Online Survey Programs

Making Money with Online Survey Programs

In today’s world, it is nearly impossible to do something without asking for someone’s opinion, as it is usually wiser to have backup in case of or in event of potential failures, because, sometimes, the failures do not act as stepping stones for future, but as millstones hanging around the neck, which can (and do, in most cases) drag down the person or the people involved to such an extent or depth that the person or the people involved can never get himself or herself (in case of a single person) or themselves out of the situation or problem.

But, when the idea of asking for the opinion of everyone or at least, our near and dear ones is practically considered, then, the very thought becomes very intimidating, because it is not practically feasible to ask simply everyone we know, or rather, it is simply not feasible to go around asking everyone for their opinion. Therefore, it is in such moments that all of us wonder or think that it would have been so good if we could have had a common platform or place where we could have logged and stored everyone’s opinions. It is during this particular problem that an idea took birth, which led to the synthesis or the creation of a set of programs which in turn gave rise to online survey programs, or programs which had to be used while being connected to the Internet and programs where one could take the opinion of as many people as they sent the link of the program to, as the program contained a sort of questionnaire which would allow the users to answer the questions based on their opinion.

Thus, what are online survey programs? Online survey programs are a set or series of such programs which allow their users to create questionnaires based upon a certain topic, or based upon several topics, which, upon completion are sent to a certain or the required amount of people who will then answer the questionnaires based upon their opinion.

There are a variety of such programs available online which are frequently used for creating such surveys which ultimately help while making certain important decisions related to life or other matters, as forming an opinion while taking several other decisions into consideration, becomes quite an easy procedure and the entire process definitely becomes more simplified since one can take into account several scenarios or angles to the particular problem or the particular situation which needs to be solved after taking different angles into consideration.

The programs have been mentioned as well as described below:-

• Survey Monkey

Its features are:-

1. It has a total of 10 questions
2. You can send the survey to over 100 people

• It also has light customization themes as well as templates to choose while designing the questionnaire.

The only drawback is that you cannot export your data.

 

• Type form

 

Its features are:-

1. It has an unlimited number of questions as well as unlimited answers.
2. You can export your data from here, if you wish to

• It has many custom designs to choose from while designing the questionnaire.

 

 

• Client Heartbeat (This one, however is, paid)

 

This particular software is paid. However, some of the other additional features it offers are:-

1. You can map the emotions (that is, the happiness or the sadness) of your customers as it allows for that
2. You can compare or map the unhappiness or the happiness of the customers with the desired target as set by your particular form or industry or company.

 

• Zoho Survey

Its features include:-

1. You can create an unlimited number of surveys
2. You can add or design up to 15 questions

• You can receive as many as 150 responses
• Survey Gizmo

 

Its features are:-

1. You can create an unlimited number of surveys and questions as well.
2. You can obtain up to 50 respondents

• There are several basic types of questions which you can choose from while designing them

1. The templates which can be used for designing are completely free

• Survey planet

 

Its features include:-

1. You can create an unlimited number of surveys and questions
2. You can receive as many respondents as you like

• You have the option of survey embedding

1. You have several survey theme options

 

Now, as with any other thing, online survey programs have their own set of pros and cons.

 

They are listed below:-

The Pros:

1. They allow the user or the person to answer the given queries anonymously, which prove to be very comfortable for the person as they do not have to do the same face to face.
2. The use of emails to send out or distribute the surveys to people is cost friendly as emails are less expensive.

• They are environmentally friendly to an extent as they do not involve the use of paper

1. They are aesthetically inclined owing to the quality of the graphics used to design them etc.

The Cons:

1. In case of emails, which are used for sending the surveys to the various users, the survey emails are sometimes marked as spam, which are a cause of concern for the authors of those surveys, as they might be or might get blocked from sending further surveys
2. Certain glitches which may arise while the emails are being sent etc

 

Therefore, we can conclude by saying that Online survey programs are programs which are used to conduct surveys and take the opinion of several people while making an important decision etc.