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

Customer Profitability Requires a Good First Date

The season of Valentine’s brings out the best in some and the worst in others. Many of us find ourselves reminiscing about first dates and whether or not the date led to a meaningful relationship. The same romantic wonderings can be applied to the customer – company relationship. When cast in this...read more

7 Steps for Gathering Customer Testimonials

A customer testimonial is a great way to gather feedback that you can share with others, whether they are current customers or prospects. The idea is to share happy customers’ experiences and praises, ultimately influencing others. Social networking and word of mouth are so important today, that...read more

New Release: An Updated Look at Social Media

With the fall came the web survey new release, and there are many new updates and features to the software that will make your survey even better. One of the most exciting features is the Social Media Sharing addition which allows you, the survey author, to share the survey on social media sites in...read more

Survey Media: A Viable Option for Promoting a Survey?

Is social media a viable option for promoting your survey? The growth of social media platforms certainly is enough alone to make you stop and take a look. Facebook has in excess of 840 million subscribers globally and Twitter has approximately 130 million. LinkedIn has over 150 million subscribers...read more

Developing your Research Skills

I recently came across a blog that suggested marketing was an area where a practitioner could be self-taught and be quite successful. In fact the author posits that self-taught marketers can actually be better than classically-educated marketers. The same line of reasoning can be applied to those in...read more

Using Social Media to Generate Response

Social media is certainly the darling of the marketing spotlight nowadays and rightfully so. It can be used to open the door to a new level of interaction with customers, prospects, business partners etc. It can certainly be used to drive incremental purchases, as witnessed by the number of tweets...read more

The Last Question Standing

Respondents who participate in surveys often leave clues to their behavior. As we have discussed in the past, survey abandonment can have a crippling effect on your ability to get a clear read from the data. Longer surveys suffer from higher rates of attrition than do shorter surveys. Questionnaires...read more

Quick Polls (aka Very Short Surveys)

Public opinion polls have been a part of the research landscape for decades. The advent of online survey technology has streamlined the process, but in no way has diminished the need for these highly focused surveys. If anything, the move toward social media has opened up a new realm for our voice...read more

Keep it Simple and Focused

With increasing frequency website visitors are receiving pop-up messages and buttons that ask them to complete a profile survey. Getting to know your visitors and their wants and needs is an excellent strategy. The results can drive changes in content, inform site layout decisions, and in general...read more
The Rise of the Smart Phone: Are you Leverging Mobile? 10 Tips for Mobile-Friendly Survey Creation