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July 14, 2020
How Collecting Customer Complaint Feedback Can Benefit Your Organisation

The most crucial element of any organisation is its customers. Typically, the more customers you have, the more successful your business. And the best...

June 30, 2020
5 Customer Questions That Can Deliver Real Value For Your Business

Over the last few years the importance of customer experience and satisfaction has grown significantly. Many organisations even consider it to be more...

May 21, 2020
The Benefits of Online Survey Technology for Market Researchers during Covid-19

Following the Market Research Society’s announcement that all face-to-face research should cease and the government’s subsequent lockdown to contain t...

May 13, 2020
Top Tips For Removing Unhelpful Information From Your Survey Results

If you’re to obtain the greatest value from your online survey, you’ll need to remove all the unhelpful responses your results. From respondents who ‘...

February 13, 2020
5 Simple Ways to Boost Your Survey Engagement

Your ability to gain the quality insights you need to make better decisions will depend on how many people respond to and complete your survey. So, it...

February 7, 2020
Why Surveys are Crucial to Concept Testing

Consider any product or goods you own or buy regularly and it’s likely that it will have undergone extensive rounds of testing before you purchased it...

January 31, 2020
Improving Customer Experience With Surveys And Customer Feedback Loops

Considering that 79% of customers are more likely to make another purchase from a company that provides them with a good experience, it makes sound bu...

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...

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