Using Google Docs and Forms for Questionnaires

Remod­el­ing com­pa­nies need to get spe­cif­ic infor­ma­tion from a clients about their home remod­el­ing projects before going to the next step. To do this, a remod­el­er needs a cus­tom ques­tion­naire to help him move smooth­ly through the sales cycle. I was recent­ly asked if there was an easy way to cre­ate a ques­tion­naire for kitchen and baths and post it on a com­pa­ny web­site or email it to a prospect. The answer is ​“yes there is!” The more expen­sive and cus­tomized route is to hire your web design­er to cre­ate the ques­tion­naire form and post it on your web­site. Cre­at­ing cus­tom forms on a web­site typ­i­cal­ly require a lot of spe­cial cod­ing which some­times dri­ves the price up. The sec­ond option is to use Google Docs. Google Docs has a Form Cre­ator built in, and it is very sim­ple to use. The form tool also comes with over 70 themes to help dress up your ques­tion­naire. When you cre­ate a Google Form, you can eas­i­ly send the ques­tion­naire via email to a prospect, have them fill it out and then login to see their answers. To make that easy, Google noti­fies you when a prospect uses the form/​questionnaire. So, the next time you want to cre­ate a cus­tomer sur­vey, esti­mate request or ques­tion­naire, give Google Docs a try. Google makes it sim­ple! Note: To make things even eas­i­er for your busi­ness, try switch­ing your office to run in the Clouds: Google Apps, a good CRM & Drop­box.