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Seven Ways To Distribute Your
Survey
Assume your survey address is:
http://www.surveyz.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=39 (Change
39 to your survey id)
This tutorial outlines six ways to link to or distribute your
survey.
Just copy and paste the code provided, and change the survey ID
number.
Method 1: E-mail Survey (Viewable in the E-Mail)
From the builder page, you pressed "E-mail Survey"
You should have received an e-mail with instructions and another
e-mail with your survey as part of the message.
Method 1 is basically one of forwarding the survey you received
to your list of respondents.
To administer an e-mail survey, follow the following steps:
1. Prepare your mailing list.
2. Prepare your survey. This is done by forwarding the email message
containing the survey.
You will note that when you forward the message, the sender information
from the original message will appear at the top of the message.
Of course you don't want this information in your message, so simply
go into the message and edit out this text.
You may also type an additional text message to the top of the
survey if you desire (Such as a note asking them to participate
in your survey).
3. Test your result by forwarding the original message to your own
e-mail address until you are satisfied with your message.
4. Finally, add your e-mail list to the "To:" list and send the
message to those on your e-mail list.
Method 2: Adding a Text Link to Your E-Mail Letter
A hyperlink may be inserted into your e-mail letter to prospective
respondents.
The respondents will receive your e-mail requesting their participation
and asking them to click on the hyperlink.
Creating a hyperlink:
1. Type your e-mail letter.
2. When finished, highlight (using your mouse) the text you want
to have linked (In this example, it is "Internet Attitude Survey").
3. After highlighting, click on "Insert" "Hyperlink" from the
e-mail software menu.
4. When it asks you for the link URL or address, enter the address
of your survey:
http://www.surveyz.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=39 (Change 39
to your survey id)
If completed successfully, the words that you selected will be
underlined and be a link that connects to your survey.
A new browser window will be opened and the survey is displayed
in it.
Method 3: Adding a Button Link to Your E-Mail
The sample grey button shown below is added to your site
by adding the following to your e-mail message.
Note that some e-mail programs are not capable of viewing or inserting
graphics as part of the e-mail.
If there is no button viewable as part of this message, then your
e-mail client is not graphics capable.
If you are using this option, be sure that your e-mail program
is capable of sending and receiving graphics.
As a fail-safe for those who will receive your e-mail
and do not have a graphics capable e-mail clients, we recommend
you to use both a text link and a graphics link (methods 2 and
3 simultaneously).
1. Insert the graphic into your e-mail by selecting "Insert"
"Picture" and then entering the picture source as:
http://www.surveyz.com/images/ssbutton.gif
The button will then appear in your document as below.
2. Next, highlight (using your mouse) the button.
3. After highlighting, click on "Insert" "Hyperlink" from the e-mail
software menu.
4. When it asks you for the link URL or address, enter your survey
address:
http://www.surveyz.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=39
The survey button will now be activated as a link to your survey
Method 4: Adding a Text Link to Your Web Site
A web link would be inserted by you into the HTML of your web
page. The HTML for this link appears as:
<BR><A HREF="http://www.surveyz.comakira/TakeSurvey?id=39">
The Text You Want to Appear For the Link </A>
In this case the words "The Text You Want to Appear For the Link"
would appear on your web site as a link that would connect to your
survey.
When a respondent clicks on the link, the browser opens the survey.
Method 5: Open a Separate Pop-Up Browser Window From a Web
Site Link
A web link can be inserted into the HTML of your web page. This
java-script opens separate browser window for taking the survey
and leaves your original browser window pointing at your web site.
The HTML for this link appears as:
<script language="javascript">
<!--
function openWin( windowURL, windowName, windowFeatures ) {
return window.open( windowURL, windowName, windowFeatures ) ;
}
// -->
</script>
<A href="javascript: newWindow = openWin( 'http://www.surveyz.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=39',
'', 'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menuBar=0,scrollBars=0,resizable=0'
); newWindow.focus()"> Internet Attitude Survey </A>
The first part of the link in quotes includes the address for
your survey and the second "Internet Attitude Survey" is the text
that you would like to have your respondent click on.
Method 6: Adding a Button Link to Your Web Site
The sample grey button shown below is added to your site
by adding the following html statement to your web site.
The lines of this HTML command respectively do the following:(1)
create a link to the graphic, (2) identify the source of the graphic,
and (3) end the link.

<BR><A href="http://www.surveyz.com/akira/TakeSurvey?id=39">
<IMG alt="" border=0 height=31 src="/images/button.gif" width=88>
</A>
Method 7: Including the Entire Survey in Your Web Site
The entire survey can be included in your website as long
as there are no branching or page breaks in the survey. If there
are branching or page breaks, you will only be able to include the
portion of the survey down to the branch or break.
Surveys are presented in HTML format. Go the the "Distribute"
tab on the main menu and click on the "E-mail Survey"
link. This will e-mail the survey to you as an HTML file. From there,
it is up to you to work the HTML to put it into your specific web
page format. Note that you must have a reference to powered by www.surveyz.com
on this page (part of the user agreement).
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