Cool Stuff is Teimlo's blog series is to help you out by telling you about useful websites and applications that can help you and your business.
This is one of our favourite tools for using with social media, as it allows anyone to ask you a question directly, then display the question and the answer in an easy to read format for others to see.
Formspring .me allows you to set up a simple profile including a picture and bio section. You can also edit background colours and images to suit the current colours your organisation uses. You are then able to direct people from nearly all of your social networks to your profile to ask a question. You can then set up an automated service which will update your social networks with a link to the question and your answer.
A user can ask a question either anonymously or leave their details, so therefore they can feel free to ask anything, no matter how trivial they feel it is.
A great feature of Formspring.me is that you can also add the ‘ask a question’ box into your website or blog. All you need to do is copy and paste the supplied HTML code into your website and the box will appear. For an example of this integration, take a look at the top right hand side of our blog.
At Teimlo we use this tool to offer the opportunity to our audience to ask us anything about mobile. This makes our blog, Facebook fan page and Twitter account more interactive. It also provides a means of assisting any potential customers with any questions they have, whilst reinforcing their view of the knowledge you have in your field.
To start using Formspring.me visit http://formspring.me
Teimlo derives no financial benefit from featuring Formspring.me in this series. If Formspring.me is useful to you please comment and/or share this entry.

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