Many companies use an array of tactics to get their corporate images and names into common and pleasing surveys. Businesses creating on the web surveys might ask what people “love about” a certain product or spur people to discuss their products through questions and multiple choice setups, thus blurring the line between entertainment and business.
Surveys with fun and light language ask participants to list their favorite products — soft drinks or pizzas, for example. The corporation in charge of creating on the internet surveys uses that information submitted innocently for fun as a part of their corporate strategy, using other survey answers to establish a specific demographic to target.