@stephbeadell
(with surveys)
How to
Get into Your Members’
Heads
Stephanie Beadell
VP of Marketing
Stephanie@Briggsby.com
@StephBeadell
How to read your members’ minds - Stephanie Beadell
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@stephbeadell
Surveys are Powerful Tools
…unless the data is bad.
@stephbeadell
Radically Improve Your Data
3 @stephbeadell
steps
Typical Survey Question
@stephbeadell
Do you feel like part of our community?
Do you feel like part of our community?
@stephbeadell
Yes
No
I Don't Know
1 @stephbeadell
Use a 5 or 7-point
Scale
@stephbeadell
A Better Question
@stephbeadell
I fit in with the community.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
Neutral
I Fit in with the Community
@stephbeadell
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Strongly
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Average: 3.67
“I Fit in with the Community” Score Over Time
@stephbeadell
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“Likert Scale”
@stephbeadell
Likert Scale Basics
@stephbeadell
Strongly
Agree
Neutral
Strongly
Disagree
5 or 7 points
Likert Scale Basics
@stephbeadell
Brave
Shy
Unipolar
(Don’t Do This)
Analysis
Opportunities
@stephbeadell
Likert Scale Question
@stephbeadell
I fit in with the community.
Strongly
Agree
Strongly
Disagree
Neutral
Scoring the Answers
@stephbeadell
I fit in with the community.
1 2 3 4 5
Correlation Analysis & More
@stephbeadell
“Heavy forum users are more likely to
be satisfied with their membership.”
Satisfaction
Frequency of Forum Visits
Forum Usage vs. Satisfaction
Use a 5 or 7-point
Scale
When in Doubt:
@stephbeadell
2 @stephbeadell
@stephbeadell
into multiple questions
Break down
Big Concepts
Typical Survey Question
@stephbeadell
Are you happy with the community?
… it could mean
@stephbeadell
Do you like the people in the community?
… it could mean
@stephbeadell
Does the community meet your needs?
… it could mean
@stephbeadell
Does being a member make you feel good?
@stephbeadell
?
?
? ?
Try this instead
@stephbeadell
1. Being a member is valuable to my career.
2. I enjoy being a member.
3. The company cares about the community.
Report it Like This
@stephbeadell
0
0.5
1
1.5
2
2.5
3
3.5
4
4.5
5
Valuable to
Career
Enjoy Being
Part
Company
Cares
Member Happiness Survey
Average Happiness
Score:
11 out of 15
Track it Over Time
@stephbeadell
“Our team increased member happiness by 3 points this quarter.”
0
2
4
6
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10
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16
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
Happiness
@stephbeadell
Break down
Big Concepts
3 @stephbeadell
Typical Survey Results
@stephbeadell
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120
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Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly
Agree
I	
  Fit	
  in	
  with	
  the	
  Community2.
Freelancer
Small
Business
Enterprise
Business	
  Size1.
Compare and
Contrast
@stephbeadell
Comparing Answers
@stephbeadell
EnterpriseSmall Business
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Typical Survey Results
@stephbeadell
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Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly
Agree
I	
  Fit	
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  with	
  the	
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2.
Freelancer
Small
Business
Enterprise
Business	
  Size1.
Comparing Answers
@stephbeadell
EnterpriseSmall Business
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How to Do It in Excel: Pivot Tables
@stephbeadell
Export Raw Data
And in SurveyMonkey: Filter/Compare
@stephbeadell
Filter or Compare
@stephbeadell
Plan segments in advance
Comparing Answers
@stephbeadell
Ask identifying questions
3 @stephbeadell
steps
Use a 5 or 7-point
Scale
When in Doubt:
@stephbeadell
@stephbeadell
Break down
Big Concepts
Compare and
Contrast
@stephbeadell
How Not to Screw it Up
@stephbeadell
Bias
Introducing
@stephbeadell
Priming
Bargh, Chen, and Burrows (1996)
@stephbeadell
Sentence Scramble Task
Rude
aggressively, bold, rude, bother, disturb, intrude, annoyingly, interrupt,
audaciously, brazen, impolitely, infringe, obnoxious, aggravating, bluntly
Polite
honor, considerate, appreciate, patiently, cordially, yield, polite, cautiously,
courteous, graciously, sensitively; discreetly, behaved, unobtrusively
Neutral
exercising, flawlessly; occasionally rapidly, gleefully, practiced,
optimistically, successfully, normally, send, watches, encourages. gives,
clears, prepares
Bargh, Chen, and Burrows (1996)
@stephbeadell
People who Interrupted After the Task
Polite Neutral Rude
Introducing Bias: Priming
@stephbeadell
When are people prompted
to take the survey?
@stephbeadell
Order Bias
Order Bias
@stephbeadell
How important is content marketing?
Order Bias
@stephbeadell
How important is content marketing?
How much content marketing do
you plan to do this year?
Solving Order Bias with Randomization
@stephbeadell
Question Randomization
Solving Order Bias with Randomization
@stephbeadell
Shuffle Question Order
@stephbeadell
Stereotype
Threat
Stone, Lynch, Sjomeling, and Darley (1999)
@stephbeadell
“natural athletic ability”
“sports intelligence”
Inzlicht (2000)
@stephbeadell
Female Math Test Performance When Others Present
2	
  Women 2	
  Men
Solving for Stereotype Threat
@stephbeadell
Demographic data always
goes at the end of a survey
@stephbeadell
Double-Barreled
Questions
Double-Barreled Question
@stephbeadell
Do you follow us on
Facebook and Twitter?
@stephbeadell
Leading Questions
Leading Question
@stephbeadell
Do you believe you deserve a
higher salary?
A Better Way to Ask
@stephbeadell
Are you satisfied with your
current salary?
Why People Lie
@stephbeadell
Sensitive
Information
How to Handle Sensitive Information
@stephbeadell
Put tough questions toward
the end of your survey
@stephbeadell
Overload
Information
How to Prevent Information Overload
@stephbeadell
Limit the amount of questions
in your survey
How to Prevent Information Overload
@stephbeadell
Avoid overwhelming tables
@stephbeadell
Boredom
How to Prevent Boredom
@stephbeadell
Set Time Expectations
“This survey will take about 5 minutes”
How to Prevent Boredom
@stephbeadell
Use a Progress Bar
Powerful Data Analysis
Analysis
Correlation
@stephbeadell
Correlation Analysis
@stephbeadell
“Heavy forum users are more likely to
be satisfied with their membership.”
Satisfaction
Frequency of Forum Visits
Forum Usage vs. Satisfaction
Correlation Quick Tips
@stephbeadell
Use the CORREL() Function in Excel
Scores range from -1.0 to 1.0
Correlation Quick Tips
@stephbeadell
at least a 0.3 to show correlation
Analysis
Advanced
@stephbeadell
Regression Analysis
@stephbeadell
Outcome
Variable 1
Variable 2
Variable 3
Cluster Analysis
@stephbeadell
K-Means Cluster Analysis
Excel Analysis Toolpak Add-In
@stephbeadell
bit.ly/excelanalysistoolpak
Analysis
Cross Tabs
@stephbeadell
Typical Survey Results
@stephbeadell
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Strongly
Disagree
Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly
Agree
I	
  Fit	
  in	
  with	
  the	
  Community
2.
Freelancer
Small
Business
Enterprise
Business	
  Size1.
Comparing Answers
@stephbeadell
EnterpriseSmall Business
0
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80
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I	
  Fit	
  in	
  with	
  the	
  Community
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