I’ve officially ended my first reader survey. I’m looking at the results today. We’ll announce who won the $10 via Revolution Money Exchange tomorrow.
For starters, thanks to all 42 people who participated in the survey. I was looking for 100 responses (1/2 of my RSS subscribers), but for the first time I’m good with it.
Some interesting findings from my first survey:
- 61.9% of my readers are between the ages of 18 and 35, with a slightly larger percentage on the 18-25 side of things
- A large majority of you — 56% — found this blog from another personal finance blog.
- Only 18.9% of you read No Debt Plan for the great writing. Good thing that was a joke response…!
- Everyone wants to see more articles about getting out of debt as well as a continuation of the Dumb Money and No Debt Plan series.
- A very small percentage of you visit daily. This is something I really need help on. Figuring out why you wait a few days or a week to come back.
- On the flip side, a large portion of you read the RSS daily.
So I definitely have some things to work on. I would like to start receiving readers from other sources — search engines and non-personal finance sites — to round out the type of visitor. Any ideas for this?
I’m definitely going to start writing more of the series posts that everyone seemed to enjoy.
I also need a lot of help figuring out why you visit the site a lot less than you read via RSS. Why do you not feel compelled to comment?
Your constructive, honest feedback has been amazing. I hope it will make me a better blogger — for your benefit!
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Why don’t I comment? I do comment, just not to you. I talk about some of your entries with co-workers and family. I didn’t really consider that you truly wanted my opinion of your opinions. It also takes additional time. Since I scan over 200 blog entries per sitting, I rarely stop to comment to the author. Apparently, this has been a rude habit on my part.
Why I don’t visit? What is the advantage of visiting your website? I got the information I was looking for from the rss feed. Until you asked, I never had the urge to visit your website. (Sorry.)
It’s nothing personal. Out of the 44 blogs that have survived my vicious purging process, I visited the website of maybe 5…ever. I usually visit a site that has some instructional video attached to the entry (i.e. dance move, workout, how to change a flat, etc)
Thanks for a great blog that I read faithfully (even if you never hear from me again
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Kevin – Caleb here. Hope all is well brother. How about some advice on investing for the future? I keep about a month’s salary in a checking account. I keep about three months salary in a savings account. I use automatic withdraws to max out a Roth IRA, put a couple hundred dollars a month away in stocks, 11% of my base pay in a TSP (Thrift Savings Plan – sort of like an 401K, but not matched by military), charity – MAF(Mission Aviation Fellowship), and bills. I don’t own any property or anything of great value. I don’t plan on settling down in one place or getting married any time soon. I have one credit card with no balance on it. I do have about $4,800 left on a loan for my Jeep Cherokee. After paying my monthly expenses, i’ve just been putting the extra money in checking or savings. Should i just continue to do this? If so, up to what point? Should i pay off the Jeep early & would that affect my credit score? Other ideas on investment options for say another $250 to $1500 additional dollars a month? Take care of my sister. Respectfully, Caleb.