Keep your respondents interested in both your survey and your business by following these tips.Watch the GrammarThe minute a respondent sees a typo, they may exit the survey. Some people get irritated by this and think you have not taken your company or survey seriously, so make sure to have your grammar and spelling in check. You can easily send a test version of your survey to a coworker or friend to catch mistakes you might have missed.Keep it ConciseWordy surveys are not effective since most people become bored after reading too much. It is always a good idea to give users some sort of background information as to why they are taking the survey; after that, answers should be concise, multiple choice, true/false, or have a rating system.People will also be impatient if they have to constantly fill in boxes with their opinions before they are able to proceed with the rest of the survey. Again, sticking to simple answer formats is the best approach when paired with eliminating fill-in-the-blank answers. This way, the survey provides you with easy ways to filter and analyze the results.Make it SnappyKeep from using fancy graphics or other items that can slow the survey down when loading on a web browser. Although it can make for pretty displays, you should avoid using Adobe Flash since it can dramatically slow down computers and many internet users cannot render it at all.Make sure your survey loads quickly by testing it at least once-per-week and making necessary changes if it is slow. Again, people become impatient very quickly and they will close their browser.Too "Skip" to be SquareHave you ever taken a survey where you are unable to skip the question and cannot proceed to the next section? If this did happen, you probably closed the survey in annoyance. People do not want to be forced into answering questions and are more likely to complete the survey if they can skip a question and move on. Getting some data is better than getting no data at all.