Comments on: Blog Surveys–Let's Hear From YOU! http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys Just another WordPress site Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: Norine Winborn http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-2047 Norine Winborn Mon, 25 Jul 2011 22:06:20 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-2047 Hello Norine Winborn right here, excellent post about Blog Surveys–Let's Hear From YOU!. There seem to be an issue with your web web-site if looked at on ie, a few information did not load thoroughly… Internet explorer still is the market leader and also a exceeding percentage of individuals will neglect your own excellent writing because of this problem. Hello Norine Winborn right here, excellent post about Blog Surveys–Let's Hear From YOU!. There seem to be an issue with your web web-site if looked at on ie, a few information did not load thoroughly… Internet explorer still is the market leader and also a exceeding percentage of individuals will neglect your own excellent writing because of this problem.

]]> By: admin http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-39 admin Wed, 06 May 2009 18:25:12 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-39 Hi Judi, It looks as if your blog is hosted on blogspot . . . It looks as if they have a feature right in the software that will let you add a poll; I found this information you might want to check out: http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2007/06/polls-page-element.html You might also want to consider setting up a WordPress blog on your own domain. It's actually very simple to do and you can import your posts from your blogspot blog into your new WordPress blog. If you're a Traffic Geyser customer, you can get free software there to set up a blog and the Traffic Geyser plugin will let you send information to social bookmarking sites automatically, each time you create a post. If you want to know more, go to http://www.TrafficGeyser.com/free. If you aren't a Traffic Geyser customer, check out Jeff Johnson's blog (http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/). You can find lots of free information on setting up a blog and free installation software for Word Press. If you go that route, you can use either the Word Press plugin for surveys or the Poll Daddy plugin. We're about to release a video that shows you exactly how to do it, so stay tuned! Best, Jeanne Hi Judi,
It looks as if your blog is hosted on blogspot . . . It looks as if they have a feature right in the software that will let you add a poll; I found this information you might want to check out:

http://bloggerindraft.blogspot.com/2007/06/polls-page-element.html

You might also want to consider setting up a WordPress blog on your own domain. It’s actually very simple to do and you can import your posts from your blogspot blog into your new WordPress blog. If you’re a Traffic Geyser customer, you can get free software there to set up a blog and the Traffic Geyser plugin will let you send information to social bookmarking sites automatically, each time you create a post. If you want to know more, go to http://www.TrafficGeyser.com/free.

If you aren’t a Traffic Geyser customer, check out Jeff Johnson’s blog (http://www.undergroundtraininglab.com/). You can find lots of free information on setting up a blog and free installation software for Word Press.

If you go that route, you can use either the Word Press plugin for surveys or the Poll Daddy plugin. We’re about to release a video that shows you exactly how to do it, so stay tuned!
Best,
Jeanne

]]> By: Judi Parks http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-38 Judi Parks Wed, 06 May 2009 16:55:23 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-38 Great site! What software or widget would you suggest for blogspot blogs? Great site! What software or widget would you suggest for blogspot blogs?

]]> By: admin http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-37 admin Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:11:18 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-37 Hi Terri, You're right that those basic questions give you a great lens. From there, though, you have to focus. The key with surveys is to be specific--in your goals, in the questions you ask, in the analysis, in the way you APPLY the data to get results. How do you make those general questions--the who, what, when, where, how--specific? By knowing what your goals are for the survey--what you need it to tell you. So, if it's a product creation survey, the "what" will include things like what kind of content do they want; the "who" will show you what kinds of people are most likely to buy the product; the "where" will show you where to price the product; and--best of all--if you do the survey well, the "how" will show you exactly how to create a product that will sell. So, whether it's a product creation survey, a customer profile survey, a satisfaction survey, or whatever, you can use those questions to guide you in getting the specific answers you need. Hope this helps! Best, Jeanne Hi Terri,
You’re right that those basic questions give you a great lens. From there, though, you have to focus.

The key with surveys is to be specific–in your goals, in the questions you ask, in the analysis, in the way you APPLY the data to get results.

How do you make those general questions–the who, what, when, where, how–specific? By knowing what your goals are for the survey–what you need it to tell you. So, if it’s a product creation survey, the “what” will include things like what kind of content do they want; the “who” will show you what kinds of people are most likely to buy the product; the “where” will show you where to price the product; and–best of all–if you do the survey well, the “how” will show you exactly how to create a product that will sell.

So, whether it’s a product creation survey, a customer profile survey, a satisfaction survey, or whatever, you can use those questions to guide you in getting the specific answers you need.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Jeanne

]]> By: Terri Benincasa http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-36 Terri Benincasa Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:24:21 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-36 To keep it brief but gather most comprehensive info, I'd stick to the "who, what, when, where, how" concept - does that apply here? To keep it brief but gather most comprehensive info, I’d stick to the “who, what, when, where, how” concept – does that apply here?

]]> By: admin http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-35 admin Mon, 06 Apr 2009 13:07:59 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-35 Hi Jo, Your blog looks really cool! Fun surveys can help liven up your blog and help with traffic. (Make sure you've done your keyword research, because that will help with blog traffic as well. Check your Google Analytics stats to see what keywords are drawing folks.) You clearly know what your target audience is, so think about what kinds of topics interest them and what kinds of fun things you can do surveys/polls about. These topics don't have to relate directly to your products, as long as they're consistently things that interest your target audience. So that gives you a LOT of scope. Brainstorm with some folks in your target audience, ask them to suggest questions on topics you're interested in--these things will give you clues about things that you can run surveys about. And, once you start doing some surveys on the blog, you'll begin to get a sense of which surveys draw interest. Good luck and keep us posted on how it's going! Best, Jeanne Hi Jo,

Your blog looks really cool! Fun surveys can help liven up your blog and help with traffic. (Make sure you’ve done your keyword research, because that will help with blog traffic as well. Check your Google Analytics stats to see what keywords are drawing folks.) You clearly know what your target audience is, so think about what kinds of topics interest them and what kinds of fun things you can do surveys/polls about. These topics don’t have to relate directly to your products, as long as they’re consistently things that interest your target audience. So that gives you a LOT of scope. Brainstorm with some folks in your target audience, ask them to suggest questions on topics you’re interested in–these things will give you clues about things that you can run surveys about. And, once you start doing some surveys on the blog, you’ll begin to get a sense of which surveys draw interest.

Good luck and keep us posted on how it’s going!

Best,
Jeanne

]]> By: Jo http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-34 Jo Mon, 06 Apr 2009 05:51:41 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-34 I'm interested in what are fun types of survey;s that will bring people to your blog to answer them. I post on my blog (relatively regularly) and we even do giveaways but I'm having trouble getting new people to our blog. I see tons of giveaways on other blogs for random items that get 100s of responses and I think for even cool items we are having trouble getting a lot of responses. Please share any wisdom! I’m interested in what are fun types of survey;s that will bring people to your blog to answer them. I post on my blog (relatively regularly) and we even do giveaways but I’m having trouble getting new people to our blog. I see tons of giveaways on other blogs for random items that get 100s of responses and I think for even cool items we are having trouble getting a lot of responses.

Please share any wisdom!

]]> By: admin http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-33 admin Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:45:14 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-33 Hi Phyllis, What a cool project! I think a blog survey could prove very useful for you. You could think of a series of questions that would get interaction going. The key is to think about who your target audience is and what will interest them. Make a list of their characteristics and their interests and that should give you lots of topics to use for blog polls. I've put up the first video on how to do blog surveys; a second will come next week, showing you how to use the software. You might also think about getting your own domain--it's really simple to set up a domain and put a WordPress blog on it. Good luck!! Best, Jeanne Hi Phyllis,
What a cool project!

I think a blog survey could prove very useful for you. You could think of a series of questions that would get interaction going. The key is to think about who your target audience is and what will interest them. Make a list of their characteristics and their interests and that should give you lots of topics to use for blog polls.

I’ve put up the first video on how to do blog surveys; a second will come next week, showing you how to use the software.

You might also think about getting your own domain–it’s really simple to set up a domain and put a WordPress blog on it.

Good luck!!
Best,
Jeanne

]]> By: Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-32 Phyllis Goldberg, Ph.D. Sat, 04 Apr 2009 00:22:33 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-32 We've psychotherapists who developed a website in 2000 (yikes!) where we've been collecting data for a book about family relationships. We've recently signed with an agent. We publish a monthly newsletter (800 subscribers) and have been blogging daily at www.NourishingRelationships.blogspot.com for the past couple of years. We blog Virtual Book Tours monthly - women authors whose writing would interest our sandwich generation/baby boomer readership. We're not selling anything, just writing articles, sharing information and trying to build platform for when the book is published. All that being said, we'd like to foster more interaction on the blog. Would a blog survey be a vehicle to encourage comments and questions? I should mention that our technological know-how is limited. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Phyllis We’ve psychotherapists who developed a website in 2000 (yikes!) where we’ve been collecting data for a book about family relationships. We’ve recently signed with an agent. We publish a monthly newsletter (800 subscribers) and have been blogging daily at http://www.NourishingRelationships.blogspot.com for the past couple of years. We blog Virtual Book Tours monthly – women authors whose writing would interest our sandwich generation/baby boomer readership. We’re not selling anything, just writing articles, sharing information and trying to build platform for when the book is published.

All that being said, we’d like to foster more interaction on the blog. Would a blog survey be a vehicle to encourage comments and questions? I should mention that our technological know-how is limited. Thanks for sharing your knowledge! Phyllis

]]> By: admin http://mysurveyexpert.com/ask-the-expert/questions-about-how-to-do-blog-surveys/#comment-31 admin Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:31:25 +0000 http://mysurveyexpert.com/blog/?p=146#comment-31 Hi Theresa, How awesome that you have been able to make a living from your art and will now show others how! I think it's a great idea to have a separate blog for "marketing" and "creativity; at some point, you may find a way to merge the two, but if they work better as separate entities for now, that's great. Surveys can do much to clarify the characteristics of your target market--especially as you begin to market your ebooks on the subject of making a living as an artist. We'll have the video on blog surveys out soon--hopefully, next week. And our product, which gives small business owners a low-cost way to produce good surveys, will hit the market soon. Best, Jeanne Hi Theresa,
How awesome that you have been able to make a living from your art and will now show others how! I think it’s a great idea to have a separate blog for “marketing” and “creativity; at some point, you may find a way to merge the two, but if they work better as separate entities for now, that’s great.

Surveys can do much to clarify the characteristics of your target market–especially as you begin to market your ebooks on the subject of making a living as an artist.

We’ll have the video on blog surveys out soon–hopefully, next week. And our product, which gives small business owners a low-cost way to produce good surveys, will hit the market soon.

Best,
Jeanne

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