{"id":14037,"date":"2014-02-22T06:31:30","date_gmt":"2014-02-22T11:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/?p=14037"},"modified":"2014-03-20T18:04:43","modified_gmt":"2014-03-20T23:04:43","slug":"survey-says-7-second-survey-results-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/survey-says-7-second-survey-results-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Survey says!&#8221; (7 second Survey results of 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"surveyMonkeyInfo\" style=\"width: 500px; font-size: 10px; color: #666; border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 4px;\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"sm_e_s\" style=\"border: 0px; padding-bottom: 4px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\/jsEmbed.aspx?sm=5WV9xECjq1R9TDFEFkge1Q_3d_3d\" height=\"350\" width=\"500\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Create your free online surveys with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.surveymonkey.com\">SurveyMonkey<\/a> , the world&#8217;s leading questionnaire tool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Did you take the survey? Thank you!<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago I created this The 7 Second Survey to see who was reading this blog and what you like best.<\/p>\n<p><em><span><span style=\"color: #993366;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14038\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-21 at 1.49.59 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.49.59-PM-300x230.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.49.59-PM-300x230.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.49.59-PM-350x268.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.49.59-PM-150x115.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.49.59-PM.png 613w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>FINDING #1<\/h2>\n<p>I <em>was<\/em> going to post much more heavily on the thing that brings in the $ in my &#8220;day job&#8221; this year. I was hoping to get more work and inspire other creators and writers like me.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s right,<strong> Marketing Communications<\/strong> tips and tactics. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">But,<\/span> it appears my reader base is mostly the original one from my first blogging efforts in 2007. Overwhelmingly so.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s probably good news, and honestly, it surprised me.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>So, I will <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span> discard the topics and theme that started it all!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Once per week, at the very least, I will hit on a spiritual topic. It may be anything from a Christian spiritual practice, to theology, to Christian living, or personal and spiritual transformation and improvement. If that&#8217;s how you found me, and that&#8217;s why you visit, I&#8217;m glad I know better now!<\/p>\n<p><em>Also, I will be a bit more aware of including my brand of humor, which as you may know, I have determined as &#8220;damp&#8221;. (i.e. Almost dry humor)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Please note that unlike many &#8220;Christian author&#8221; websites, I will very rarely step into the fray of controversy so commonly seen on religious blogs. I just don&#8217;t have the stomach for it anymore&#8230;for a while now, really. I find it 95% shallow and disheartening. If you like that stuff, you have plenty of options, though, and I hope you find what you like for that.)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-14039\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2014-02-21 at 1.50.09 PM\" src=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM-300x225.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM-350x263.png 350w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM-150x112.png 150w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Screen-Shot-2014-02-21-at-1.50.09-PM.png 609w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>FINDING # 2<\/h2>\n<p>Another thing I learned is that I don&#8217;t have too many folks who come by to read <strong>more<\/strong> than once per week, even though I post 2-3 times per week. Now, I&#8217;m wondering if I&#8217;m writing too much. Maybe. <strong><em>Or maybe you should come back more often!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;m guessing that there are two possible solutions, or three, to cope with that:<\/p>\n<p>1. I can encourage you, my dear readers, to list the blogs you read through the super handy free reader service called\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/feedly.com\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Feedly<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span>which houses posts you haven&#8217;t read yet. It works like a catalogue of awesomeness. No more bookmarks and time-killing web surfing. You just paste in the websites you like, and boom, they&#8217;re all in one place. The best part, no more relying on your memory to visit a few times a week. What a relief! (Can you tell I use it?)<\/p>\n<p>2. I can encourage you to get <strong>email delivery<\/strong> through free Feedburner service (top right sidebar)&#8230;for no more silly and random blog searches and relying on your memory.<\/p>\n<p>3. Don&#8217;t sweat it.<\/p>\n<p>(I&#8217;m doing all three.)<\/p>\n<h2>FINDING #3<\/h2>\n<p><strong>The third question<\/strong> was open ended&#8230;&#8221;fill in the blank style&#8221;. About half of the respondents left something to answer the question:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;What would you improve at\u00a0the website?&#8221; <\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The funniest one (or whatever) was&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Use spellchecker.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As if I don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Yes. This site is full of mistakes. Typos. Proofreading issues. Editing errors. Etc. I try to hunt them down. I find plenty too late and some not at all.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you see a problem that bothers you or you&#8217;d like to help me out, please use the contact button and let me know. I do like the help. :)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Also,<\/strong><\/em> I&#8217;m flawed and weak human\u2013awash in imperfections. I&#8217;m more creative than I am a good speller or editor of my own work. If I ever have the money, I may hire someone for that. But, I&#8217;m doing #3 on this. (The &#8220;Don&#8217;t sweat it&#8221; option.)<\/p>\n<p><strong>In truth, I use this site as a sandbox. I build stuff. I sculpt the messy sand of words. I\u00a0don&#8217;t worry too much. I would be creating posts even if no one came to read them. I cannot help it. At all.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sometimes you&#8217;ll find a few lincoln logs from the cat of imperfection here in my sandbox, as it were,<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>but hopefully more often you&#8217;ll find that what you&#8217;re reading is still worth it despite the shortcomings.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway&#8211;<br \/>\nThank you for reading and journeying with me through these years. I appreciate it immensely.<\/p>\n<p>More great things are brewing!<\/p>\n<p>The next <strong><a title=\"Birthday Dread?\" href=\"https:\/\/lisadelay.com\/blog\/blog\/2014\/02\/23\/birthday-dread\/\">post is here<\/a><\/strong>. It&#8217;s about the day I turn 42. The photo will give you a chuckle!<\/p>\n<p>xo<\/p>\n<p><em>-Lisa<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It appears my reader base is the original one from my first blogging efforts in 2007. 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