What it does: Vizu will place a poll--typically one question -- on multiple websites, the way you might run an ad on various sites. Vizu has deals with 700 established sites that cover disparate interests, so you can select the demographic you want to hear from.

In action: Greg Deutsch, a Food Services of America retail sales director for "take and bake" pizzas, had Vizu post two one-question polls on 50 websites. Because Deutsch wanted to know only about respondents from four states, accumulating data took time. A question about pizza crust got about 452,000 page views -- and 131 qualifying responses.

Pricing: $1 and up per qualified response, depending on the specificity of the target demographic

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