Survey Resources
Why should I bother with a survey?
A survey lets you find out what is in the mind of your website’s users, what they expect from you and how they feel about your products and services. You need this information to continually improve. You can also use surveys to test drive a new idea for a product or service and to find out what your website might be missing.
Online survey tools are either embedded in your website, hosted by the survey company or both. The tools aggregate the data and report it to you in a variety of ways. Learn a little about surveys by taking our survey—it’s really short and it will help us provide you with great articles.
Survey and Feedback Resources
ListenUp!
ListenUp! is an online survey application that allows you to invite contacts to take a survey through email invitation, provides survey templates, and has reporting and tracking features. It also has a feature for providing polls on your website. This application is published by the producers of SpeakUp!, an email marketing application. There is a free trial period.
One Minute Poll
Survey creation and tracking tool that can be added to your own website or hosted on their website.
Snap Surveys
Another survey tool for web, email and paper surveys.
Survey Gizmo
Survey Gizmo offers an easy way to build surveys using their visual editor, pre-made themes and 20+ question types. Surveys can be embedded into a website, blog or email. The reporting features include prebuilt reports and professional-looking charts and graphics for displaying data. Surveys are hosted online and can be embedded into a website, blog or email. Reports can be displayed online or exported to Word, Excel or as a .pdf. Their pricing includes a variety of options, from free to a dedicated customizable account.
Survey Monkey
Popular tool for creating online surveys and tabulating results. Surveys reside on their website. Free version has limited functionality but is still good.
twtpoll
This app lets you create polls through Twitter, and offers 17 different types of questions. It’s a way to find out what your customers or your niche connections are thinking.
UserVoice
UserVoice places a small tag on your website. When a site visitor clicks the tag, a forum page opens in which users enter a suggestion. Then others can vote on the suggestion or add a new one. Their pricing ranges from free (1 forum) to pricey (unlimited forums and lots of features.
