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January 10, 2020
You Collected Employee Engagement Data... Now What?

Capturing employee engagement data is essential to knowing how satisfied and motivated your team is at work. Motivated employees are more likely to pe...

January 1, 2020
10 Benefits of Online Surveys

Internet connectivity has exposed light to every dark corner of the world. The implications of the internet for carrying out surveys and analysis are...

December 20, 2019
Christmas Party Questionnaire – We’ve Got It Covered

Soup or Smoked Salmon? Turkey or Beef? Christmas Pudding or Trifle? Yes, the annual work Christmas bash is just about upon us. If you, or any of your...

December 4, 2019
10 Compelling Reasons Why You Should Survey Your Customers

Your customers are your most valuable source of information. Not only are most of them happy to tell you if there’s something they really love about y...

November 7, 2019
How Surveys Help Employee Recruitment and Retention

While most of you are likely to be familiar with the benefits of using surveys to gather customer feedback, how many of you have used them to improve...

October 31, 2019
Why Surveys are Ideal for Supporting Data Driven Decision Making

Survey data and the impactful insights it can provide to help inform your decision making, offers one of the most powerful tools for your business. It...

October 24, 2019
Why Employee Pulse Surveys are Good for Your Business

According to a Gallup study, companies with engaged employees outperform those who don’t by a massive 202%. So, the ability to measure how your staff...

October 22, 2019
Better Analyse Your Survey Results Through Cross Tabulation

Once you’ve collected your online survey results, you’ll want to analyse them as quickly as you can, to see if they are producing the responses you we...

October 10, 2019
Enhancing Survey Data Insights with Text Analysis

Whatever online survey you have created, when you have taken the time to research and carefully construct your questions, you’ll want to gather as muc...

October 8, 2019
How to Measure Customer Satisfaction Across Communication Channels

When it comes to customer experience, there’s a huge disconnect between how companies perceive what they are providing and what customers feel they ar...

October 1, 2019
Top Tips to Better Measure Customer Satisfaction

Unsatisfied customers can be extremely costly to your business. According to a recent study up to 80% of customers would be prepared to switch compani...

September 24, 2019
Ways to Avoid Sampling Bias in Surveys

Sampling bias is something that can easily creep into surveys when the methods used unwittingly favour certain outcomes over others. While it is somet...

September 18, 2019
Customer Feedback Survey Follow-up

If you logged in to SmartSurvey recently you may have noticed the small banner asking you to take part in a feedback survey. If you did, we would like...

September 17, 2019
Looking Beyond Net Promoter Score to Measure Customer Experience

With today’s more crowded and competitive markets Customer Experience (CX) has never been more important. In fact, according to in-depth studies from...

September 12, 2019
Fresh Award Win Highlights SmartSurvey’s Growing Presence in Global Online Survey Software Market

Latest tech accolade caps a series of award wins during the Summer of 2019

September 4, 2019
Running Surveys: Repeat Value from Deploying the Same Survey Multiple Times

Attitudes can change rapidly. So, if you are using the data from your online survey findings to make key strategic decisions, it’s critical to ensure...

August 30, 2019
Identifying the Best Times to Send your Survey to Maximise your Engagement

From your careful choice of survey to your detailed selection and crafting of questions; having taken the time to create a great survey, you will want...

August 27, 2019
How to Improve Your Survey Email Response Rate

As a quick, low cost and convenient way to obtain feedback, email is still one of the most popular channels to distribute surveys online. In this post...

August 7, 2019
How Employee Engagement Surveys Help Create Greater Business Success

From the quality of your product or service and the strength of your marketing, sales and support teams, to customer happiness with your brand, there...

August 2, 2019
Changes coming to NHS Friends and Family Tests

The “Friends and Family Test” (FFT) has played a vital role in gathering feedback for NHS organisations for several years. We’ve been proud to supply...

July 26, 2019
SMS for Customer Satisfaction Surveys

SMS is a survey distribution channel that often gets overlooked. Maybe because it can feel a little old-fashioned, with thoughts of old Nokia phones a...

July 23, 2019
Why Employee Surveys Help Boost Business Performance

Given the findings of a recent Harvard Business Review study citing a 31% increase in productivity among happy employees – gauging staff morale and kn...

May 17, 2019
Using Online Surveys to Track Customer Effort

Customer Effort Surveys can be an effective approach to collecting customer feedback. They are simple to set up and analyse, and flexible. They’re eff...

December 17, 2018
Christmas Quiz: How To Make Your Own

Have you taken this Year’s SmartSurvey Christmas quiz? This post is going to explain some of the features we used to make it fun and interactive, and...

May 25, 2018
Tips On Collecting Sensitive Online Survey Data

When conducting surveys, it’s sometimes necessary to collect sensitive online survey data. The new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) will enf...

March 8, 2018
Guide On Creating GDPR Compliant Surveys

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is not far away and will place a strong burden on organisations to protect data! If you use online surve...

December 1, 2017
GDPR Templates - For Compliance With Data Collection

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) becomes law on 25th May 2018, and the clock is ticking. With only a few months to go, SmartSurvey can pr...

October 19, 2017
5 Ways Of Preventing Questionnaire Fatigue

If you are one of the many companies using online surveys to keep up with consumer trends, it’s important that you are aware of questionnaire fatigue...

October 3, 2017
Importance Of Conducting Patient Satisfaction Surveys

Today, more and more healthcare organisations, clinics, and GPs are conducting patient satisfaction surveys. User-friendly online surveys offer a simp...

September 13, 2017
The Beginners Guide To Designing A Survey

Surveys have become a staple tool for obtaining data from a variety of audiences. To obtain actionable data and achieve your stated objectives, it is...

August 15, 2017
How To Implement A Customer Satisfaction Survey

Customer satisfaction is essential for organisations to grow in today’s fast changing business environment. Gathering feedback via surveys can be a po...

July 11, 2017
The Pros And Cons Of Using Open Ended Questions

Open ended questions allow respondents taking your survey to include more information, giving you, the researcher, more useful, contextual feedback. O...

May 10, 2017
Finding The Right Respondents For Your Online Survey

Finding the right survey participants for your online research can be the key to its success. However, it’s not that simple. Collecting data that will...

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