{"id":41,"date":"2012-03-20T08:30:43","date_gmt":"2012-03-20T12:30:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/?p=41"},"modified":"2021-07-13T07:05:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T11:05:08","slug":"7-ways-to-safeguard-your-survey-and-ensure-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sogolytics.com\/blog\/7-ways-to-safeguard-your-survey-and-ensure-success\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Ways to Safeguard Your Survey and Ensure Success"},"content":{"rendered":"

1.<\/strong> Brand Your Survey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Branding gives your surveys instant credibility. You can brand your survey by using the Sogolytics color palate, hexadecimal codes, or the website matching templates.<\/p>\n

Customizing your opening text provides the participant with necessary information to take your survey.<\/p>\n

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2. Is the Survey Too Long?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Encourage people to take your survey:<\/p>\n

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  1. Ask the most necessary of questions<\/li>\n
  2. Use branching<\/li>\n
  3. Allow people to save responses and return later<\/li>\n
  4. Offer incentives<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    3. Do your participants know you?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    Rule: The stronger the affinity, the higher the response rate. The lower the affinity, the lower the response rate. Encourage participation:<\/p>\n

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    1. Notify participants prior to launch<\/li>\n
    2. Sender\u2019s name should be well known<\/li>\n
    3. Email subject line should not be ambiguous<\/li>\n
    4. Launch your survey on the appropriate day and time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      4. Customize Your Survey Invitation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      Personalize your email invitation using Mail Merge.<\/p>\n

      Inform participants about:<\/p>\n

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      1. Survey purpose<\/li>\n
      2. What will be done with collected info<\/li>\n
      3. Target audience<\/li>\n
      4. How long to complete survey<\/li>\n
      5. Saving & printing options<\/li>\n
      6. Confidentiality & Anonymity<\/li>\n
      7. Deadline for completion<\/li>\n
      8. Incentives you are offering<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        5. Place Sogolytics on Your Buddy List.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Ensure delivery of your email invitations. Ensure with your organization\u2019s email administrator that Sogolytics emails are not blocked by you organization\u2019s email servers.<\/p>\n

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        6. Should Your Survey Be Anonymous?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Make your survey anonymous<\/a> and\/or confidential if you are asking sensitive questions to encourage participation.<\/p>\n

        Confidential:<\/em> Survey Creator can associate response with individual.<\/p>\n

        Anonymous:<\/em> Survey Creator cannot associate email or IP address with respondent\u2019s response.<\/p>\n

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        7. Send Test Invites.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        Make sure your survey is error free and ready for launch. If you don\u2019t, you risk your survey\u2019s integrity and the overall integrity of your organization. Send test invitations to colleagues for their feedback.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        1. Brand Your Survey. Branding gives your surveys instant credibility. You can brand your survey by using the Sogolytics color palate, hexadecimal codes, or the website matching templates. Customizing your opening text provides the participant with necessary information to take your survey. 2. Is the Survey Too Long? Encourage people to take your survey: Ask the most necessary of questions Use branching Allow people to save responses and return later Offer incentives 3. Do your participants know you? Rule: The stronger the affinity, the higher the response rate. The lower the affinity, the lower the response rate. Encourage participation: Notify participants prior to launch Sender\u2019s name should be well known Email subject line should not be ambiguous Launch your survey on the appropriate day and time 4. Customize Your Survey Invitation. Personalize your email invitation using Mail Merge. Inform participants about: Survey purpose What will be done with collected info Target audience How long to complete survey Saving & printing options Confidentiality & Anonymity Deadline for completion Incentives you are offering 5. Place Sogolytics on Your Buddy List. Ensure delivery of your email invitations. Ensure with your organization\u2019s email administrator that Sogolytics emails are not blocked by you organization\u2019s email servers. 6. Should Your Survey Be Anonymous? Make your survey anonymous and\/or confidential if you are asking sensitive questions to encourage participation. Confidential: Survey Creator can associate response with individual. Anonymous: Survey Creator cannot associate email or IP address with respondent\u2019s response. 7. Send Test Invites. Make sure your survey is error free […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[164,24,151,249,60],"yoast_head":"\n7 Ways to Safeguard Your Survey and Ensure Success | Sogolytics Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are different ways of ensuring the sucess of your survey with Sogolytics. 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