So I thought I’d share some of my Reader Survey results with you.
Thanks to the over 100 of you that participated… if you left your email address you should have received a personal thank-you email from me. For those of you who didn’t… THANKS!
Your feedback was invaluable as I work to make this blog a resource for people doing church communications. Your comments, thoughts, and suggestions will come in handy as I move forward!
That being said, here’s what I discovered…
- We’re split right down the middle in the battle of the sexes… 54% of you were male, 46% were female.
- Some of you are from across the seas! We had a few international readers… g’day to 2 Australians, 1 from the Netherlands, 1 Canadian, and 1 from South Africa!
- You are all over the place. Stateside, 19% of you were from Illinois; 11% from Florida, 15% from California, 10% from Michigan; and the rest were from everywhere including Arizona, Washignton DC, Georgia, Indiana, Minnesota, North Carolina, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin.
- You’ve been around here for awhile. A majority of you have been reading for about a year; 25% of you are new from the past 6 months, and about 15% of you have been loyal readers for the last 3 years; and 1 of you brave souls has been reading since my Xanga days!
- You’re a young crowd. 20% of you are under the age of 25; 45% are between 25-35; and the rest of you are 36+.
- Most of you are professional Christians. 60% of you work for a church… with the majority of you being in communications. We had a few pastors, elders, youth pastors, and worship leaders.
- The rest of you were pretty fascinating. Some of you are branding/marketing people, interactive designers, finance, a few faculty members from colleges, a bunch of people in sales, and someone in law enforcement!
- We connected via social media. Nearly half of you connected with my blog via Twitter, others had linked from Church Marketing Sucks, Collide, and Catalyst and my favorite response: I a google search, then found out you know my husband.
- You like me. You gave me a 7.9 for overall content. I was pretty humbled by that! Thank you!
- You want to know how to communicate more effectively. Overwhelmingly, you guys are coming here for Church Communications Resources and Reviews and want to see more examples from Park.
- You want to know what’s working. You indicated you’d like more reviews and links to helpful resources.
- Some of you aren’t fans for the conference notes. I will keep doing those long-form as I have, but will work on creating short summaries!
- You want a Podcast and Guest Blog Posts. Overwhelmingly you indicated you’d like a Church Communications Podcast [it's in the works!] and want to see some guest blog posts. I’m totally excited about both and if you have an idea for a blog post or the podcast, let me know!
Thanks to all of you who have been with me on the journey this far… as I said before, one of the main reasons I blog is to help build the Church through providing insights and resources to help the church communicate its story more effectively. So thanks for your feedback and input… I’m looking forward to what’s ahead!
