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Oscar Predictions—SurveyMonkey Audience Style!

Sheila G — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 17:51:17 +0000

The votes have been cast, the ballots have been counted, and the Academy Award goes to…

Well, you’ll have to wait until Sunday night to find out the winners, but in the meantime, we decided to make our own predictions of who will be taking home Oscar gold.

Using SurveyMonkey Audience, we collected over 500 responses from a general [...]

Guest Blogger, Rieva Lesonsky: How to Find Out What Your Customers Are Thinking

Rieva L — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:45:12 +0000

Do you want to make your business better? One of the simplest ways to improve your business—and your sales—is to find out what your customers really think about your company. While it might be tough to hear about problems they have or things you’re not doing well, you need to know the truth in order to make changes. The good [...]

Get The Most Bang Out Of Your Survey: A Brief Introduction To TrueSample

Nallan S — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:25:22 +0000

Let’s say you want to ask 1,000 people that represent the US population a question – whether a particular brand of toothpaste will sell, or which car color they prefer, for example – so you go to a panel company to buy sample for your study.

How can you be sure that your sample is of good quality, that people [...]

How to Get More From Your Surveys

Anne R — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 18:05:56 +0000

If you’ve ever wondered when and why you might want to use advanced survey features for your next survey, wonder no more. We’ve put together a survey that demonstrates our most popular advanced logic, customization, and analysis features. See them in action and get ideas for how you can use these features to get more insights and better information from [...]

Guest Blogger Kyle Lagunas: The Three Components of Effective Off-Boarding

Kyle L — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:56:43 +0000

A formal process for managing the end of an employee’s lifecycle—off-boarding—plays a major part in improving talent retention. Lars Schmidt, Director of Talent Acquisition at NPR, says you should be doing more than just collecting data. “The organizations that get off-boarding right are able to capture feedback and make it actionable.”

From the day an employee announces his decision [...]

Survey Responses: Can You Have Too Much Of A Good Thing?

Liana E — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:30:05 +0000

So your friend Barney is single on Valentine’s Day (again). He insists, however, that it is not due to his lack of appeal, but simply to the fact that he doesn’t try to get dates. You want to tell him that’s ridiculous—but, tired of listening to him go on and on about it, you decide to settle this once and [...]

Mad Mimi’s Dean Levitt Explains: 5 Ways To Keep The E-Love Alive

Dean L — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:35:54 +0000

Relationships are hard and require a lot of effort. According to every TV marriage counselor ever, the main problem between two people is that one of ‘em just doesn’t listen to the other. The danger is that this creates an empathy gap that can become a chasm, slowly filling up with broken hearts and cluttered in-boxes (ok, we’re talking about [...]

Top Valentine’s Day Survey Terms

Elena V — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:35 +0000

It’s that time again. Valentine’s Day is around the corner. Love is in the air, on the radio, in the candy aisle…and in your surveys too!

Whether you’re planning to spend Valentine’s Day with your sweetie or a group of friends, online surveys are a great way to coordinate your plans.

Our survey-makers got the memo and have sent [...]

Guest Blogger: Coder Brony’s Survey-Making Advice and Insights on Brony Mania

Coder B — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:20:47 +0000

You’ve probably never heard of Bronies, or if you have, it’s been in a news report about a weird group of men who share a strange addiction to an animated TV program targeted at young girls. The reality is both stranger and (excuse the term) more magical.

The term Brony is a portmanteau of “brother” and “pony.” It refers specifically [...]

Put a Survey on It: Our Revamped MailChimp Integration

Kate B — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:00:58 +0000

We are huge fans of the offbeat comedy, Portlandia. Not only is it hilarious, sketch comedy at its finest, but it highlights Portland, a city that is near and dear to our heart, since it’s home to one of our satellite offices. To understand the “put a survey on it” reference (and to get yourself hooked on Portlandia), see [...]