What problems is Zigpoll solving and how is that benefiting you?
Honestly, the core problem Zigpoll solves for me is that we needed a super lightweight way to gather quick trial feedback without forcing our customers’ busy lab teams to fill out long, heavy forms. I’m Thomas Oliv, Operations & Sample Coordinator at Northwood Specialty Compounds, and our team is 11–50 people. A huge part of my day is coordinating sample shipments, tracking material trials, and following up once our clients run tests on our specialty chemical compounds. Before Zigpoll, I had two options for post-trial check-ins. Either I sent a long multi-field form that lab staff often ignored or put off for days, or I just asked for feedback over plain email. Email replies were inconsistent, scattered all over our inbox, and every customer would share details in their own unstructured way. That made it really tough to compare results across different trial batches or spot recurring performance issues.
Zigpoll gives me a dead-simple way to build short, focused polls and drop them right into my follow-up emails after a sample delivery. That resin coating trial I mentioned earlier is a great example. I put together a quick poll with a couple rating questions and one open comment box, plus a selection for their next steps. It only takes respondents a minute or two to finish, so they’re far more willing to respond while their test data is still fresh. That solves the delay issue we used to see with slower, longer forms. The notes I get are more specific, and I don’t have to chase nearly as many people down for an update.
It also fixes the chaos of unstructured email feedback. All the answers land neatly inside the Zigpoll dashboard instead of spread across dozens of separate email threads. I can scan results at a glance, see how ratings trend, and quickly pick out comments that need attention. If multiple customers flag the same issue with viscosity or cure behavior, I can catch that pattern fast and bring it to our technical sales lead. That’s a big benefit for our workflow because we can react faster to trial problems instead of waiting to compile scattered email notes at the end of the week.
The simple sharing options are another big win. I can send the poll link through email, or print a QR code to slip into the sample packaging we ship out. Some of our customers’ lab technicians scan it right after finishing their testing. Capturing feedback in that moment means I get far more reliable input, instead of vague memories a week later. That timeliness adds real value when we’re iterating sample formulations.
I also like that it doesn’t require any setup help from our limited admin or technical resources. I can draft, tweak, and send a new poll in ten minutes flat whenever we kick off a new round of sample testing. We don’t have to spin up a full form workflow or mess around with complicated settings just for a quick pulse check. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.