Getting information from primary sources can be extremely costly for some pockets. Many of you who have read our posts on market research may be wondering how to complete a free survey and without really costing you a euro.
The truth is that the only requirement for your survey to be totally free is to have a contact database to use one of the free applications that exist.
In particular, we have always considered Google drive and Limesurvey for this purpose.
Learning to do a survey with these applications is extremely simple, especially if we use Google Drive, since it does not require any prior computer knowledge. Also with Google Drive, even if you don't have a database, there is the opportunity to share your questionnaire with your followers on social networks.
Later I will explain to you in a few steps how you can use Google Drive to learn how to do a survey absolutely free.
How to take a survey with Google Drive
Google Drive is a totally free file storage application up to 15GB provided by Google.
The good thing about this application is that among its utilities it makes it possible to create forms and later collect all the responses obtained in an XLS file (spreadsheet) with which to analyze the data later.
Once the introduction is complete, now let's look at the steps to take a survey with Google Drive:
Step 1. Create an account or sign in to a Google account
Step 2. Go to the design area of the form
Step 2. Go to the design area of the form
Step 3. Design your survey
Once you have accessed the forms, you will need to select a title and subject as in the image below before entering the edit box to conduct a survey.
Editing area:
Step 4. Publish your survey
This is one of the simplest steps. All you need to do is press the Submit Form button and the window below will appear automatically.
Here you have three options:
- Copy the link to send it by email
- Share the link directly to your social networks and Gmail email contacts
- Or embed the form on a web page with a code provided by Google.
Not bad, right?
Some examples of surveys with Google Drive
Here are some examples of surveys created with this application:
And in conclusion, below you can see a sample form embedded in a web portal:
Types of questions to take a survey
the questions will clearly depend on the type of information we want to get. It is not the same to ask for a customer satisfaction survey than to ask for their opinion on a new product that you are going to launch.
Either way, it is an important part of how to do a survey correctly. To do this, follow these tips:
- Ask clear and understood questions, you will increase the number of answers
- Try to decrease the number of questions as much as possible so that the survey does not get heavy.
- Insert closed questions with some open ones, therefore, you will have more precise answers
To finish: steps to complete a survey with Google Drive
The steps to follow are summarized in:
- Register or access your Google account
- Go directly to Google Drive and select the forms section
- Design your survey
- Post your survey
- Get the link to the form
- Email the survey link or post it on your social networks
Now that you know how to conduct surveys with Google Drive, there is no excuse not to do it and get the information you require from your customers.
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