Basic Facebook Guide: How do i make a poll on Facebook

How do i make a poll on Facebook

How to make a Facebook poll
Facebook is the latest social media platform to introduce polling into its feed. Though users could simply post a Facebook status, tweet or Instagram story asking a question that their followers could reply to, polling is an easier means to discovering what their followers prefer.
Twitter and Instagram paved the way with the introduction of polling as a means for users to learn what their followers favoured between any two topics. Now, Facebook members can also use polls to discover whether they should take a vacation to Spain or France, purchase an iPhone or an Android or watch Stranger Things 2 verses House of Cards.
Not only is this new feature helpful for everyday inquiries, but polling has become a tool that allows marketers, lifestyle influencers, brands and bloggers to connect with potential buyers and readers in addition to uncovering what content their audience resonates better with.
Whether a brand, social influencer or everyday social media user looking for some helpful suggestions from your social network - here’s how to create a two-option Facebook poll with GIFs and photos.
How to create a Facebook Poll
Log in and search

To begin, log into your Facebook page and search “poll” in the search bar. If you are already logged into your account, you can also type into a search engine “Facebook poll” and be directed right to the Polls page by selecting “Make a Poll on Your Page - Facebook.com”.
Allow access

Secondly, select the Polls app from the dropdown list and click “Go to Polls”. You will then be asked for Poll’s permission to access your basic information and to access your profile information. If you hit allow, Facebook will direct you to the Polls page.
Here you can create limitless polls that can be posted on your personal profile as well as any other pages you manage.
Create new poll
Choose “Create a new poll” towards the top right of the page and choose which page you’d like to post your poll. Fill in the body of your poll, beginning with the question you’d like to receive feedback about.
Type your question in the “Question” box as well as your answers in the “Answers” box. You may only add one answer per line in the Answers section, pictured in the image below.
Customise your poll
Additional custom tools include the ability to add photos and videos to your poll by uploading basic source code information. Though it sounds complicated, the process is actually quite easy, and Facebook even offers instructions that outline the process.
To add images to your question, first locate the copy image address by right clicking on your image. You will find in the dropdown “copy image address”, which you should select. Then in your Answers box, type “<img”, paste the image address right after, and end with “>”. If you wanted a picture next to Pepsi for example, the full text on one line would read “Pepsi <imgsrc=”http://example.com/image.jpg” />
To add a video, you would follow the same process as uploading pictures. On the desired video, right click and copy “embed code”. Then in the Answers boc, instead of writing “Pepsi <img alt="" />” for images you would write “Pepsi <iframe>” for a video.</iframe>
If you know a little about HTML and CSS, you have the option of further decorating your poll’s answers with colour and font styling elements such as,
and .

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Once satisfied with your Questions and Answers content, check a box if you’d like to allow voters to add other answers or if your poll is in Right-to-Left language (such as Arabic). Choose a vote button caption - which is generally just vote - and then add tags for public pages. Tags can attract more voters if you’re interested in a wealth of opinions.
Premium options
The basic Poll option allows users to write multiple answers, shows voters’ faces and displays results ordered by popularity. Premium features can be purchased for $9.99 a month or $19.99 a year for extra options such as hiding results after voting, showing comments on the poll and blocking ads - to name a few.
Facebook also offers marketing options of posting the page’s wall, wallpost on poll’s Facebook, Twitter and G+ pages and advertisement of your poll to get more votes.

Submit poll

Finally, if satisfied with your poll and Poll Package, click “Create Poll”, invite friends to your Poll page and publish your poll.

How do i make a poll on Facebook

Determine the type of question. To do so, click the bar below the "Question Type" heading, then click one of the following options:
Text Box - Poll participants will manually type in an answer.
Multiple Choice - One answer - Poll participants will select one answer from a list of multiple answers.
Multiple Choice - Multiple answers - Poll participants will select one or more answers from a list of multiple answers.
Drop-down list - Poll participants will click a box and then select one answer from a list.
Ranking - Poll participants will select each item in order of how items apply to them or the question.
Scale of 1 to 5 - Poll participants will choose a number from 1 through 5 ("poor" through "excellent", by default).
For the animal example, you'd likely choose a drop-down list, a multiple-choice (one answer) list, or a text box.

Fill in an answer. The format of your answer will depend on the question type you chose:
Text Box - Click the box under "Data type" to select the type of input you'll accept, from a single line of text to email addresses and phone numbers.
Multiple Choice/Drop-down list/Ranking - Enter the text to display next to a checkbox in the field below the "Answers" heading. Click Add Answer to add another option, or click Add "Other" to add a text field.
Scale of 1 to 5 - Select a scale ranking by clicking the box next to "1" or "5" and then typing in a label.
You can also click the red circle to the right of some answers to delete them.

Customize the question's advanced options. To do so, click the box to the left of one or both of the following options if necessary:
This is a mandatory question - Poll participants will not be able to proceed with the poll until they answer this question.
Randomize answers order - Changes the order of questions each time the poll is taken. Doesn't apply to certain answer types (e.g., scale of 1 to 5).
Click Save. It's a green button in the bottom-right corner of the "New question" window. Doing so will add your question to the poll.

Finish setting up your poll. You can add more questions by clicking the + Add Question button and filling out another form, or you can edit the existing questions by using the buttons above each question:
Click the pencil icon to edit an existing question.
Click the two papers icon to copy the question.
Click the up or down arrows to move the question up or down in the poll order.
Click the red circle to delete the question.

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Part 3Posting Your Poll
Click Next Preview. It's to the right of the + Add Question button.
Review your survey. If everything looks as you want it to, you're ready to proceed to publishing.
If you want to fix something, click the Back: Edit Questionsbutton in the top-left side of the poll box.

Click Next Publish. This blue button is in the top-right side of the poll box.
Click Post on Timeline. It's to the right of the "Sharing Tools" text. Doing so will bring up a window with a Facebook post where you can add clarifying text to your poll.
On some browsers, this option may be labeled as "Add to your page."

Click Post to Facebook. This button is in the bottom-right corner of the post window. Your poll will immediately post to your Facebook page.
If you'd like to attach a message to the post, first click the text field at the top of the window and type in the message.
The text box is a good place to inform users that they'll need to click out of the advertisement that plays when they initially click on the poll link in order to see the poll itself.

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