It’s essential that every part of an event, from the lead up, to the event itself, and following up with attendees after, runs as smoothly as possible. Using survey software, you can automate your event registration form and send out a personalized follow-up survey to capture useful feedback.
Category Archives: Online surveys
Health and Safety Data Collection Tools
June is National Safety Month, which aims to highlight and reduce preventable deaths and injuries. We’ve taken a look at how surveys can be used as a data collection tool to accurately and efficiently gather data and keep records for risk assessments, safety audits, and staff training.
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14 Things to Love About Online Surveys
Spread some survey love with our list of 14 things to love about online surveys
Online surveys are a flexible and efficient way to collect feedback and data from your respondents, which can be quickly analyzed and turned into shareable reports with actionable insights.
We’ve put together 14 key features of conducting an online survey.
1. Branding
With an online survey you have complete control over the branding. It’s quick and easy to add your logo and colors, and create a branded URL to share your online survey, so that your respondents can easily identify the survey with your organization.
2. Interactive questions
There’s a variety of different interactive questions that you can use in an online survey to make it more engaging, and gather better responses. Drag and drop questions allow respondents to visually categorize or rank items; interactive images can be a good alternative to check boxes; and sliders will allow you to include more options on a scale without using more space. Continue reading
Anonymizing Data After Survey Completion
Learn how to anonymize data after your survey has been completed
This method may be particularly useful when you want to work with your survey data, but not in a manner which identifies your respondents.
Snap Survey Software stores respondent data in a file with the survey name and extension .rdf (respondent data file), and replies for each respondent are held in individual records in that file. When you delete the variable that holds the personal information from the survey file (.mdf), the details remain in the data file. It is possible to remove the personal data entirely.
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Anonymization of Respondent Data in Online Surveys
Learn how to anonymize survey respondent data, but successfully track completion
We’ve create a helpful worksheet to get you started. We’ll walk you through the steps to upload your respondent database to Snap WebHost. From there, you’ll be able to send an email invitation that includes a unique respondent identifier.
You will be unable to match the survey responses to a given respondent. You can, however, track whether a given respondent has responded and if not, send them reminder emails.
This worksheet is part of our GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) series of worksheets. The GDPR applies only to personal data. The obligations under the GDPR do not apply to anonymous data. We offer several options to anonymize your surveys, including the option to run anonymous surveys using Snap WebHost. Continue reading
Turn Leads into Customers With Follow-up Surveys
Successfully Qualify Leads and Turn them into Customers
Marketers know that sales conversions are dependent on how well the marketing and sales teams work together to nurture leads throughout the buyer’s journey. From the moment a website visitor completes a web form, to the time they participate in a sales demo, to the time they become a new customer, that lead needs to be nurtured and refined throughout every step of the buyer’s journey.
As we all know, leads don’t turn into customers instantly (bummer!). You have to warm up a lead first, and methodically build a relationship with them before they will be ready to purchase. One way to learn more about your leads is to conduct a lead follow-up survey. A lead follow-up survey is a great way to better qualify your new leads and learn more about the information they want to receive throughout their individualized buyer’s journey. If done properly, lead follow-up surveys can prove to be a very valuable B2B sales tool. Here’s how you can include a lead follow-up survey in your everyday business practices. Continue reading
Helpful Tip: Avoid Spam Filters When Sending Online Surveys
Tips to Avoid Spam Filters When Sending Online Surveys
When managing the administration of online surveys, it’s important to take spam filters into consideration. Why? Spam detection systems use a scoring system to evaluate how likely an email message is to be spam. One of the scores is often based on how many other emails have been received with the same content and this score will increase as further copies are received. At a certain point, this score will reach a trigger value and the recipients’ email system will choose how to manage that message. This can be to either mark the message as spam or reject it.
There are also limitations to delivery rates imposed by recipient mail servers. Exceeding these limitations results in a practice referred to as throttling. Throttling in terms of email means that a recipient mail server has accepted all the mail it is willing to accept from Snap WebHost survey management system for a certain period of time.
Each email provider’s system will use different settings and these are not published as making the information public would undermine the reliability of spam detection. As such, any advice given on how to avoid spam filters will never be infallible.
Make sure your subscribers have double-opted-in to receive your emails. Double-opt in means you know that the email address has been typed correctly and is a genuine address. It also gives you an opportunity to ask recipients to add your email address to their address book.
Here are some tips to help you avoid spam filters. Continue reading
QR Codes: Still Strong for Multi-Mode Survey Administration
QR codes may seem like yesterday’s news, but they are still holding strong for surveys
QR codes seemed to be everywhere a few years ago, right? The truth is, these 2D mobile barcodes are still being used by consumers to access coupons, download mobile apps, view product information, watch promotional videos, and more. But, more importantly – at least in our opinion – if you’ve “moved on” from QR Codes, you’re abandoning a very useful tool for surveys.
QR Code
You might think that a QR code is dated technology; however, they are still holding strong when placed on a paper survey. Placing a QR code on a paper survey is an effective means for reaching more respondents, and increasing response rates. The QR code can direct a respondent to an online version of your survey, for immediate completion. Respondents can quickly scan the QR code with their Smartphone and easily access a mobile optimized version of your online survey, ready for immediate completion. Continue reading
New To Snap WebHost Online Survey Management
What’s new in Snap WebHost? Enhanced password security, options to search, sort, and manage your online surveys, and more…
We have added some great new features to Snap WebHost, our online survey management system – providing online surveys and mobile interviewing managed through one easy to use online subscription service.
As part of our ongoing efforts to maintain the highest standards of security, we’ve strengthened the complexity rules for new and changed passwords. We’ve also added folders for you to organize your surveys, for example, by project or date, plus search and sort options to help you easily find the survey project you’re looking for.
45 Words & Phrases to Avoid in Email Subject Lines
Learn the 45 words & phrases you should avoid in Email Subject Lines
With any online survey email invitation, survey researchers face a number of challenges. It is especially challenging to send a survey to participants who have never heard of your company or are unaware of what you are trying to achieve from your survey research. Challenges include deliverability, open rates, and conversion rates (the successful completion of your survey). Because of these challenges, it is an essential step in the survey research process to carefully plan an email invitation subject line that passes through spam filters, seizes participants’ attention and persuades them to open the questionnaire, and submit completed responses. Continue reading