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Create Lead Magnet contact forms and surveys to capture leads

Article: 000053873
Updated: October 29, 2025

Share a customized, mobile-friendly survey online to engage and convert your social following

Use Constant Contact's Lead Magnet tool to create mobile-friendly contact forms and surveys that can be shared on your social media pages or in print with a QR code. Use them to capture valuable lead information and then convert followers into marketable contacts.

 

When you get started, we automatically generate Lead Magnet surveys for you, which you can customize and share. At any time, create additional contact forms and/or surveys and customize them as desired. Surveys are generated based on either a template of your choosing or a prompt in which you indicate the information you'd like to collect from your audience.

 

As you collect leads via your Contact form and surveys, track responses and nurture a relationship through personalized, targeted messaging.

 

 

    Get started with Lead Magnet

    When you first access the Lead Magnet feature, generate a contact form with a unique URL to capture contact information easily.

     

    1. Click Audience > Lead magnet from the menu on the left.
    2. Click Create Lead Magnet.

      Audience Growth Center Capture leads

    3. Click Continue.

      Intro and Continue Button

    4. Pick a category from the list that best matches your business/organization.

      Select category from list

    5. Fill out your business name and first name and then click Save & Continue.

      Business Name and first name

    6. Your Lead Magnet web address will be generated for you and can be customized. If you'd like to customize it at a later time, click I'll do this later. Otherwise, enter a unique username and then click Confirm and Continue.

      Enter custom username

    7. We can notify you by email and via SMS message whenever a prospect has filled out one of your lead magnet forms. Email notifications are enabled by default. To receive SMS messages, enter a mobile phone number.
    8. Check the consent box and click Add Phone Number.

      Add phone number and consent to SMS

    9. Select the ways you plan to use your lead magnets, and then click Save and Continue.

      Select Lead magnet uses

    10. (Optional) Test out your lead magnet link and/or QR code. Then click Continue.

      Test out your lead magnet

    11. Click Open dashboard.

      Open lead magnet dashboard

     

    On your home dashboard, see the Lead Magnets that were automatically generated for you. These are live, and if you are happy with them, they can be shared and you can begin tracking your collected leads. Or customize in the following ways before sharing:

     

     

    Create your own contact form

     

    You can create multiple contact forms and multiple survey forms. To add a new Contact form at any time, return to the Lead Magnet page and create a new one.

     

    1. Click Home from the left-hand menu.
    2. Click Create



    3. Click on the Contact form block.



    4. Select a template from the list.





    5. A new, published Lead Magnet will be created with a pre-generated name and slug. Modify the name of the page, if desired.
    6. Modify the URL slug of the page, if desired. 
    7. Optionally, choose to set this contact form as your Main Lead Magnet.  Your Main Lead Magnet is the first page people see when they visit your primary Lead Magnet ctct.me web address. Setting this page as your Main Lead Magnet replaces what visitors see there.
    8. To see the live version of your lead magnet, click View Live Page.


     

    If you are happy with the form, it can be shared as is and you can begin tracking your collected leads. Or, customize the visual style, final page content, and/or the footer of the contact form.

     

    Create your own survey form

     

    In addition to contact forms, you can also create surveys – this helps you learn more about your contacts and find out what exactly they need from your business. Quickly generate a survey Lead Magnet page relevant to your business and goals by answering the prompt, “What do you want to ask your audience?” This prompt creates the custom content for your form, which can take up to 60 seconds to generate. Alternatively, select from a pre-built template.

     

    As prospects interact with your Lead Magnet, they will first answer the survey questions. Then, after completing the survey questions, users are brought to two final pages: a contact information submission form, where they can enter their name, email, and phone number, accept the terms and conditions, and opt in to marketing, and a thank you page.

     

    To create a survey:

     

    1. Click Home from the left-hand menu.
    2. Click Create



    3. Click on the Survey block.



    4. Fill out the prompt, or enter your website/social media profile URL, and the tool will pull from it to create your form. The more information you provide, the better. Then click Create.
      Note: Click Start from a basic survey template to choose a pre-built template instead.



    5. Once generated, modify the Name of the survey, if desired. 
    6. Modify the Slug of the survey, if desired.
    7. Optionally, choose to set this contact form as your Main Lead Magnet.  Your Main Lead Magnet is the first page people see when they visit your primary Lead Magnet ctct.me web address. Setting this page as your Main Lead Magnet replaces what visitors see there.
    8. To see the live version of your lead magnet, click View Live Page.

     

    If you are happy with the survey, it can be shared as is and you can begin tracking your collected leads. Or, edit the survey questions/answer options. Additionally, you can customize the visual style, final page content, and/or the footer of the survey form.

     

    Lead Magnet URL structure

    When you set up Lead Magnet, a unique link is generate for you. This link begins with ctct.me and is followed by a random set of numbers and letters (the primary slug), such as ctct.me/abcd1. You can modify the URL by updating the end of it with your own username, for example ctct.me/olivias-salon. One of the pre-generated Lead Magnets will be set as your Main Lead Magnet and will be assigned this URL. You can set any of your Lead Magnets as the Main Lead Magnet. Any additional Lead Magnets will be assigned a URL containing a secondary slug, for example ctct.me/olivias-salon/hair-care-survey. Customize your links to make your brand stand out and the web address easier to remember.

     

    Lead Magnet tools

     

    Click the Tools tab from the left-hand menu to see the various Lead Magnet tools available to you:

     

    • Brand your link - Update your ctct.me URL
    • Export - Export your Lead Magnet contacts
    • Restore - View and load previous versions of a Lead Magnet
    • Sponsorship - Add a marketing sponsorship image
    • Timezone - Change the time zone to one other than the Eastern time zone
    • Deactivate - Take your form offline
    • Tag manager - Use Google Tag Manager to deploy marketing tags on your form
    • SEO - Add a meta title, tags, descriptions, keywords, or a no-follow
    • Test Lead Magnet - Check for broken links and any other potential issues before you publish your form
    • Zapier - Integrate with other platforms through Zapier


    Available tools for lead magnet 


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