TNNW SURVEY # 5: The Economic Recession/ Recovery in the US.
NOTE: This survey is currently in process. Polls will close at midnight, Eastern Time, on January 20, 2010. Your participation is greatly appreciated. Your opinion is valuable.
During the course of these past two months, a combination of governmental spokespersons, economic pundits and conservative/ mainstream newscasters have been speaking in optimistic terms about the beginning of a US recovery from its deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1030's. THE NATIONAL NETWORKER (receive your free membership at http://twitlik.com/IN) wants to know your views about the recession and the "signs" of recovery.
Please take this quick multiple choice survey to give us your professional and personal imput as to what you truly believe.
Expatriates and non-US citizens are welcome to join us in this important poll. We thank you all for your valuable participation and comments.
1. Do you believe that the worst is over, and that the US economy is on the road to recovery?
2. What do you think the true (actual) US unemployment rate is?
3. Do you believe that banks are becoming more aggressive in terms of extending credit to consumers and to businesses?
4. Is your business or practice experienceing an increase in customer or client business at present?
5. Do you believe that The Federal Reserve System, The Treasury Department and the White House are being truthful with respect to the economic situation of the United States?
6. Do you believe that The Federal Reserve System, The Treasury Department and the White House are being responsible and proactive in their handiling of the recession issue?
7. What do you believe that the greatest single cause of the recession was?
This Survey will close on January 20th, 2010, so please have your answers back to us as soon as possible! Thank you, once again. -TNNW
TNNW Survey #5 is being conducted with the co-sponsorship of THE GLOBAL FUTURIST and THE INTERNATIONALIST PAGE.
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REVIEW OF LAST SURVEY
TNNW SURVEY #4 : SOCIAL AND BUSINESS NETWORKING (survey is now closed): THE RESULTS ARE IN!
The original survey question and link is set forth below:
“Which five top online social/business networks (please number them in order of effectiveness) have afforded you the most value/results?”
Please take a moment and fill out the survey form below. If it does not appear (because of incompatibility with your browser, a hypervigilant popup filter, or because of a deeply ingrained fear of rejection), just click on:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=Ej_2bGibSLyD6pawhColbqLA_3d_3d and the form will pop up and fill your computer screen instantly, like a movie closeup of Steven Segal, but in a more annoying fashion (assuming that this is possible).
If the preceding url is just too long for you, you can use this one instead and save an immeasurably insignificant amount of time: http://twitlik.com/TNNWSurveyNumber4 .
We value your feedback, and would appreciate if you took a few moments to respond to some questions. This survey will close on 11/20/2009. Once again... that nasty form popup link should be right under here...
For the complete TNNW Survey #4 results, findings and analysis, click HERE .
IN BRIEF: There were 40 responses to this Survey #4 -- a relatively small number of responses due to the open-ended, written-formatted (as opposed to multiple choice) survey format. We strongly suggest you view the complete results by clicking here, but a synopsis of results findings and analysis follows:
BRIEF SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
1. The top two social media were Facebook and Linked In, with Twitter a close third.
2. In the vast majority of cases (greater than 85%), an individual who choose Linked In as his or her first choice choose Facebook as his or her second choice, and vice versa.
3. The individuals preferring Linked In generally chose it thematically because of the businesslike and focused nature of the platform. High signal-to-noise ratio.
4. The individuals preferring Facebook generally chose it thematically because of the focused nature of the platform, and its relationship -friendly (multimedia) and comprehensive, communicative nature. It is perceived as a mixed business and social medium, each of which aspects is perceived to enhance the other.
5. Facebook is perceived to offer greater value to its adherents than Linked In, which is narrower in communications options, and offers various tiers of service at varied fees. Facebook is the largest of these platforms, and is still growing at a faster rate than Linked In. Generally speaking, Facebook is far-better branded than Linked In, and it markets aggressively and in a "cooperative" manner with other platforms, which it does not treat as competitors, but as additional selling outlets.
6. The three most important platforms for an individual to have a presence on are Facebook, Linked In and Twitter. Organizations (companies selling services or products) are served better by Facebook and Linked In. Job seekers and consultants in search of branding and client acquisition are directed to Linked In as a high priority.
7. Twitter adherents invariably choose Twitter because of its ease of operation, its across-the-board accessibility through many user-friendly applications, its multipost capability and its ease of use.
8. Facebook, Linked In and Twitter are the dominant platforms in the business networking arena, with a grip on more than 90% of the marketplace. This last item was not derived from the results of this survey, but through supplemental research.
A NOTE ABOUT BIAS: Bear in mind that most of the responses were derived from respondents through Linked In, Facebook and Twitter. The other media and moderators which were approached with the survey, were significantly resistant to posting the actual survey than the top three. The reasons for this reluctance are the subject of conjecture, but one possible reason is that the platform operators and the moderators anticipated results which would minimize their significance and popularity.
[END OF REPORT ON TNNW SURVEY #4]
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Faithfully,
Douglas Castle (http://aboutdouglascastle.blogspot.com/)
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