Survey Results…
Last week, I tossed up a survey to find out what my readers (and even non-readers) thought of my site. Please be sure that if you have questions, suggestions or just want to chat about tech stuff, you contact me by heading to the About page and fill out the contact form or give me a call.
To reward a few lucky survey takers, I ended up passing out a few Amazon giftcards. Congratulations to ima, jordan, and buss on the huge $10 wins.
On to the results! I’m not going to cover everything, but we’ll hit some highlights:
- A total of 18 people took the survey and 6 of them were first time visitors. Those first timers mostly came from Twitter. All of the 6 were likely to visit the site again in the future.
Additionally, two people wrote in suggestions. The first new visitor suggested that they would like to see a bit more mix between tech and non-tech. The second new visitor said that from the front page, it was impossible to tell what the blog was about. That is why you see the return of the ‘About The Digitante’ box along the top of each page. - Half of the survey takers show up and read directly on the site. About 1/3 read via an RSS reader.
If you read the site directly and you are interested in a simpler way to follow along and not miss a thing, be sure to check this post out as it has great tips for keeping up with me. You can check The Digitante out on RSS, email, Facebook, and Twitter. Recently I added an app for both iPhones and iPod Touches. - The most popular types of posts are How To’s, posts with pictures, and feature. The least popular by a wide margin was my Back to School series from last fall. Apparently college-age isn’t my niche.
- A majority (11) said they would want to see 2-4 posts per week and everyone else (7) said they would want to see 5+ posts per week. Here is the plan from here on out: I plan on posting a full post on Monday and Wednesdays. Tuesday will consist of Tuesday Quick Tips. Thursday will be an archive post since my readership has grown immensely over the past 8 months and some of my old stuff may have been missed. I will do some updates and add screenshots to stuff that doesn’t have it. Friday will be Friday Night Links as always.Most everyone said they didn’t care when the posts were published, therefore I’m going to stick with the current schedule which consists of me typing up the post in the evenings and setting it to post for 6am EST the next morning. The exception: I’m going to shoot for publishing Friday Night Links as soon as it’s done on Friday evening.
- One of the comments from a reader was that some of the subjects, not matter how dumbed down, still turn into “Blah, blah, blah” after about one or two paragraphs. As such, I’m going to start making a little intro paragraph getting into how what I’m about to describe will benefit you and how much I would charge to take care of it for you. Then you can decide whether to skip the reading and call me or do it yourself. I would really love some feedback as to whether you think this will work or not.
Hopefully this hasn’t been too boring. It was really about me trying to wrap my head around how I can better serve my readers and make improvements in how I do things.
Although the Amazon giftcards are no longer available, you are still welcome to take the survey and give me your feedback. In the meantime, you can leave any questions, comments, or insights in the comments below!
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