New Polling Features

With the fast-changing features of technology, polling should also evolve. From time to time, new features come out to adapt to the upgrading features of mobile phones and laptops.
In the market, there are dozens of polling software that offer new features. One of them is Poll iT from New Media Services.
Nowadays, we can have a poll without response options. We can use fill-in-the-blank format questions. Example is this: “__________ sucks.” In this poll, choices are unlimited. The polling software gathers all answers, classifies them and shows the result who or what “sucks”.
Another is new appearances of polls. If in the past, there were limited fonts, today we have new and better-looking fonts and marks. We can also add some customized graphics to entice respondents to answer.
Images and videos can now be inserted to give better viewing. This new feature is needed when the topic is about a certain video or picture. Thus, we can copy videos from Youtube and insert it in the poll for our respondents’ convenience.
New polling software also automatically captures the e-mail address and full name of respondents. This eases the host business to know who participated in the poll.
Computer software also has the ability to count who viewed the poll and who participated. It can also track what browser, if it is Google Chrome, Yahoo or other popular browsers, was used by a specific respondent in viewing the poll.
Some polls have special effects like pop-up graphics. These graphics appear after a respondent clicked his answer, saying “thank you” to the respondent with some notes on how to know results of the poll.
For the host of polls, some software offers “filter” tool. After automatically registering all information about the respondents, the host can trim down the list depending on their age, sex, location, etc, for any purpose. Example, the host filters all respondents who are 50 years old and above because he likes to send invitations for his insurance company orientation.
Some software also permits all data to be automatically pasted in spreadsheets, e-mails and other documents. For sure, this eases the copy-and-paste activity of secretaries!
Results can also be posted automatically in other websites related to the main website conducting the poll. Visiting the main webpage is no longer needed to know the results. In just a glimpse, respondents can learn about the results through their account in any social networking sites.
Another latest feature promotes nationalism. It gives an option to the respondent what language to use. This may affirms that not all people understand English and most people are comfortable answering questions written in their own native tongue.
Nowadays, we have what we call support system. Respondents can receive some e-mails and newsletters related to the poll. This gives respondents more information about the poll and it creates an impression that the poll is too serious.
Some businesses use independent companies that are specializing in setting up polls. Polling companies can supervise polls 24/7 minimize traffics for on-time updates.
Another exciting feature that people love is the existence of incentives. This offer gifts and free downloads to respondents if they complete the survey.
When money is involved, respondents need to give information on their bank account if in case they win. However, this is subjected to legal discussions.
Those are just some of the latest features that polling software and companies offer. These will be innovated again the next years for sure.
New technology means new ways how to conduct polls. Polling companies come up with more and more features that will improve polling and will bring more luxury and convenience to respondents. With these changes, one thing has not and will never change: polling is part of the business’s success.

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New Polling Features

With the fast-changing features of technology, polling should also evolve. From time to time, new features come out to adapt to the upgrading features of mobile phones and laptops.
In the market, there are dozens of polling software that offer new features. One of them is Poll iT from New Media Services.
Nowadays, we can have a poll without response options. We can use fill-in-the-blank format questions. Example is this: “__________ sucks.” In this poll, choices are unlimited. The polling software gathers all answers, classifies them and shows the result who or what “sucks”.
Another is new appearances of polls. If in the past, there were limited fonts, today we have new and better-looking fonts and marks. We can also add some customized graphics to entice respondents to answer.
Images and videos can now be inserted to give better viewing. This new feature is needed when the topic is about a certain video or picture. Thus, we can copy videos from Youtube and insert it in the poll for our respondents’ convenience.
New polling software also automatically captures the e-mail address and full name of respondents. This eases the host business to know who participated in the poll.
Computer software also has the ability to count who viewed the poll and who participated. It can also track what browser, if it is Google Chrome, Yahoo or other popular browsers, was used by a specific respondent in viewing the poll.
Some polls have special effects like pop-up graphics. These graphics appear after a respondent clicked his answer, saying “thank you” to the respondent with some notes on how to know results of the poll.
For the host of polls, some software offers “filter” tool. After automatically registering all information about the respondents, the host can trim down the list depending on their age, sex, location, etc, for any purpose. Example, the host filters all respondents who are 50 years old and above because he likes to send invitations for his insurance company orientation.
Some software also permits all data to be automatically pasted in spreadsheets, e-mails and other documents. For sure, this eases the copy-and-paste activity of secretaries!
Results can also be posted automatically in other websites related to the main website conducting the poll. Visiting the main webpage is no longer needed to know the results. In just a glimpse, respondents can learn about the results through their account in any social networking sites.
Another latest feature promotes nationalism. It gives an option to the respondent what language to use. This may affirms that not all people understand English and most people are comfortable answering questions written in their own native tongue.
Nowadays, we have what we call support system. Respondents can receive some e-mails and newsletters related to the poll. This gives respondents more information about the poll and it creates an impression that the poll is too serious.
Some businesses use independent companies that are specializing in setting up polls. Polling companies can supervise polls 24/7 minimize traffics for on-time updates.
Another exciting feature that people love is the existence of incentives. This offer gifts and free downloads to respondents if they complete the survey.
When money is involved, respondents need to give information on their bank account if in case they win. However, this is subjected to legal discussions.
Those are just some of the latest features that polling software and companies offer. These will be innovated again the next years for sure.
New technology means new ways how to conduct polls. Polling companies come up with more and more features that will improve polling and will bring more luxury and convenience to respondents. With these changes, one thing has not and will never change: polling is part of the business’s success.

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Web and Mobile Polling System

Measuring public opinions through polling about a latest computer gadget or a rising Hollywood celebrity is becoming a fun activity. However, businesses see it as a feedback mechanism to know whether their new service is marketable or not and to strengthen their relationship with customers.
In polling, the topic can be a person, an offer, a service, a country, a product or even an idea. It consists of a simple question about the topic, response options and the results. It is like an item of a multiple choice-type of examination.
Nowadays, polling can be done using the internet and mobile devices. Traditional ways include paper-and-pencil system which costs too much and is time-consuming.
In web and mobile polling, respondents can participate anywhere they are and any time they can. They can receive a poll message wherever they are using their mobile phones or their computer.
Thus, a respondent from Australia can answer a poll question even though he is in the western coast of Africa enjoying his vacation. All he had to do is to read his message in his phone or surf the internet.
As a business owner, you can create a simple poll. First, you must create a simple query about your service. For example: “Do you think the ‘Hot and Roll’ video of New Media Services really hot?” or “Rate how good Katy Perry is in endorsing Victoria’s Secrets products.”
Provide response options that respondents can pick their answer from. Easy polls are mostly answerable by yes or no. For queries like “How often do you visit your doctor?” you can use these choices: “weekly”, “monthly”, “yearly”, “once in five three years”. If you want your respondents to rate your service from 1 to 10, you give them options from 1 to 10.
When making a poll question and response options, imagine you are a teacher creating questions for your students.
In special cases, polls do not have responses due to the nature of the query. It can be a fill-in-the-blanks question. For example: “The most hated cellular phone brand is ___________”. Here respondents have the freedom to fill whatever answer they like.
Some polls consist of many queries but most often, they consist of just one simple question.
Once the question and the response options are ready, Information Technology (IT) specialists can now publish your poll at your business website using computer software. They create a poll place in your website where respondents will click their answer.
Others publish their polls in social networking sites because they have no business site. Publishing in most social networking sites is even for free.
Web polling can also be via e-mail. Respondents receive e-mail containing the poll question and response options. The message contains either the poll itself or a link where the poll is published.
For mobile polling, IT specialists still use the computer to forward the poll question and response options to the mobile devices of respondents. It can be a Short Message Service (SMS) message. Included in the message is the instruction on how to answer. It can go this way: “Type NMS(space)(space)Name (space)Address. SEND TO 255.”
In special cases, an operator calls the respondent’s mobile device and orally solicits the answer to the poll question. However, this is prohibited in some countries.
IT specialists use statistical software to gather and measure answers of respondents. They will review the answers and show the result.
Results can either be partial or final, depending on the time when the result is shown. Partial results are shown after a respondent clicks or texts his response. It is the result for the meantime after his answer was counted in.
Results can be sent as computer-generated e-mails and SMS messages. Results can also be published in the business website where the respondents have clicked their answers.
For polls that have social values, results can be shared to the media for public knowledge. In some instances, results are hidden if they give a bad image to the business.
After, the host of the poll and specialists analyze the results and give recommendations for future actions. Say for example, the outcome of a poll says that “95% of the respondents do not like the new Jackfruit pizza flavor”. Thus, business executives should now discuss if they want to slash the new flavor in their restaurant menu.
Web and mobile polling system is a need to create a good relationship with customers. Besides that point, it is easy to conduct. And some social networking sites offer this service for free!

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Web Polling

Using the worldwide web market, you can measure the performance of your new service to guide you in deciding whether to expand or not. You can even ask your friends if they “like”, “super like” or “not like” your new hairdo.
As simple as creating your poll question and response options using computer software, you can deliver the poll to your respondents at their comfort.
Your respondents may be at home with their families or in a business trip in New York but they can all participate in the poll.
In the question, you can ask anything about your service. You can ask if the respondent liked your new chicken flavor or your new house design, and provide them options to click as their answer.
Example: “Do you love the Poll iT service of New Media Services?” Response options can be as creative as “Yes, I do”, “Sometimes” and “Not yet”.
With Information Technology specialists, the poll is published at your business website. The IT specialists manage the flow of the polling using computer software.
In some instances, the poll can be forwarded through e-mails to specific respondents.
Polls also appear in websites like Facebook, Delicious, Google Bookmarks, Myspace, Yahoo Buzz, Twitter, Dig, Google Buzz, Reddit and Yahoo Messenger.
When respondents click their answers, the software collects all responses and classifies them to come up with a result. In most business sites, results appear after a respondent clicks his answer. Results can also be shown to respondents via e-mail. Others use another link for results viewing.
As the host of the poll, you need to analyze the result. The poll serves as a data on the performance of your service. Secure the data for purposes like recommending and for promotions.
In order to have a successful polling, there are simple tricks that you can do. Always remind your specialists that your goal is to increase your response rate. That is why you need to make a simple study what newsgroup or social networking site your target respondents use. Use what they use. Publish the poll in the web community that most use.
Another trick to have a hit poll is to make a personalized message when you are using e-mail invitations. Consider using their name in the salutation of your message. Begin your e-mail like this: “Dear Mr. Jones” or “Dear New Media Service Client.”
You need to K.I.S.S. it also: “Keep It Short and Simple”. Polls need to be answered in a minute with one link only. Respondents get lazy when they need to open another window to answer the poll. Moreover, state a simple question and with short-worded response options.
In the message, never forget to mention your company, your goal in doing the poll, the benefit of the respondent if he participates and the assurance of privacy for his answer. Include a clear instruction. In the last part, emphasize that the respondent can finish the poll in just five seconds or in a brief time.
You can also send reminder e-mails to assure that the respondent will not forget to answer the poll question.
A marketing strategy for successful polls includes offering incentives to respondents. You can offer your respondents gift certificates, free graphic downloads or cooking tips straight from Oprah.
Networking can also be used in web polling. You can use your friends and relatives to invite respondents, especially if the poll needs community participation.
There is much software available online if you need to create a web poll for your service. Some companies also have polling services if in case your business has no enough time to one. One of them is New Media Service which has Poll iT service.
You can post polls in social networking sites for free also. Besides its ease to create, its benefit is full.

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What is Polling?

Polling is an interactive activity which aims to survey public opinion about a particular topic. A poll consists of a question and response options.
It is like an item of a multiple choice type of examination. Like an examination, the respondent is requested to pick an answer from the given options.
Say for example this poll about your favorite singer: “Is Lady Gaga deserving to win 3 Grammy’s? A. Yes! B. No! C. Undecided.”
All answers from respondents are gathered and classified.
The result is then showed to the respondents. Results are analyzed statistically and are used to decide on recommendations and future actions.
Who conducts polling? Authorities and businesses do.
During elections, polling is being used. People cast their votes to identify who are their choices to be the next leaders in the state. Thus, results of election polls name who the next President is.
Businesses use polling also to know whether their customers are satisfied with their service or not. Through polls, businesses are able to identify whether their service performs well in the market or not.
Some businesses use their in-house research department to conduct polls. However, some hire polling companies to do it for them. Say for example US businesses using Poll iT, a polling service offered by New Media Services.
In the last decades, polls were done in the paper-and-pencil approach. Respondents answered the poll question on the paper provided for them. Hosts of polls needed time to look for respondents and travelled to places where the respondents live.
Now, technology does it for lazy man. Polling can be done with the use of the internet and mobile devices.
With this new system, people do not need to knock from door to door. What you need are simply computer sets, polling software and Information Technology (IT) specialists to manage the whole activity.
In this new system, polling is much easier. First, you must prepare the question and the response options. Then, IT specialists publish the question and response options in your business site or web communities. Thus, when respondents visit the sites, they can answer the poll question immediately.
Respondents can also receive the poll question and response options via Short Message Service and via e-mails. In web polling, respondents just click their answer in the website where the poll is published. In a few seconds, they can see partial results.
In mobile polling, respondents text their answer back, as stated in the instruction.
One special type of mobile polling is voice. The respondent’s mobile number is dialed manually and the question is delivered verbally. This is more accepted in statistics. However, some countries prohibit this kind of mobile polling.
Respondents can also access the website where the poll is posted using Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) browsers. Web polls can be customized for mobile viewing.
Instead of manual tallying, computer software gathers all answers from thousands of respondents around the world and tallies them. The software also publishes the results of the poll in the host website, via e-mail or SMS.
Businesses use polling for two main purposes. First, they want to know if their customers like their service or not. They want to know the level of acceptance of their service especially the new ones.
Second, they want to generate information about their customers. Through polls, businesses can come up with databases of names, locations and contact details of their customers.
Polls also appear in popular social networking sites like Facebook. Users of these sites enjoy rating their favorite celebrities, asking themselves if they like a certain politician, and even reflecting on how strong their faith is.
In Australia, most notable polling organizations include Newspoll, Roy Morgan Research, Galaxy Polling and AC Nielsen Polling. These organizations tackle questions evolving around politics, entertainment, sports, lifestyle and business.
To respondents, it is fun answering poll questions. But to businesses and other hosts of polls, it is a serious evaluating tool and a means to create good relationship with their constituents- a foundation of success in the trade.