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Polls & Surveys create engagement and interaction on Social Media

Polls or Surveys are a useful way to create engagement with your followers on social media by asking a question and providing several choices for them to show their feedback. This encourages an actual interaction on your social media channel. Polls are great to obtain ideas on what consumers may want from you and feedback on the services and products that you offer.

How to run a poll on Facebook

Facebook has a few apps that provide poll features.

The following is ‘My-Polls’ which is free to use but has a limit of up to 40 responses before it requires you to then used the paid version.

https://apps.facebook.com/my-polls/

Facebook App - My Polls - Pick a Title

 

Facebook App - My Polls - App Permissions

 

Facebook App - My Polls - Questions and Options

 

Facebook App - My Polls - Preferred Social Media Platform

 

Facebook App - My Polls - Publishing Tools

 

Copy the generated poll link and either post it to your Facebook wall, or create a page on your Facebook business page which you can add temporarily to your Facebook menu navigation for the duration of the survey period.

 

Facebook App - My Polls - Share

 

Facebook App - My Polls - Results

 

How to run a poll on Instagram

Instagram has recently introduced interactive poll stickers within Instagram stories.

After you’ve taken a photo or video for your Instagram story, select the “poll” sticker and place it anywhere on the screen. Then, you can write a question and customise two answer options for Instagram followers to choose from.

Once the poll has been shared, Instagram followers can immediately start voting and see the results.

Once someone has voted, they’ll see which choice is in the lead at any given moment. The Instagram story and poll both disappear after 24 hours as usual.

To see your own Instagram poll results, swipe up to open the viewers list for that part of your Instagram story. The menu that appears displays how many votes each option received, and you’ll also see who voted and which option they chose.

How to run a poll on Google+

Google+ also offers polls with posts. Compose a new post and click the ‘Add poll’ icon within the post type options. This will then provide the options and types of questions you have available to configure.

How to run a poll on Google Plus

 

How to run a poll on Twitter

Twitter also offers a ‘Poll’ feature. Compose a new tweet and click the ‘Add poll’ icon within the tweet. This will then provide the options and types of questions you have available to configure.

 

How to run a poll on Twitter

 

Once created, post your poll on Twitter.

 

How to run a poll on Twitter - Preview

 

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2 Comments
  • Matt Lynch - March 16, 2018 at 7:14 am

    Though there are native inbuilt options for generating a poll or survey in Twitter, Google+ and Instagram, Facebook has many app developers who have created options to choose between.
    Even simply asking a question and requesting the user to post their answer in the comment feed below, is a simple and quick way to stimulate a conversation and create engagement through responses.

  • James Brine - March 16, 2018 at 7:19 am

    Polls are a great way of giving your customers a voice, and the feeling that their opinion truly counts towards your products or services. For this to be truly effective, showing that the poll made a real difference by following it up with evidence of this will instill trust and dedication in your customers. Furthermore, any future usage of polls will be met with improved response rates as people love to take part in votes that make a real difference.

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