To Go on your Palm OS or Windows CE handheld through our free AvantGo channel. Add our channel now Send Feedback Print Article Email Article How to Create Quick Email Polls by Alwyn Botha Obtaining information from your users and readers is crucial to the success of any ezine. One of the best ways of obtaining this information is via surveys and polls conducted on your Website. Although this is a great method of obtaining information, the response rates to these seldom reach expectations, even when heavily publicized through your newsletter. There is one very good reason, a lot of users read their mail while offline and when they clickthrough to your Website to vote they are asked to dial up and connect.
Many users think they'll do it later but never get around to it.
The best way to do this is to have them vote via email. This way their response can be saved in their 'drafts' or 'outbox' and the next time they log on the email will be sent. Consult your email program's documentation for instructions on how to do this. The results of this poll will be made public in the next issue of this newsletter. Again, all you have to do is count the number of emails coming into each of the addresses.