Your customers hold the key to the future success of your organization. Surveys are one of the most effective ways to interact and engage your customers.

   You will discover new, low cost techniques for collecting information about your customers, calculating who your best customers are, constructing surveys, and distributing your surveys in the most effective way.  Find out how to get feedback, information and even answers from your customers.

   Our 8 stage needs assessment model will give you a step by step proven approach to conducting survey research and reaching your highest survey response rate, no matter what type of organization you work for.

One month course, William A. Draves, instructor.

 
Agenda

Unit 1
Your Audience’s Demographics and Behavior  
-Introduction to customer research
-The increasing role of customers in your success
-Your customer demographics and behavior characteristics
-Finding your 7 primary customer segments
 
Unit 2
Finding Your Best Customers
-Who are your best customers?
-Finding your best customers
-Why your best customers are so valuable
-Using best customers to get more customers
 
Unit 3
Constructing a successful survey
-How many questions to ask
-Deciding what questions to ask
-Wording survey questions
 
Unit 4
Increasing Your Response Rate
-Getting the Survey Out, and Back
-Email and web site surveys
-How many surveys you need to get back
 
Question MarkAbout online learning

Online learning is a fun, enjoyable and very productive way to learn. Millions of people are learning online each year. You will engage with the instructor and other participants. You will get to know your instructor and other participants. You may make friends.  It’s easy. It’s fun. 

GearsHow the Course Works

It is easy to participate in your online course. After you register, you will be given a web address to go to get into your online classroom.  You will have a password and use your email address and password to gain access.

Once inside the online classroom, here’s what you can expect.

CalendarParticipate when you want

You can participate any time of day or evening. The online classroom is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
There are no live real-time requirements or meetings. You decide when you participate.
For the best learning, participants should log into the course on 2-3 different days of the week.

ChecklistWhat you will do

For each Unit, you will:

  • Read the print readings 
  • Have the option of accessing the online readings
  • Listen to the audio presentation for the Unit and view the slides
  • Have the option of taking a self-quiz to see how much you have learned
  • Engage in written online discussion with your instructor and other participants

For best learning, you should make one or more comments at 2-3 different times each week.
The content (readings, audio lectures, slides) and self quizzes are accessible for the entire course, so you can work ahead, or go back and review again, at your convenience.

DiscussionDiscussion

The Discussion for each Unit lasts one week. All comments are made in writing and can be made at any time of the day or night.

Your instructor will log into the Discussion area at least once a day and answer questions, make comments, and respond to comments by you and the other participants.

We encourage you to make 2-3 comments each week to maximize your learning and enjoyment of the course.

It’s easy. It’s fun.

Next offering(s):
-Next session coming soon-

$ USD
$195 USD

Ave. hours 16, 1.6 CEUs/ILUs

About Your Instructor

William Draves has been teaching others how to conduct surveys for over two decades.  His courses focus on Return On Investment (ROI), utilizing surveys to enhance organizational effectiveness and increased audience service. His in-person seminars have taught people all over Canada and the United States about high response surveys. He is author of the publication “High Response Surveys,” and conducts a survey every month of the year.
 
Course Objectives

-To provide participants with practical, how-to information on using customer research to improve their organization’s performance, services or products, as well as promotion and marketing.
-To give participants data analysis skills in researching their customers’ behavior and demographics.
-To address ways in which organizations can engage and interact with customers to acquire needed feedback, input, suggestions and ideas.
-To give participants an 8 stage needs assessment model for developing new products and services involving customer research.
-To provide practical, advanced tips and techniques in measuring customer satisfaction, conducting customer surveys, creating customer focus and advisory groups, and creating a customer friendly organizational environment. 
 
Course Outcomes

At the end of the course, you will:

-Possess the information necessary to conduct extensive customer research;
-Know who your best customers are, and why they are important;
-Be able to construct a successful customer survey, survey customers and get a high response rate;
-Know how to create and facilitate a customer advisory board or focus group;
-Have the knowledge to implement a needs assessment model for new services and products.
Completion Requirements