How to Send a Survey Monkey Link Through Email

Last Updated: January 31, 2023

SurveyMonkey is an online service that allows users to create web-based surveys that can be inserted in email messages, web pages, and shared through other online services. The service also provides the ability to create mailing lists and schedule delivery of emails messages containing links to your surveys. This article will teach you how to send a SurveyMonkey link through email.

Method 1

Method 1 of 2:

Pasting the Link into Your Email

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Follow steps 1-8 of How to Create an Online Survey with SurveyMonkey to create a new survey.
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Select the first “Collect Responses” option to generate a link to your survey.

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3
Click “Next Step”.
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Copy the link to paste into email messages and elsewhere.
- Alternatively, you can embed the link in your HTML email messages by copying and inserting the HTML code.

Method 2

Method 2 of 2:

Sending the Email Through Survey Monkey

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Follow steps 1-8 of How to Create an Online Survey with SurveyMonkey to create a new survey.
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Select the second “Collect Responses” option to have SurveyMonkey upload and send survey initiations on your behalf.
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Click “Add Recipients to List” to create a mailing list of surveys to send your users to.
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Click “Create Email Message to Send”.
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Select the criteria for who will be sent the message.
- You can select “Custom Criteria” to specify exactly who will receive the message.
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Click “Save Selection & Continue”.
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Enter the subject of your email message.
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Enter the body of your email. (You can use the default body message if you prefer).
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Enter a Reply Email Address. This is the email that your message will be sent from.
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Click “Save & Continue”.
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Click “Schedule Delivery”.
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Enter your contact information and check the checkbox to agree to the SurveyMonkey terms of use.
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Click “I Agree to Terms”.
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Select the first option and enter a date and time to send your email.
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Alternatively, you can select the second “Schedule Message Delivery” option to send the message immediately.
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Click “Ok”.

Community Q&A

Question

If I send out a survey, do the recipients need a Survey Monkey account?

Community Answer

No, creating a Survey Monkey survey does not require recipients to have an account.