9 Techniques for Using Polls Effectively on a Blog

Darren has a good post on how to use Polls effectively on a blog. He explains by giving nine tips on how he uses polls on his blog, namely

1. Keep Polls Relevant
2. Don’t use Polls just for the sake of it
3. Position them Prominently
4. Think ahead about options you give
5. Beware of inactive polls
6. Announce new polls
7. Provide a medium for Discussing the Poll
8. Write a ‘results’ post
9. Don’t let the poll go on too long