You can then send a personalized mass email with this link to your customers using GMass. You also get the ability to shorten the link for better readability. To get the link, click on send from the survey page in Google Forms, then select the link button. Next, send a mass personalized email with your survey linkĪfter creating your survey in Google Forms, you should mass email the shareable link to the survey. Set your survey responses to be collected in a Google Sheets spreadsheet Set your responses to your survey to be collected into a new Google Sheets spreadsheet.Ĭlick over to the Responses tab (instead of the Questions tab), and then click the green spreadsheet icon to set the spreadsheet to collect responses. In this example, we’ll use a simple Yes/No Multiple choice question.
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You get the option of 9 input styles for answers to your questions including text answers, multiple choice selections, drop-down menus, checkboxes, a linear scale, a multiple choice grid, as well as date and time options.įeel free to use whatever question type suits your goal. Technically you could add your own Short answer question to collect email addresses instead, but if you add the field yourself, then the email address won’t be validated to ensure it’s legitimate AND you’ll prevent the email address from being auto-filled if the respondent is already logged into his Google account, and most respondents likely will be. This setting is important because it allows you to gather the email addresses of respondents. Once you have created the survey, fill out the necessary parameters including the Title of your form and a short text description.Īlso, under Settings (click the gear icon), select the option to “ Collect email addresses”. Set up your surveyĬlick the “New” button, or + sign, to create a new survey. Simply head over to the Google Forms homepage.
Here are the steps to create a new online survey from your browser.
You can create a survey using Google Forms in minutes and for free. Google is big on simplicity, and Google Forms partakes in this tradition.
That allows you to also follow up with respondents based on their responses to your survey questions. Google Forms provides a fast and easy way to create online surveys, and used with auto follow-up emails from GMass, you can maximize the number of responses you get.Īdditionally, because Google Forms plugs into the rest of the Google ecosystem, you can export the results to Google Sheets.