Did you spot all of the differences? Not all were obvious and there were certainly a few tricky ones! Here’s my break down for all the changes I made to the form and why.

1. Change Sub title from “Registration” to “RSVP”
One of the main rules of thumb for creating an effective InviteRight form is to always consider who will be using your event’s form. In this case, since it is a party, your users will expect to RSVP rather than to Register. The term “register” is typically reserved for conventions or seminars. It is a slight semantic difference to be sure but if your hope to guide your users through the forms without confusion then these are the types of considerations you must keep in mind.

2. Include a Deadline / Name the deadline “RSVP Deadline”
It is easy to forget to add in the “Response Deadline” in the Create stage of your forms, but including it and placing it at the top of your forms gives your guests urgency for making their decision.

3. Change “Personal Information” to “Attendee Details”
My very first blog post addressed this very issue of titling your headers in a way in which your users will not feel as though they are revealing sensitive “Personal Information.” Again, all of the wording of your forms should consider the context – Attendee Details and even RSVP Details is more effective than Personal Information.

4. Capitalize the “N” in First & Last names
It’s a small change but one I always try to remember to do this for aesthetic and consistency sake.

5. Remove the Address information
We default the Address question to appear for all of our forms but there are certainly events – such as party RSVPs (among family and friends) where you would hardly require the need to obtain that information. If you don’t need it, get rid of it! Extraneous questions will only clutter your form.

6. Remove the heading from “Additional Information”
This heading, as a information separator, does not provide any particular usefulness in the context of this form and only serves to take up more vertical real estate. By removing it you can “chunk” together very succinctly all the questions you want your guests to answer in the Attendee Details section. Keep in mind this notion of “chunking” information or questions to make it easy and logical for for your users to work through your forms.

7. Personalize the event details text
You don’t need to settle on our the default text! Personalizing the event details is your chance to speak directly to your audience. You want to have people come to your party? Jazz it up then! Providing a personal touch to the events details gives your guests context and emphasizes the importance of their registration or RSVP.

8. Provide the exact location address for the Google Maps link
By providing the exact location (during the create status) your forms will have a direct location link to Google Maps that appears in both the registration and confirmation pages. This makes it easy for your guests to get Google’s step by step directions to your event whenever they need them.

Now you’re on your way to becoming an expert forms creator!