Jason Wade, Sales Manager at iFramework, has posted a simple poll to LinkedIn that asks:
I'll be more interested in any discussion about this at the poll itself or in the Legal Project Management group on LinkedIn than the results itself.Social Networking & Project Management - is it possible? How often do you check social networking sites using a smart phone?
I find the whole LinkedIn polling feature to be a bit half-baked at this time. If you want to seek input from beyond your first-degree connections, you have to pay per response (US $0.75 + $1.00 for "seniority," i.e., management), with a minimum payment of $50.00. Your poll can only consist of a single question with up to five answer choices.
While your poll will be given a URL for sharing it, you can't easily embed it in other sites, such as your company Web site or blog. If LinkedIn polls receive greater participation from target audiences and if more questions and more sophisticated polling features become available, I can see LinkedIn polls being worth the cost. At this time, however, I'm not seeing the value.
Disagree? Let me know in the comments.
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