Marketing surveys Understand customer behaviour and boost ROI

Behind every click and every purchase lies a reason. Do you know what your customers are thinking? Marketing surveys reveal audience insights to craft resonant messages and refine strategies for more impactful, data-driven marketing.

  • Understand intent
  • Refine strategy
  • Drive results

What are marketing surveys?

Marketing shouldn't be based on guesswork—it should be about having an ongoing conversation with customers. Marketing surveys uncover what your audience expects from your business. From campaign testing to brand perception, these insights help you sharpen targeting and drive engagement.

By tapping into customer opinions, competitor landscapes, and industry trends, marketing surveys replace assumptions with data-backed strategies—helping you connect, convert, and stay ahead.

How do surveys drive smarter marketing strategies?

Create high-impact campaigns with audience insights

Knowing your audience is important for developing effective messaging. Learn about their preferences and optimize your strategy to boost ROI.

Strengthen brand positioning and refine targeting

Your brand lives in your audience's minds; what do they really think? Surveys help track trust and sentiment for better targeting.

Validate pricing, demand, and market fit

A great product needs the right price and positioning. Understand demand levels, willingness to pay, and market expectations to launch with confidence.

Stay ahead of trends and optimize strategies

Trends change fast; we've got to stay informed. Surveys help you track industry shifts, evolving consumer behaviours, and campaign performance to keep your marketing sharp.

Enhance products and build lasting customer connections

Your customers know what works—so listen to them. Gather insights on product usability, customer pain points, and preferences to improve offerings and create meaningful connections.

How does Zoho Survey help?

Prebuilt templates: Start quickly with expert-designed surveys  

Choose from a range of marketing-specific templates and save time while ensuring high-quality responses.

Prebuilt templates: Start quickly with expert-designed surveys

Multiple question types: Ask the right questions the right way  

From rating scales and matrix grids to open-ended responses, use versatile question types to capture the right mix of qualitative and quantitative insights.

Multiple question types: Ask the right questions the right way

Custom branding: Deliver a seamless brand experience

Ensure a consistent brand experience with custom logos, themes, and colors. A branded survey builds trust, increases engagement, and strengthens brand recall.

Custom branding: Deliver a seamless brand experience

Survey logic: Personalize and optimize response flow  

Use skip logic, branching, and piping to show each user relevant questions based on their previous responses, reduce survey fatigue, and improve data accuracy.

Survey logic: Personalize and optimize response flow

Multilingual surveys: Connect with a global audience  

Create surveys in multiple languages to engage international customers and deliver a localized and user-friendly experience.

Multilingual surveys: Connect with a global audience 

Multichannel distribution: Reach customers where they are  

Share surveys via email, SMS, social media, website embeds, and QR codes to collect insights from different touchpoints in the customer journey.

Multichannel distribution: Reach customers where they are

Real-time and advanced analytics: Track trends and customer behaviour  

Access live reports, dashboards, and response summaries for instant insights. Use cross-tabs, sentiment analysis, and trend reports to uncover patterns and audience preferences.

Real-time and advanced analytics 

Survey integrations: Apply insights within your marketing stack   

Integrate Zoho Survey with Zoho CRM, Zoho Marketing Automation, Google Analytics, Zapier, and other platforms to incorporate survey responses into your marketing workflows and enable data-driven personalization.

Survey integrations: Apply insights within your marketing stack

Email notifications: Stay on top of feedback  

Set up email triggers for key survey results to monitor campaign performance and react quickly to your findings.

Email notifications

Mobile-optimized surveys: Engage audiences anytime, anywhere  

Ensure a seamless experience across all devices to increase completion rates and data accuracy.

Mobile-optimized surveys

Data security and privacy: Build trust with compliant surveys   

Ensure GDPR compliance and protect user data with encryption and access controls to maintain customer trust.

Audience panels: Gather insights from a targeted market

No audience? No problem. Use Zoho Survey’s panel responses to get feedback from a curated, relevant audience for market research and ad testing.

Audience panels

Marketing surveys for all stages of the customer journey

Types of Hospitality Surveys
  • Awareness stage  

    • Market research survey 

      Identify industry trends, customer needs, and competitors.

    • Brand awareness survey 

      Measure how well your audience recognises your brand.

    • Audience segmentation survey 

      Define customer groups based on behaviours and preferences.

    • Market positioning survey 

      Understand how you are known in the market.

  • Consideration stage

    • Product interest survey 

      Gauge demand and feature preferences.

    • Price sensitivity analysis 

      Find an optimal pricing strategy.

    • Ad concept testing survey

      Test marketing messages, visuals, and campaign ideas.

    • Advertising impact survey

      Measure recall and effectiveness of your ads.

  • Decision stage  

    • Campaign effectiveness survey 

      Evaluate how well a campaign is performing.

    • Conversion rate optimization survey

      Identify barriers preventing conversions.

    • Lead qualification survey

      Assess a lead's conversion potential.

  • Retention stage

    • Customer satisfaction survey

      Gather feedback on product or service satisfaction.

    • Net Promoter Score (NPS) survey 

      Measure customer loyalty and referrals.

    • Customer retention survey 

      Identify factors driving repeat purchases.

  • Advocacy stage  

    • Event feedback survey

      Evaluate attendee experience and event impact.

    • Referral and advocacy survey 

      Understand what motivates customers to refer others to your brand.

    • Customer retention survey  

      Identify factors driving repeat purchases.

    • User-generated content (UGC) survey 

      Identify customers willing to share testimonials and case studies.

Frequently asked questions

Zoho Survey helps you collect valuable customer insights, test ad ideas, measure brand perception, and refine your campaigns with data-driven decisions. It’s the simple way to align your marketing strategy with what your audience truly wants.

Unless the survey is sent through email distribution or a CRM that stores details, Zoho Survey doesn’t collect respondent information like email, name, or phone by default. Even in those cases, you can ensure anonymity by disabling these options under Launch → General Restrictions. Additionally, while creating your survey, avoid including fields that ask for personal details. This way, you can confidently run a truly anonymous survey.

Gather feedback at key moments like post-purchase, after ad interactions, email campaigns, or website visits. Use email, SMS, in-app surveys, or landing page embeds to capture insights when engagement is highest.

Yes, you can schedule survey distribution to ensure that respondents receive them at the best time to achieve maximum participation and engagement.

Yes, you can use our audience panel targeting industry professionals or customer segments to gather insights on competitor offerings and market positioning.

Yes, with Zoho Survey’s offline mode and QR distribution feature, you can collect responses without an internet connection and sync them once you’re online.

Understand why customers buy, click, and stay with data-backed marketing