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a Twitter poll with Polldaddy
Automatic, the company behind WordPress acquired Irish startup, Polldaddy today; it’s now dead easy to incorporate polls into blog posts, something that wasn’t possible before as Wodpress.com does not support java (grrr)
I recently re-installed TweetDeck on my laptop, and I’d like to use this as an opportunity to find out more about your fav Twitter desktop clients… and check out Polldaddy at the same time 
[polldaddy poll=1005643]
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Tags: Customer service 2.0, Easyjet, Travel 2.0, Twitter
Posted in Social Media | 3 Comments
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Posted in Digital PR Tips, Social Networking - Tools & News | 5 Comments
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Posted in Social Media Events | 2 Comments
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Posted in WordPress | No Comments
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19/10/2008 - 12:11 am
Just happened upon your blog. Always on the lookout for blogs about advertising/social media/marketing. Recently wrote about WordPress’ inclusion of PollDaddy as a great addition to the world of citizen journalism. Would like to know your thoughts on how PollDaddy might influence the marketing realm…whenever’s conevnient. Regards.
22/10/2008 - 3:09 pm
Hi Samal,
Welcome – I’ll deifnitely try to write down some thoughts at some point this week