates. By opting for a Quiz or a Battle, the organisation can communicate its commitments (on work-life balance, sustainable development, diversity and inclusiveness) in a fun and memorable way.

2. Gamification to optimise your recruitment process

Gaming can also enable employers to break traditional recruitment codes. For example, organisations can attract talent by sharing gamified job offers. Instead of listing the requirements and tasks of the position to be filled, companies can use gamification to create immersive offers that highlight their internal culture and values.

By offering a personality test, recruiters can share their expectations in an original way and filter more effectively the profiles that do and don’t suit them. As well as simply standing out from the crowd, gamification is also a profitable strategy for optimising the candidate selection process. Companies can use interactive and fun formats to more effectively identify profiles that match their needs, for example through gamified assessments.

Rather than relying solely on traditional methods (such as tests or job interviews), the organisation can also offer immersive experiences (role-playing, interactive investigations such as escape games). Combined with traditional assessment tools, these enable us to measure candidates’ potential in action more accurately. But they can also be used to assess less tangible skills (such as soft skills like teamwork, empathy, creativity, etc.).

Example: The Bizzbee video competition

The Bizzbee brand proposed a simple challenge: submit your application on video, as originally as possible, and post it on the social networks to gather as many votes as possible from the Bizzbee community. The prize was a CM internship in the social media team and a great atmosphere guaranteed.

BZB challenge

3. Games as a means of engaging and motivating employees

Gamification is also a particularly effective way of engaging employees and building loyalty. In this way, employers can gamify their internal development processes, along the lines of their loyalty programmes. This system, which can include elements such as points and levels, will make it possible to offer teams greater recognition, reward them for their achievements and give them a transparent view of their career development possibilities.

Edutainment, or learning by playing, also shows the relevance of integrating gamification into vocational training.Employees gain skills while having fun, and have the feeling that they are growing with the company. But games can also be used to celebrate the organisation’s high points (anniversaries, new product launches) and to unite teams around fun experiences ( sports games, creative competitions, solidarity challenges, etc.

Example: DPD’s Catch All for the Davis Cup

DPD has set up a ‘Catch-all’ game
to engage and motivate its employees during the Davis Cup. It was a great success, with over 6,000 games played. The operation was a resounding success, with over 6,000 games played, reinforcing internal cohesion and enthusiasm around this sporting event.

DPD catch all
DPD - catch all employer brand

Conclusion

Gamifying your employer brand is an excellent way of boosting your company’s appeal and better engaging your candidates and employees. Discover
our catalogue of playful mechanisms to optimise your employer value proposition and consolidate your internal culture!

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