A question about resources for surveys and polling was posted on LinkedIn...several people provided conventional responses, like:
- Survey Monkey
- SurveyBob
- Constant Contact
However, I think before anyone could really provide the best answer for this person we really nneded to know such things as:
> Where is your audience? (Online, in your database, etc.)
> How are you going to use the data? (presentation, personal use, will you need to have charts, etc.)
> How are you going to "promote" the survey (email, handout, online promotion, print ads, etc.) and
> What type of answers do you need (yes-no, rate 1-10, good, ok, bad, essay, etc.)
Since we did not have the answers to the questions above I thought I would offer a few unconventional and new ways to take Polls and Surveys. After completing my resonse I wanted to share this with ActiveRain members.
Keeping in mind: To get the best results you want to go where your audience (list) is, right? Keep it simple, quick and easy and more people will respond. Of course, you don't want to inundate your audience with polls and surveys...they can get annoying. Plus, if you do take a Poll or Survey, do it with the intent to move your relationship with yoru audience to the next level.
New innovative survey options
1. For simple Yes-no, good-bad, etc. and if your list is in your Outlook database - you could use Outlook and simply use the voting buttons on the email - this can be quick and easy - although not everyone will be able to participate.
2. If your audience is on Facebook you can use create surveys using Quibblo - http://www.quibblo.com/create
3. LinkedIn - of course as a LinkedIn member you can create your own polls http://budurl.com/zzze
4 Twitter there is twtpoll - http://twtpoll.com/
5. Website or blog? (Drive traffic to your website or blog)
Option 1: Easy to use on your own webiste or blog http://www.mystudiyo.com/create
Option 2: Of course if you have a website you can create a form where they can simply check a box and you then dump the results into Excel to run any graphs, statistics you want without limitations like many of the online survey companies.
Hope that helps.
Jeff
I specialize in helping the real estate industry integrate social media, blogging and their website into one cohesive marketing machine.
Jeff Graves
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