Vote Hunting

To get people to participate in a poll, survey, or competition there are a few things you can do. Vote Hunting can be difficult but this site provides information about online voting and places you can create a poll or survey.

Remember the old saying about not judging a book by its cover? No one actually believes it. When making a request for votes, make sure you choose your title carefully.

3 Suggestions for a Better Title for Gathering Votes:

provide context,
make it useful, and
be descriptive.

If you are aggressive about asking for votes it could backfire. Phrases like, "Vote this up to spread the word!" or "AMAZING!" tend to annoy most internet users who will not bother clicking your link or providing answers.

When linking to content, try not use a url shortener as some people will not click those links due to possible scams and virus spreading sites.

Site that you can create your own polls and surveys include:

SurveyMonkey. Create surveys without the need to install anything. Survey Monkey offers paid survey products and also free service with limits appied,
Google docs survey. Signup to Google and create a form. You then distribute the form and view the results in a google docs spreadsheet.
Poll Daddy. Create a survey and distribute it via email, website, iPad or iPhone. You have the option for a free plan, or 2 paid plans.
Forum software (such as vBulletin and MyBB). After installing the forum on your website, users can signup to the forum and vote on polls within threads, or create a new thread with their own poll.