{"id":181,"date":"2019-02-27T21:04:19","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/?p=181"},"modified":"2019-05-08T13:12:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-08T13:12:04","slug":"the-6-benefits-of-using-surveys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/the-6-benefits-of-using-surveys\/","title":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top:3rem;margin-bottom:1rem;\"><span class=\"firstpart\">The 6 Benefits<\/span>   Of Using Surveys<\/div>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Managers know that when\nthey have the results from a questionnaire they\u2019re getting the feedback from customers and can use that in future projects. But this information can be\ngathered in many different ways from respondents. This is why some business\nleaders choose other methods, other than surveys, of collecting feedback. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, surveys are the\nmost beneficial for businesses. There are numerous advantages that many don\u2019t\nrealize and therefore don\u2019t capitalize on. Here are those benefits that you\nmight not know about.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&gt;&gt; Create your <strong>Online Survey<\/strong> with <strong>Drag&#8217;n Survey<\/strong>, <strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click Here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/en\" target=\"_blank\">click here<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/The-6-Benefits-Of-Using-Surveys.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-199\" width=\"478\" height=\"276\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>1. They Can Be Used Over A Protracted Length Of Time<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the best advantages\nof a survey is that they can be used to question an audience over a protracted\nperiod of time. Using an online service you can easily create a set of queries\nand just continue to collect responses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The longer the period you\ncan collect responses, the more you\u2019re going to acquire. At the same time, this\nwill reduce bias and allow you to make better business decisions from this\ninformation. Thus the value of the questionnaire is significantly increased\nwhile at the same time there is limited cost to the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>2. They Can Be Changed Easily To Meet New Market Environments<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Another great advantage of surveys is that they can be adjusted according to the new market environment without too much hassle. With other types of feedback collection tools, you might need to train staff and re-engineer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/theyec\/2018\/05\/07\/11-founders-on-how-to-best-listen-to-customer-feedback\/#1dc23a6a49aa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the whole feedback process (opens in a new tab)\">the whole feedback process<\/a>. This can be a frustrating and long process which ultimately wastes time and costs the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, with a survey,\nyou only need to change what is relevant to the new conditions, whether it is\nrelated to a question, answer, or how a question is worded. This frees up time\nfor your team to actually distribute your survey and get responses with the new\ncriteria set in place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>3. It Frees Up The Time Of Your Staff<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Some feedback collection\ntools aren\u2019t designed to be used by anyone other than a staff member. This can\nbe very frustrating for your staff who want to be adding value to your business\nand not listening to complaining customers who might just want to be left\nalone. In addition, analyzing results from other feedback collection tools is\ntime consuming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A survey can be sent\nautomatically to your audience for them to complete in their own time. Then the\nresults can be collected by a computer where they are automatically analyzed\nand a report given to your management team. The time that is otherwise spent\nasking audiences to complete feedback is freed to complete other business\ncentric tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>4. It Is More Honest<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback collection tools are often prone to being corrupted. This could be because the respondent doesn\u2019t want to give their true feelings to a stranger or to the person they\u2019re talking about. Another problem is <a href=\"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-bhcc-intropsych\/chapter\/conformity-compliance-and-obedience\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"social pressure to conform (opens in a new tab)\">social pressure to conform<\/a>. Experiments have shown that humans will agree with a more dominant person in a room, even if they know the answer is wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveys get around these\nproblems by allowing respondents to complete them in private, without peer\npressure and without the listening ear of the person who they\u2019re talking about.\nTherefore, the results given are more honest and valuable to the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>5. They Can Be More Selective<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveys don\u2019t just have to be used to collect information about past\ncustomers. They can be used in market research to find the potential customer\nbase or how a new product might be perceived by the audience. When collecting\nthis information, you might not want to include certain demographics within\nyour respondents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That is easy with a survey\nas you can ask qualifying questions that will help narrow down the audience to\nonly those that you seek. This could be those who have a high disposable income\nor those with two cars. Whatever the criteria is that you\u2019re looking at you can\nchoose with pre-qualifying questions. It also doesn\u2019t mean that you can\ndiscriminate against other groups either, the survey can still collect responses\nfrom others, but keep them in a separate report or not even keep their results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>6. They Can Be Made More Attractive<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>While many would not see\nthe appearance of a feedback tool a high priority, the fact is that by using\nyour own branding in the survey you can actually remind the audience of you.\nThis can help spark memories to get better answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attractiveness of the survey\ncan also inspire more people to complete the questionnaire and therefore, you\nwill get more responses. The challenge is not to make it too attractive so it\nbecomes a distraction and the respondents forget to put down real answers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><u>Conclusion<\/u><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Surveys can be a powerful\ntool when used correctly in your business. They can help your business collect\nvaluable information that can help improve business operations and generate\nfuture direction for your business. They offer significant benefits for your\nbusiness over other forms of feedback collection tools that make them more\nvaluable and offer better information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read the french version<\/strong><br>6 avantages \u00e0 cr\u00e9er\u00a0des sondages en ligne,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/6-avantages-a-creer-des-sondages-en-ligne\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"click here (opens in a new tab)\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managers know that when they have the results from a questionnaire they\u2019re getting the feedback from customers and can use that in future projects. But this information can be gathered in many different ways from respondents. This is why some business leaders choose other methods, other than surveys, of collecting feedback. However, surveys are the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/the-6-benefits-of-using-surveys\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top:3rem;margin-bottom:1rem;\"><span class=\"firstpart\">The 6 Benefits<\/span>   Of Using Surveys<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-create-online-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":374,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181\/revisions\/374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qualif.dragnsurvey.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}