Saturday, March 20  

An unfounded concern and some goals

As many of you know, the survey has been completed. I've sent a group email to all participants thanking them for helping and directing them to a page on the site that has the name of the person who won the prize for helping.

I'll write an article shortly on the results, as well as an e-book on how to conduct a survey and a case study of this survey.

2 things have become clear from this survey.

1. I debated whether I should offer a prize as an incentive for people to do the survey. My thinking was that people might be reluctant to provide criticism of the site and the things I write thinking that might reduce their chances of winning.

No worries with you guys! You tell it like it is! And that's exactly what we need to get the best site possible. Thanks.

The constructive criticism we've received has been fantastic and we have some great ideas on how to make the site better and be as useful to you as possible.

2. I also wrote a personal email to every single person who took the survey. I commented on their answers and provide feedback regarding our next step in terms of what they had written and suggested.

A lot of people mentioned they'd like to see more Case Studies. The Case Studies is a pretty popular section and case studies are very useful.

To those people I mentioned that we would be adding a case study a week. Now I'm committed. Nothing like making a public commitment to ensure you get the job done. Some of us, like me, work better if we have goals and deadlines.

Regards

Brendon