I have compiled the results of the recent Reader Survey and present them for your review. Again, a big THANK YOU to everyone for participating. This will help us all build this community into what we would like it to become. You have done your part and now I will do my best to uphold my end of the bargain. 
The following questions were asked and the results are shown below each.
1. How long have you been blogging?
The majority of the respondents have been blogging more than one year, with a fairly even split among those blogging less than and greater than 6 months.
2. What is your blog’s purpose?
No surprise here, most bloggers are online for business purposes.
3. What will make you a better blogger or business operator at this point in your career?
As you might imagine, there was a broad response to this broad question. I’ll list some of the responses below.
- Continue to grow and learn with greater planning.
- More experience needed on equipment like cameras, computers, software, etc.
- Time management, more time needed.
- Learning via printed materials, e-books, etc.
- Continued networking with other bloggers committed to succeeding.
- Provide more value to my readers.
- Become more organized, manage time better.
- Become more consistent.
- Improved writing skills.
- Practice
These are just some of the responses and I have paraphrased them, but most were along similar lines. Nearly everyone wants to find more time for instance, and that is certainly doable, but may require some restructuring of your lifestyle.
4. How can I help you advance toward your goals?
- Provide shortcuts and ways to do more with less time.
- Keep doing what you are doing
- Tips on increasing exposure and traffic.
- Guest post for me.
- Keep the quality advice coming.
- Share the survey results.
- Help with my writing style.
- Comment and promote bloggers’ posts.
- A video chat and a Q & A session.
- More tutorials and how-to posts.
5. Select your method of content delivery
Respondents to this survey overwhelmingly chose text as the preferred method with video coming in second. Some chose all of the above while others chose 1 or 2 methods. Multiple choice answers can cause your overall percentages to exceed 100, but I ran the numbers to have the overage fall into the proper categories.
6. Questions & Comments
A few questions first
- Why didn’t you include a field for the “Name” so you would know who did the survey? – This was intentionally omitted because I wanted participants to speak freely and not have that as any type of influence upon what they may want to say, good, bad, or indifferent.
- Will you continue to write tutorials? – Yes. I only plan to enhance what I have been offering.
- How long you been using computers? – Since around 1982 or 1983, I forget as I write this but let’s just say it’s been quite a few weekends now.
- Are you going to write stuff for regular bloggers and not just business stuff? – The content I plan to supply will include tips and techniques that any blogger can use to help their experience. I do not want anyone to feel excluded or overlooked. In fact, there is a post HERE where I have started a discussion about that very topic.
A few comments
I really appreciate the positive comments left by all of the participants, and there were quite a few, but I find it difficult to list them all here, so if yours is not listed, do know that I am grateful for it.
- “A fantastic survey. What I like about it is you’re asking how you can help me. Almost unheard of.”
- “Keep up the great work”
Okay, we’ll save the others for when you get pissed at me.
In all seriousness though, THANK YOU ALL!
Now we’ve got work ahead of us, I’ve asked, you’ve delivered, and now I have to produce.
Let’s not put off until tomorrow what can be done today, if you are not on the RSS, now is a great time to click it.
Thanks again everyone and Keep Blogging!
25 Responses to Reader Survey Results
Leave a Reply
" @sbc111 That's quite a thrill ride. Great that you have that skill. " — JimiJones
Great survey, and very interesting results. I honestly thought more people would vote they blog for personal reasons over business. I am slightly shocked it was only 29%.
.-= Paul Roekle´s last blog ..Things I Learned When Writing A Sales Page =-.
Thanks Paul!
I really expected the business bloggers to be a higher percentage. With the world economy in the state it is, many have turned to the internet to make a run at another source of income.
Now keep in mind that this is a small survey that would likely not even show on the global radar, so world-wide the real numbers would be very different. Even still, I think that more are blogging as a business above personal.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Great survey, and very interesting results. I honestly thought more people would vote they blog for personal reasons over business. I am slightly shocked it was only 29%.
.-= Paul Roekle´s last blog ..Things I Learned When Writing A Sales Page =-.
Thanks Paul!
I really expected the business bloggers to be a higher percentage. With the world economy in the state it is, many have turned to the internet to make a run at another source of income.
Now keep in mind that this is a small survey that would likely not even show on the global radar, so world-wide the real numbers would be very different. Even still, I think that more are blogging as a business above personal.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
It is great to see you surveying your readers. This is sure to help grow your blog because you can now provide what they want.
.-= Tom | Build That List´s last blog ..The Aweber Code….And Why You Need To Promote It! =-.
Hi Tom.
Thanks for your support, man.
I sure hope to grow this blog and a community by helping folks as much as I can, while having fun along the way. That is the key, this has to be a fun thing for all involved as we grow our blogs together, not just me.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
It is great to see you surveying your readers. This is sure to help grow your blog because you can now provide what they want.
.-= Tom | Build That List´s last blog ..The Aweber Code….And Why You Need To Promote It! =-.
Hi Tom.
Thanks for your support, man.
I sure hope to grow this blog and a community by helping folks as much as I can, while having fun along the way. That is the key, this has to be a fun thing for all involved as we grow our blogs together, not just me.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
I’m not surprised that most said they were blogging for business purposes. Facebook and Twitter and killing personal blogging.
.-= Gordie´s last blog ..This Is Gordie Signing Off. XXOO =-.
Hey Gordie ole pal!
No surprise is right. The tide has changed with economies going south around the globe. The funny thing is, there are no recessions on the internet, quite the opposite.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
I’m not surprised that most said they were blogging for business purposes. Facebook and Twitter and killing personal blogging.
.-= Gordie´s last blog ..This Is Gordie Signing Off. XXOO =-.
Hey Gordie ole pal!
No surprise is right. The tide has changed with economies going south around the globe. The funny thing is, there are no recessions on the internet, quite the opposite.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Not surprised are the percentage of business bloggers. You are offering tips on how to make your blog better, which is going to mean most of your readers and survey takers are business minded. Personal bloggers don’t worry about SEO, Time Management, etc as much.
I voted TEXT as my favorite method of receiving information and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one.
I can read the information a lot faster than someone can tell it on a video, plus my ability to retain things from audio or video is very limited. I prefer text every time.
.-= Erica Mueller´s last blog ..Design and Decor – Not the Same Thing =-.
The personal bloggers have got the best hand. They don’t have to worry about anything, just hang out and have fun.
I’m with you on the text, I can read pretty quickly, while some video presentations vary so much in quality. One thing I do not like about video and would probably edit out, are those long load times that you occasionally see in some tutorials. That’s a little painful to watch.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Not surprised are the percentage of business bloggers. You are offering tips on how to make your blog better, which is going to mean most of your readers and survey takers are business minded. Personal bloggers don’t worry about SEO, Time Management, etc as much.
I voted TEXT as my favorite method of receiving information and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one.
I can read the information a lot faster than someone can tell it on a video, plus my ability to retain things from audio or video is very limited. I prefer text every time.
.-= Erica Mueller´s last blog ..Design and Decor – Not the Same Thing =-.
The personal bloggers have got the best hand. They don’t have to worry about anything, just hang out and have fun.
I’m with you on the text, I can read pretty quickly, while some video presentations vary so much in quality. One thing I do not like about video and would probably edit out, are those long load times that you occasionally see in some tutorials. That’s a little painful to watch.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Like Erica I thought I was being a Luddite preferring text delivery but it seems I’m in good company. Also it seems that blogging is mainly seen as a business enterprise, in fact I am surprised it’s not higher; 29% for personal blogging is much more than I would have thought.
.-= Kevin Tea´s last blog ..Wider Funnel Finds DeskAway Enhances Efficiency – Cloud Case Study =-.
I wonder what the personal blogging % is if you extrapolate that 29% across the entire internet.
I like text as well, when you can read it. Some blogs should come with a magnifying glass.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Like Erica I thought I was being a Luddite preferring text delivery but it seems I’m in good company. Also it seems that blogging is mainly seen as a business enterprise, in fact I am surprised it’s not higher; 29% for personal blogging is much more than I would have thought.
.-= Kevin Tea´s last blog ..Wider Funnel Finds DeskAway Enhances Efficiency – Cloud Case Study =-.
I wonder what the personal blogging % is if you extrapolate that 29% across the entire internet.
I like text as well, when you can read it. Some blogs should come with a magnifying glass.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Hey Jimi, Nice results.
Not for a second surprised about blogging for business results.
I am looking forward to seeing you behind a video camera though
Thanks, John.
Yeah, looks like I’m sort of boxed into doing some videos.:-)
I actually have that as one of my goals for this year anyhow.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
Hey Jimi, Nice results.
Not for a second surprised about blogging for business results.
I am looking forward to seeing you behind a video camera though
Thanks, John.
Yeah, looks like I’m sort of boxed into doing some videos.:-)
I actually have that as one of my goals for this year anyhow.
.-= Jimi Jones´s last blog ..Reader Survey Results =-.
[...] my recent survey results someone wanted to know how we could gain more time to work on our blogs and build a brand. Since [...]