January 29th, 2008 by Scott McDaniel
Evaluating SurveyGizmo?
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After a lot of customer requests we are bringing out SurveyGizmo user training webinars and demos. Whether you are evaluating a purchase of SurveyGizmo and want to see what all the fuss is about, or you want to take your survey building to the next level — SurveyGizmo webinars are the answer.
There is a lot of power under the hood, so come learn how to make the most of it. Check ‘em out and feel free to register for as many as you’d like. Take two they’re small.
- All webinars are free and open to everyone
- All webinars are live and not recorded, so you can ask questions
- Space is limited in each webinar, so register early!
View the schedule and Register online here.
Scott McDaniel
Scott is the lead designer at
SurveyGizmo. He has been passionate about designing friendly, usable web applications for over 10 years at companies such as MarketingSherpa, LexisNexis, MessageMedia, and DoubleClick. He can also rarely be found updating his blog at
scottmcdaniel.com.
January 16th, 2008 by Christian Vanek
First let me tell you, Google Alerts are a *wonderful* thing. Today for example Google sent me a link to a short blog article/guide that compares four survey tools for not-for-profit users. The guide is quite brief and concise — well worth a look.
The blog post was on Idealware who, in their own words, provide “candid Consumer-Reports-style reviews and articles about software of interest to nonprofits.”
Here is a link to the blog post: http://www.idealware.org/blog/2008/01/ask-idealware-what-online-surveying.html
In the blog them mention five questions you should ask yourself when you are evaluating survey software. I’d repeat them here, but I’ll suggest instead that you read the article (I don’t want to steal any thunder). The comparisons in the article are useful for both not-for-profit and profit oriented organizations.
After working with dozens of non-profits I would mention one other big point to consider: you should pick an accessible survey tool. In fact, if you are grant funded you may need to pick online tools that meet certain accessibility criteria. Which is something our software does well and we are dedicated to.
I encourage everyone considering a new survey tool to read this quick review.
PS: Thanks, Laura at Ideaware for listing us in your guide!
Christian Vanek
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SurveyGizmo, CTO, and the lead software engineer. He comes from an 11-year consulting background focusing on marketing and content management tools. Christian is based out of Cambridge, MA.
January 14th, 2008 by cheri
Expanded client base plus 3rd party platform integration fuel growth
Boulder, Colorado; Cambridge, Massachusetts – SurveyGizmo, an online survey and data collection company, today announced their 2007 results, showing year-over-year customer growth of more than 500%. “We’re really pleased at how quickly SurveyGizmo has been embraced by the online survey market,” said Scott McDaniel, CEO of SurveyGizmo. “Our customers tell us that our combination of extremely robust features along with tenacious customer service makes us unique in the market.”
SurveyGizmo’s key 2007 highlights:
• 1,500% revenue growth from 2006 to 2007
• Customers in 64 countries and surveys deployed in 129 countries
• Key customers include CMP Media, Apple, Gulfstream, Adobe, TechTarget, Business.com, UC Berekely, Nielsen Business Media, Reed Business Information, Nestle Purina
• New features released in 2007 include new reporting module, email invitation module, support for quizzes, new themes and templates
• Mobile phone/iPhone application at ipoll.surveygizmo.com
Plus, SurveyGizmo expanded integration into 3rd party platforms such as Exact Target for email marketing and Salesforce.com for sales and customer relationship management. “Integration into these platforms helps expand the use of our application across departments within a customer,” said Christian Vanek, CTO of SurveyGizmo.
About SurveyGizmo
SurveyGizmo is an online survey and data collection plus analysis tool that helps users easily create online surveys, polls, questionnaires, web forms, quizzes and landing pages for marketing, research and customer service research. The company is known for its rich feature set and responsive customer service. SurveyGizmo is based in Boulder, Colorado, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. SurveyGizmo is privately held.
cheri
Cheri comes from a background as a writer/researcher in the book publishing industry and since 2000 has been involved in various aspects of creating and marketing business products online.
