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Thinking about using the right questions for your survey.
February 1, 2022
Leading Questions in Surveys

Bias can occur quite frequently in our everyday lives. And we are often the instigators, using bias to turn a situation in our favour. Social desirabi...

Workstation set up for home working
January 27, 2022
Working From Home Survey Questions

When the Covid pandemic first emerged in early 2020, the world changed dramatically. None more so than the world of work. Organisations with office-ba...

Clock indicating the best time to send a survey
January 19, 2022
The Best Time to Send a Survey

Having done everything to perfect your survey, you’ll want to achieve the best possible response rate after sending it.

Putting together pilot test questionnaire
December 24, 2021
Pilot Testing Questionnaires

It doesn’t matter whether you’ve previously built lots of questionnaires, or you’re working on your very first one. You’ll want to maximise its engage...

Participant signing their consent to take part in study
December 17, 2021
What is Informed Consent?

Whether as a result of our participation in a research study, or as a health or social care patient. No matter what walk of life we’ve come from, most...

Woman offers her satisfaction feedback.
December 13, 2021
Creative Ways to Collect Feedback

When it comes to feedback, we all consciously and subconsciously collect it from others daily. It’s why we adapt our behaviour depending on the situat...

Young man exploring polls and surveys for his next questionnaire
November 30, 2021
Poll vs Survey: Difference and Uses

From the difference between surveys and questionnaires, to the variations that exist between surveys and online forms. When it comes to feedback and t...

Manager talking new recruits through induction programme
November 23, 2021
Employee Onboarding: How to Get it Right

When it comes to your company assets, staff are among your most valuable, as having the right employees, knowledge and abilities in place, can be the...

Smiley face showing a great customer experience
November 4, 2021
Omnichannel vs Multichannel: Why It Matters for CX Surveys

While many of us will be familiar with the term customer experience (CX) and its importance to driving brand loyalty and revenue, our understanding of...

October 12, 2021
One Question Surveys

Whatever survey you create, you’ll want to achieve as high a survey response rate as you can, as this will increase the reliability of your data and w...

Location for survey presentation
September 1, 2021
How to Present Survey Results

Having worked hard on your survey design and achieved some great results, you’ll want to maximise their value with those who matter.

August 18, 2021
Getting the Most Out Of Your Reporting and Analysis Features

Whatever size, or type of organisation you are, having an improved understanding of your stakeholder audience has never been more critical to your suc...

July 20, 2021
Developing a More Human Approach to Customer Support

With today’s ever more competitive marketplace, it’s no longer enough for businesses to rely solely on product quality and the right price to stay com...

Professionals carrying out competitive analysis
July 8, 2021
What is Competitive Analysis?

When it comes to business none of us operates in a vacuum.

Young man thinks about questions to include in an application survey for a job vacancy.
June 25, 2021
Application Form Questions

Having looked at the advantages of application forms in recruitment, in the first part of our exploration into this topic, we’ll now take a more detai...

Young lady filling out online application form
June 23, 2021
Advantages of Application Forms in Recruitment

Given the increasing competitiveness of the recruitment industry and statistics, which reveal that 46% of recruiters are struggling to attract top tal...

June 17, 2021
Examining the Importance of High Contrast Accessibility in Accommodating Low Vision Users

As an organisation, we’ve been working hard on accessibility issues. And although we still have some way to go, we’re fully committed to ensuring our...

A survey taker keeping his identity anonymous.
June 7, 2021
The Benefits of Anonymous Surveys

Having taken the time to create the perfect engaging survey, got your distribution methods ready and your team prepared to collect and analyse your re...

Social desirability bias is common during interactions with new people.
May 28, 2021
How to Reduce Social Desirability Bias

Many of us can probably relate to the following situation. When we’re in new or unfamiliar social surroundings, we will often mask our true selves and...

May 19, 2021
Watch: Discussing Accessible Survey and Chart Design

For Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) 2021 our accessibility consultant, Katherine Moonan, invited colour blind football commentator, Cameron...

Undertaking a training needs analysis
May 11, 2021
How to Identify Training Needs

When you consider that employees are typically the biggest contributors to a company’s overall profits and worth, it’s not hard to appreciate why the...

Employee answering pulse survey questions.
May 4, 2021
Pulse Survey Questions that Deliver

Having provided a solid introduction to what is a pulse survey and how it can be used to support employee engagement, in the first part of our investi...

Staff member arrives dressed for their onboarding day.
April 19, 2021
Onboarding Questions for New Hires

When you consider that as many as one in every five new hires are unlikely to recommend their employer, it highlights the importance of creating the r...

Evaluating a live event
April 15, 2021
Event Evaluation Methods

When you consider the time and effort that goes into organising an event, you’ll want to know that yours has been totally worthwhile, not only for you...

February 17, 2021
HTTPS Activation For All Surveys

Some time ago, we changed SmartSurvey so that by default all newly-created surveys would have HTTPS (TLS 1.2+) security activated by default, and a fe...

January 4, 2021
How To Manage People Remotely

Having already explored the background to why so many of us are currently working remotely and the potential advantages and disadvantages that this pr...

December 11, 2020
Appraisal Questions For Effective Performance Reviews

Given that employees are one of the most valuable assets that an organisation has, with those experiencing the greatest success tending to have the mo...

December 3, 2020
What Is A Good Survey Response Rate?

Whether you’re trying to assess customer satisfaction with your business, what your customers may think about a new product you’re developing, or even...

November 11, 2020
What Is Customer Experience?

Modern customers no longer base their loyalty solely on price or product, but rather the experience they receive from a company, the ability for organ...

November 4, 2020
What Is G-Cloud?

If you operate in a public sector or government organisation, we’re sure there will have been numerous occasions in the past when you’ve had to design...

October 27, 2020
Effective Exit Interview Questions

From unhappiness with their job role, working conditions, relationships with other colleagues or the lack of career progression opportunities, to othe...

October 26, 2020
Asking For Feedback

No matter what walk of life we are in asking for feedback is crucial, as without knowing how other people perceive us, we are unable to know what we n...

October 13, 2020
The Sun Sets On SurveyMoz

SurveyMoz has been a sister product of SmartSurvey for many years, but the time has come for it to go into a well-deserved retirement. This is going t...

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