Putting up our personal pictures, videos and music online is nothing more than a way of asking: what do you think about my new outfit? should I cut my hair? Should I get this tattoo? I made this video, what do you think? and so on… More often than not, we need others’ opinions to keep ourselves in check, and be aware of other points of view. One of the best ways to getting an advice that will be truthful and honest, is trying to get the outsider’s opinions, people who don’t have any obligation to be nice, who have no intencives to embellish the truth: the crowd.

On polls boutique, asking questions like that is made easy. Just upload your pictures, your videos and audio, and enjoy instant feedback and answers from loads of people from all over the world. Instantly find out what people think about your new haircut, your tattoo, and your hair:

Since we’re all geeks here at Polls Boutique, nothing makes us happier than seeing our poll widget appear in two of the web’s best gaming blogs: PS3 Fanboy, and PSP Fanboy.

Here’s one of their polls referring to this post:

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Be sure to check them out. If you have a blog and are using our poll widget, let us know! We’ll be happy to feature your blog right here!

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Using a Polls Boutique poll is a great way to get feedback from customers and people you work with. Just setup a poll and send it to your client and/or peer. You can also embed the poll on your company’s website or intranet. It’s a great way to get instant feedback on your service.

Here’s a good example of using a poll for instant feedback.

Had to post this ingenious video poll. A really good example of the fun things one can do on polls boutique using our video poll widget. Featured in this video poll is the second video game ever invented (right after pong) a sort of tennis game played on a wave spectrum device:

Don’t forget to read our quick guide on creating a video poll.

Here’s a great way to use photo polls: going to a party and not sure about that new dress? Wanna cut your hair but not sure if it’ll go well with the ladies? Need instant, non-biased answers to help you decide if you should start working on a weight loss program? Photo polls are the tool for you.

In just 5 seconds you can post a “how do I look?” poll on polls boutique and enjoy quick answers from people all over the world. Need your friends’ opinion on the matter? send the poll to your friends. Post the poll on your blog, or website.

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In the next chapter of this installment on how to create polls on polls Boutique, we’ll take a look at video polls and learn how to create a video poll on Polls Boutique.

Polls Boutique allows you to embed all sorts of video widgets in polls. We support Youtube video, Google video, Metacafe, Vimeo and many more.

All you have to do to create a video poll is:

1. On Polls Boutique, click “create your own poll”.

2. On the poll creation screen, choose the video poll tab.

3. A blank embed window will appear on both the option fields and the poll question field.

4. Paste your video(s) embed code next to the question or the answer fields.

5. Hit “Create” and you’re done. Your video poll is ready.

Here’s an example of a video poll:

Here are some ideas on how to get more votes for your polls:

• Vote and comment on other people’s polls and profile pages

Even the golden rule of “do unto others as you want others to do unto you” applies to polls. Taking interest in others polls and profiles will have them do the same for you next time you put up a poll. Plus the more you vote the more your icon will appear on our homepage, so more people will notice you and click on your pretty face.

• Add people as pollsters

When you add other users as pollsters, you’ll get their polls in your pollsters feed (right under your profile name). Since people tend to reciprocate, the more pollsters added, the more will add you, and will see your polls in their feed. They’ll vote on your polls. Just don’t forget to return the favor.

• Send poll to your friends through email or IM

A great way to get some extra votes on our poll is to get your friends to check out and vote on the poll you just posted. All you have to do is click on the “send to a friend” button at the bottom of the poll, or get the URL from the “share” option and paste it in an email message. If in dire need, send a link to your mom. That’s a sure vote.

• Post poll link in relevant message boards, communities, and social networks

Addicted to Facebook? or Myspace? Well, posting your poll’s link in your profile or status update can get you those beautiful votes. Even posting a link on a forum you often write on can get people interested and voting.

• Use the poll widget to place poll on your blog

If you have a website or a blog, why don’t you just post the poll on it? All you have to do is click on the share button at the bottom of the poll, then customize the poll to match your blog, and grab the embed code to paste it in your site.

This might be basic for some of you, but we get quite a few emails asking how to include pictures on polls, or how to poll between photos or graphics. Here’s a walkthrough on how to create a photo poll on Polls Boutique:

1. On Polls Boutique’s homepage, click “create your own poll”

2. On the poll creation screen, choose the “photo poll” tab.

3. Both the option fields and the poll question field will get extra blank lines.

4. Hit “Browse” and choose your poll photos. Photos can be JPG, GIF, and PNG.

5. Hit “Create” and you’re done. Your photo poll is ready.

Here’s a photo poll we’ve created as an example:

The social poll is a drastically different concept than that of the traditional opinion poll.

While both the social poll and the opinion poll try to generate or predict, a result from a controlled, specific target group, the social poll is so much more than a result shown in percentages, or a predicted outcome of an election.

The social poll is about the social interaction that can flourish around polls, around questions and answers, the building blocks of dialogue. It’s about the interaction that people instinctively create when they’re faced with questions and are voicing their opinions.

The social poll isn’t just about the bottom line. It’s also about individuals and their opinions. It’s the capability to show both the macro and the micro of a question, the individual opinion within the mass.

At Polls Boutique, we try and embrace this social interaction: on polls, on results, on a specific person’s opinion. We put it at the top of our priorities. And while we do give our users the chance to generate interesting opinion polls and results, we also get excited about each individual choice and comment, as they complicate the picture and generate something better than just a result.