Ask a simple question - don't expect a lot of knowledgeable answers
Recently I setup a poll on my Facebook page using Pollection, an interesting application which allows people to conduct polling along with the aid of video and or still images.
I asked a simple question, which I knew, had no easy answer, namely; do you agree with the concept of the Inverted Pyramid where niche markets of five or ten thousand viewers can sustain video content?
The response was right down the middle with 66% saying No and 33% Yes; here is how the Demo broke down.
Some of the data was surprising and some suggests polling is not an exact science. <g> For instance, I would not have expected the gender split to be as close. On the other hand, the numbers did not match up between those who were high school age, their educational background and income for that same demo. I gather high school students do not earn 25k and over, more likely they embellished, ya think?
In any event, (all polls incur a sampling error rate) the data was interesting. The answers of course are far more difficult, for example;
1. If Indie and small producers can make a sustainable income serving niche market groups, what are the steps to profitability?
2. Are there any case studies and if so are they unique?
3. Do content aggregator and super aggregator sites offer Indies promise for income, or just gas money?
The original poll is located at Pollection.com
