Hamid Farooqui
Hamid co-founded and leads the team at Sogolytics. An ex Oracle executive, Hamid brings formidable expertise in software design and IT. He has an MS from SUNY Binghamton and on his occasional days off, enjoys getting out on the water for some fishing and sailing with his family. Meet Hamid.
Hamid Farooqui's Articles
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Employee EngagementIt’s Time to Take Employee Exit Surveys SeriouslyThere are many ways employees can answer the timeless question, “Why are you leaving your job?” However, prominent financier J.P. Morgan may have put it ...3 min read
Best PracticesK-12 Lesson Plan: Using Surveys to Improve Education EffortsIt’s hard enough to be a teacher or educational administrator, nowadays. Educators make a serious time commitment to helping other people, often at less-than-spectacular pay, ...4 min read
Best PracticesWhen, Why, and How to Embed a Survey on Your WebsiteWant to capture more information from your website visitors? An online survey is a good way to collect useful data and to distribute it to ...4 min read
Best PracticesTaking Advantage of Question Display LogicYou don’t want to waste anyone’s time – neither respondents’ nor your own. So why ask people to answer irrelevant questions? Instead, use question display ...4 min read
Best PracticesFilter Your Survey Data for Added InsightYou can learn a lot from the survey data you collect – that’s the point! – but too often, people look only at the overall ...5 min read
Best PracticesHow To Say “Successful Survey Results” in 28 LanguagesWe live in a global society, and your company is ready to serve customers worldwide. So why limit your survey distribution to only people who ...5 min read
Best PracticesKeeping Surveys Short – But Not TOO ShortWhen you design an online survey, there’s a temptation to ask respondents a lot of questions. After all, you surmise, this is your own opportunity ...3 min read
Best PracticesTracking Survey Participation – and Nagging EffectivelyOnce you’ve designed a survey, you need to convince people to respond to the email invitation soliciting their input. One step in accomplishing that is ...4 min read
Best PracticesCross-Tabulating Survey Data to Increase Your Rate of “Aha!” and “Oh Wow!”One powerful way to gain insight from your surveys is to cross-tabulate the data. Doing so lets you discover correlations that aren’t obvious from a ...4 min read
Best PracticesUsing a Matrix Grid in Your Surveys to Elicit Better ResponsesOne hallmark of outstanding customer service is the speed at which a business responds. If you have thought of Sogolytics purely as a data-gathering tool ...