{"id":171,"date":"2020-04-24T19:02:45","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eglobalsoftsolutions.com\/blog\/?p=171"},"modified":"2020-04-24T19:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T13:32:45","slug":"linkedin-enables-its-users-to-include-polls-to-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eglobalsoftsolutions.com\/blog\/linkedin-enables-its-users-to-include-polls-to-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"LinkedIn Enables Its Users to Include Polls to Posts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/eglobalsoftsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/24-4-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eglobalsoftsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/24-4-2020.png 750w, https:\/\/eglobalsoftsolutions.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/24-4-2020-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>LinkedIn is reportedly developing a new feature for its\nusers that will allow them to add polls to their posts effortlessly. <strong>Jane Manchun Wong<\/strong> revealed this new\nLinkedIn feature, who is an expert in locating unreleased programs with the\nhelp of reserve engineering apps.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He recently shared a screenshot showing how the LinkedIn\nPolls will look. After seeing the screenshot, you will come to know that it is\npretty identical to the polls feature of Twitter. With the LinkedIn polls, you\nwill be able to ask for votes from the audience regarding a question. Wong\nshared an example of this new feature: he has created a poll by asking a\nquestion, \u201cWhat Does the WFH abbreviation mean?\u201d Then he has shared a few\noptions to choose from, and users can choose any of the listed answers to vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This new feature will turn the whole landscape of LinkedIn\nMarketing, even while approaching the organic way of advertising. You will be\nable to create polls regarding the customer queries, consumer surveys, or to\nknow the opinion of your target audience regarding particular things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create a simple and apt poll with LinkedIn and add\nup to 4 options or choices. One poll can stay live up to 2 weeks, and after\nthat, it will automatically end. It is way better than Twitter polls as it\nstays for two weeks, and on the other hand, Twitter\u2019s poll can only last for\none week.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On other popular social media networks, be it Instagram or\nFacebook, you can only post polls maximum for 24 hours, and when a poll\ncompletes its 24<sup>th<\/sup> hour, it ends automatically. Keep in mind that\nthere is no official announcement regarding this new feature till now. So we\ngot no idea when it\u2019s going to launch. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though, the social media platform has shared a few helpful\ndocuments about how to use this upcoming poll feature. These official\ninstructions for using LinkedIn polls are solid proof that it is 100% reliable\nnews that it will be released soon. Also, by looking at the screenshot, it is\neven clearer how this feature will appear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>LinkedIn\nPolls- An Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The polls feature will slowly release for the users and will\nsoon be available to all. It will be a built-in feature, so that means you\nwon\u2019t need to use any third-party social media tools to use polls on LinkedIn.\nInstead, you will only need to choose an option while creating a post to\nconvert it into a poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you have previously used polls on LinkedIn, then you\nmay have used the third-party tools such as Survey Monkey or Google Forms to\nmake this happen. On the post composer wizard, the Polls button will be\navailable soon, and just by pressing it, you will be able to create a poll on\nLinkedIn without any hassle.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here\u2019s What\nWe Know about Upcoming LinkedIn Polls So far<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Visibility\nof the poll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will be able to control the visibility of your polls\nwith a few options and keep in mind that by default, it will be set to\n\u201cAnyone.\u201d Here are the options to adjust it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Anyone +\nTwitter:<\/strong> Your poll can be seen on LinkedIn and Twitter.<\/li><li><strong>Connections\nonly:<\/strong> Only limited to the author\u2019s 1st-degree connections.<\/li><li><strong>Group\nMembers:<\/strong> Visible to only a shared group only.<\/li><li><strong>Event\nattendees:<\/strong> Limited with attendees of a particular event.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>When you create your poll, you can set any of these options\nto adjust visibility. After that, it can\u2019t be changed.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Duration of\nthe Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are 4 options to control the duration of your polls:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>1 day<\/li><li>3 days<\/li><li>1 week<\/li><li>2 weeks<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Insights of\nthe Poll<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you create a poll, you can see <strong>who voted<\/strong> as well as <strong>how\neach participant voted<\/strong>. Other insights like the <strong>number of votes\/options<\/strong> or <strong>final\nresults in percentage format<\/strong> will be available for the creator.&nbsp; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LinkedIn is reportedly developing a new feature for its users that will allow them to add polls to their posts effortlessly. 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