How To Make Facebook Polls?

How to create Facebook Polls and use them proactively to know your audience?

If you are a creator on Facebook, there’s no doubt you would constantly feel the urge to know if your content is creating impact, how much does your content show up in your viewer’s home feed, if at all it is engaging at large and what your viewers want to see you create. Running Facebook polls in times like these can come in real handy.

It is essential on Facebook that you target your niche audience, and Polls on Facebook make this task easy. If you haven’t figured out yet how to make Facebook Polls, it’s about time you do because trust me when I say this; you’re missing out on an ample opportunity! Let’s summarise a few ways how you can make use of this super helpful Facebook feature proactively:

How To Make Facebook Polls On Stories?

Facebook Stories have been here for a while. And if you are a content creator, you’d probably be using it too. But do you know you can create a poll on Facebook Stories? It’s true! And we’ll tell you exactly how you’ll be able to do it. Facebook Polls on Stories is currently available only for Android and iOS. So make sure you have the app installed on your smartphone before following this guide.

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Step 1: Open your Facebook app

If you haven’t downloaded the Facebook app yet, here’s the play store and app store link for your ease of access.

Facebook App for Android – Download Facebook App for Android

Facebook App for iOS – Download Facebook App for iOS

Once downloaded, open the Facebook app and log in using your credentials.

Step 2: Go to your profile page

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The next thing you need to do is go to the profile section on your Facebook app.

Tap the hamburger icon on the extreme left and under Menu click “See your profile.”

This is where you’ll find the options to create polls on Facebook.

Step 3: Add to story

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Click the “Add to story” button under your name.

By default, Facebook provides you with four different formats to create a story: Text, Music, Boomerang and Selfie.

Because currently, you want to create a story with Facebook polls, you don’t need either of them.

Instead, from the gallery overview opened at the bottom, look for one of the images on your phone. This image will be the background for your Facebook poll, so make sure it’s appropriately relevant and quirky at the same time.

You can also click the camera icon on the bottom right to open the Facebook camera and create an on-spot custom background.

Step 4: Create Facebook Polls

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Once you see the Facebook Story layout, swipe up to see the list of available event stickers.

Among all the listed stickers, you will see the Facebook Poll sticker.

Tap the Facebook poll sticker to make it appear in your Story.

Ask the question or write the caption you want to go with your polls and make relevant selections.

Once completed, click “Done” on the top right corner of the screen.

Step 5: Share your Facebook Poll

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You can review your FB Poll and the background image.

If you wish, you can add other static/animated stickers alongside your Facebook poll.

Once done, click the “Share” on the bottom right of the screen.

Facebook will ask you if you want to share your Poll on Instagram as well, make an appropriate selection based on your favourability.

Your Facebook Poll is now live and can be seen by your friends and followers in real-time.

How To Make Facebook Polls On FB Groups?

If you run a Facebook group and are eager to find out what can grow your likes and participants, Facebook polls might be something you should be looking forward to.

It’s a great marketing tool that can boost your Facebook group’s engagement, help you beat the newsfeed algorithm and create a strong sense of community around your brand organisation.

You can create Facebook polls on groups from your smartphone and your computer, so that’s a plus.

A step by step guide on how to create Facebook polls on groups:

Step 1: Open the Facebook group you want to create polls for

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Tap “Groups” from the sidebar available on the left of your Facebook home feed.

You can choose to create Facebook polls for the groups you have joined or the ones you have created.

From the options, select the FB group you want to create polls for.

Step 2: Create a Facebook Polls for Groups

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Under discussion, click on “write something.”

Click the three-dot menu under “Add to Post” and select “Poll.”

Depending on the topic, write a caption for your Facebook poll and add options.

Click the gear icon next to Add option to customise your Poll further.

You can select from here if you want your group members to choose multiple options or give them the access to add more options to the existing Poll.

Step 3: Post your Facebook Poll

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Once finalised, click “Post” to upload your Facebook poll.

Your group members will now be able to interact with your uploaded FB poll.

Conclusion

Creating Facebook polls is an effective way to know your audience and what they like to see coming from you. As a creator, it’s crucial to have your audience’s feedback. Not only does it help you stay updated with the trends and grow as a creator, but it also lets your audience know that you value their opinions.

We hope this quick guide will help you create Facebook Polls. If there’s anything you’d like to know further about this, drop us a line in the comments below.