X (formerly Twitter) is an excellent social network that offers its users a convenient platform in which they can get in touch with a variety of important professionals and individuals spread world-wide.
In contrast to Facebook, X allows to acquire a wide range of “followers” and create a community that corresponds exactly to one’s areas of interests or to his line of business with a matter of seconds and in the most convenient way possible. This social network has now become an essentiality among companies due to its utmost convenience and transparency when communicating to its clients, prospects or even the influential people related to its line of business.
At present, there are a vast number of individuals and companies who are in the struggle to issue yet another questionnaire into these social networks with the sole intention of reaching out to as many people as possible. Among all, X is known to be one of the most adapted tools. While the platform now offers a native poll feature, it remains limited to 4 answer options with only 25 characters each and a maximum duration of 7 days. For more comprehensive surveys with detailed questions and advanced analytics, an online questionnaire software is the ideal solution.
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Create an online survey with Drag’n Survey
Drag’ n Survey is a free software that simply allows its users to set up enquiries, within only a few clicks away thanks to its intuitive interface. You are also offered several questionnaire templates that you are free to use or edit directly in order to fit your needs.
A bank of questions is right at your fingertips that suggest some of the most used typical questions related to various business sectors.
Once your study is complete, your next step would be to generate a “Web link” through the publishing area and finally, simply stick it onto a tweet.
Publishing the poll on X (formerly Twitter)
Login to your account and click on “to tweet”, so as to create an introductory sentence and then paste the Web link onto it.
If you wish to reach out to a wider public apart from your community use hash tags (#). This allows other members available worldwide to read your tweet although they are not a member among your followers.
Why use an external survey tool rather than the native X poll?
While X now offers a built-in poll feature, it comes with significant limitations that may not suit all your needs. Native X polls only allow 2 to 4 answer options with a maximum of 25 characters each, and the survey duration cannot exceed 7 days. Moreover, you cannot add media content such as images alongside your poll questions, and native polls cannot be promoted through X ads. For more sophisticated market research, customer satisfaction surveys, or detailed feedback collection, an online survey tool like Drag’n Survey offers unlimited questions, diverse question types (multiple choice, rating scales, open-ended responses), custom branding, and comprehensive analytics. This makes it the ideal choice when you need deeper insights beyond a simple quick vote from your community.
Analyze the results of your survey
Drag’n Survey keeps you out of all the trouble and updates the results automatically. The data processing system is automated, thus, you will have all the necessary reports of your inquiries directly on the site right in front of you.
Increase its participation rate
Publishing a poll on a social network allows to increase the number of participants to a considerably higher rate. However, in order to reap the maximal benefits, there are a few rules that should be taken into consideration:
- Write an introductory text that is clearly directed towards the subject of the survey
- Specify a duration so as not to discourage those people being questioned along the way
- Add a progress bar
- Use clear questions
- If possible, make sure, that your survey is not too long
- Feel free to add a little sense of humor
Find out what other social networks are out there that allows you to publish polls successfully
Numerous social networks offer the possibility of posting Web links and thus of publishing on-line questionnaires. Facebook, on one hand is an excellent technique (read the article on the topic), and remains a powerful platform for reaching a broad audience.
In order to communicate with a professional population you can also consider LinkedIn, which is particularly effective for B2B surveys and gathering insights from industry experts.
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