{"id":926,"date":"2009-04-22T10:00:27","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T17:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/website-redesign-survey-results-and-help-name-my-next-book\/"},"modified":"2018-04-04T02:54:16","modified_gmt":"2018-04-04T09:54:16","slug":"website-redesign-survey-results-and-help-name-my-next-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/website-redesign-survey-results-and-help-name-my-next-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Website Redesign, Survey Results, and Help Name my Next Book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to thank everyone that participated in my survey last week. I had over 300 responses, and I had the chance to learn a little bit more about all of you.<\/p>\n<h2>Website Redesign<\/h2>\n<p>One of the questions I asked in the survey was for a single point of improvement for the website. I received close to 200 replies with many different answers. However, a large proportion of you pointed out a sore spot for this website: <strong>it&#8217;s ugly<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>I did the design myself two years ago when I wasn&#8217;t earning enough to justify a professional website design. Although I&#8217;m definitely not rich, I&#8217;ve decided to invest in a better looking website. I know some of my reader are website designers, so if you want to put your bid in to help make my website prettier you can see the job posting <a href=\"http:\/\/jobs.freelanceswitch.com\/jobs\/3387\">here<\/a> at Freelance Switch, and contact me <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/about-and-contact-info\/\">here<\/a>. (Please read the job req&#8217;s before submitting an application)<\/p>\n<h2>Survey Results<\/h2>\n<p>I learned some interesting facts about the readers of ScottHYoung.com through the survey. Although a survey is always a biased sample (only the more committed readers bother to fill it out), it still gives some insight. Maybe some other bloggers can use this information when evaluating the needs\/wants of their readership:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Only 60% of you subscribe through RSS. Given the Feedburner statistics show there are roughly 6500-7500 RSS subscribers, that puts the total readership at around 10 000!<\/li>\n<li>One quarter of the readers would like to buy something from the website, but haven&#8217;t had the right opportunity yet.<\/li>\n<li>A Vidcast\/Podcast was the most requested new addition (stay tuned for that)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zenhabits.net\">Zen Habits<\/a> is the most popular other blog for readers of this website (over half said they read ZH), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stevepavlina.com\">Steve Pavlina<\/a> has 33% and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.calnewport.com\/blog\/\">Study Hacks<\/a> has 25%<\/li>\n<li>Over 50% of people expressed an interested in meeting me one-on-one, but haven&#8217;t contacted me.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On that last point, I wanted to state that I have an open-door policy with the readers of this website. Luckily the website is still small enough that I can personally respond to every email I receive (if you didn&#8217;t get a reply, one of our spam filters must be acting up).<\/p>\n<p>Also, if you happen to be in the same location as me, I&#8217;m always happy to meet up with readers in person. This offer extends to when I&#8217;m living in France next year. I believe if I&#8217;m too busy to grab lunch or share a beer, I&#8217;m missing the point.<\/p>\n<h2>Help Name my Next Book<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;m working on a new e-book, but I&#8217;m still looking for a great title.<\/p>\n<p>The concept of the book is a productivity guide geared to people who don&#8217;t work in an office. People who work from home (that includes students and productive hobbyists) have many opportunities to be productive, but instead they often try to replicate an office-like work environment in their home. Working 9-5, spending all day at a desk and using stock productivity advice meant for cubicle workers is missing 90% of the truly great productivity hacks you can use.<\/p>\n<p>The book will be a full e-book (100-150 pages) and will include audio\/video clips to help people get started.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who creates a title I end up using for the book will get a free copy. Send me your suggestions through <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scotthyoung.com\/blog\/about-and-contact-info\/\">email<\/a>, or the comment form in the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wanted to thank everyone that participated in my survey last week. I had over 300 responses, and I had the chance to learn a little bit more about all of you. Website Redesign One of the questions I asked in the survey was for a single point of improvement for the website. 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