Survey Data in a New York Minute: When to use Online Polls vs Surveys

The concept of a New York minute can be applied to market research. For those who do not know a New York minute is an instant, which is infinitely shorter than the 60-second minute you and I work with. In the current haze of cloud-based thinking, we can apply this short attention span metric via the...read more

Making the Most of Facebook Sponsored Stories

Long-time users of Facebook have seen a lot of changes to the social networking website over the years, from status updates to timelines. But there's one Facebook feature that can help you develop your customer relationships instead of checking up on old flames: Facebook Sponsored Stories. Ernan...read more

Measuring your confidence

Yes my friends we have entered the political silly season. With a month til the US presidential elections more money will be spent on advertising and on public opinion polls than any other time of the four-year political cycle. It is a good time to be in advertising or research. It is a sure bet...read more

Stretching the truth

Let’s now prepare for a return to the Political Silly Season. Sample size, confidence levels and intervals are critical to the public opinion polling process. However, another crucial aspect for consideration by researchers of all stripes is the nature of the sample and of the respondents.It is all...read more

Friends, Followers, Posts and Learning?

Are you, or have you considered using the likes of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, LinkedIn and other social media platforms as a part of your organization’s learning strategies?  If you said “Yes!” congratulations!  You’ve joined the next generation of learning! If you are not yet on the...read more

My Top 15 Favorite Web Survey Blog Posts of 2011

Today, I started going through the Web Survey blog analytics to see which of our articles were the most popular. We wrote and published a staggering 476 posts so far in 2011! Next week I'll be sharing the Top 25 Most Popular Posts of 2011. However, some of my favorites just didn't make the cut this...read more

8 Tips to be Successful & 6 Ways to Generate Ideas

I happened across this TedTalk today from 2005: Richard St. John's 8 Secrets to Success. I've never met anyone who didn't want to know the secrets to success so I thought I'd share Richard's secrets: Passion, Work, Good, Focus, Push, Serve, Ideas and Persist. My personal favorite secret to success...read more

For Immediate, Quick Feedback Try an Online Poll

While some companies have embraced the power of the internet and take of advantage of user-generated content, real time, updates, and dynamic updates, some companies are still lagging behind.  For those companies that use the internet to power their business, an online poll can get immediate, quick...read more

Surveys & Polls as Great Ways to Engage Your Audience

If a measure of your site's success is how often and how long people come to and stay on your site then you know how important it is to grab your audience's attention and engage them once they are on your site. This may be especially important for news sites and networks, which actively compete for...read more

How Post-Event Surveys Enhance Webinar Effectiveness

You may think that your work on a webinar is over when you finish your presentation. However, much of your webinar’s success relies on what happens after the live event. If you want to maximize your leads and generate more business, you must create a follow-up program. Surveys are a great tool to...read more
The Rise of the Smart Phone: Are you Leverging Mobile? 10 Tips for Mobile-Friendly Survey Creation