If you're new here, Welcome! To learn more about what this site is all about click here [link].

I am a small business Conversation Consultant and public speaker that uses the power of the internet to leverage your success. Productivity in Context is a web magazine focused on Productivity and tools for organizing. Make this your headquarters for improving your life and work through increased mindfulness, education, and workflow practices.

Subscribe by E-mail for updates on: Productivity methods, Lifestyle innovation, and the collaborative design of the next-generation personal knowledge management system.

Click Here for an overview of the content. Please take a look at our sponsors. (Hosting isn't free...)
Please contact me via e-mail: stephen @ hdbizblog dot com

The results of the survey are in, enough to be representative anyway. I want to thank everyone who took part in the survey and giving me feedback as to the types of articles that you like best, and least. One of my 2008 goals for this blog is focused on building a community, which of course means interaction.

This is your blog too.

There were some interesting results, and I’ll share them with you now. (The survey is still open, and there is some room for you to participate. If the results change drastically, I’ll update this post.)

Of course, the answers were anonymous, and I want you all to know how much I value your opinion. Here are some screen-shots of the results for each question, and my analysis follows:

Analysis: A whopping 2/3rds of you come here for the Technical Content based on productivity practices. I expected this, as my traffic figures back it up. Whenever there is a post on a specific element of your system, there tend to be more comments and links. I did find the individual comments to this question very interesting:

1. I like the mix/variety and keep coming back
2. all the above, I can’t decide
3. Tips & Advice : I like to read about your own advice on how to improve productivity based on your experiences
4. I’m recently diagnosed with ADD. I was tickled to discover you have similar problems. I’m interested in “innovative” ways of approaching organization and productivity since much of what exists doesn’t work for me.

So, there will continue to be a good mix, with the technical articles becoming more in-depth. I will also be adding more “GTD with ADD” content with concrete, specific examples of how I personally work to manage my own Attention Deficit issues. I have been meaning to do the ADD series for a while, but a big project has kept me from it.

Analysis: The vast majority of readers come here for information about Productivity Practices. Duh. This is my favorite topic, and will definitely continue. I am also heartened that the second most popular topic is Paper Applications, as that is my specialty. Neck-and-neck for third place are Software Applications and Leadership Education, trailed by Gadgets, Gear, PDAs and Links. I infer from this that I should spend some more time on Paper Applications, balance with Software and Leadership, and spend less time on the hardware and productivity pr0n. In each instance, I will also work to make the information more detailed and specific.

Analysis: I suspected this sort of ratio would turn up, as my subscriber count is growing at a much faster rate than the traffic. But that is good news, because it is more efficient and effective to read blog posts via RSS than to try to visit 30+ websites every day. Good job readers! (Click here to subscribe!)

Analysis: Keeping up with daily posting looks to be what nearly 60% of you are looking for. You got it.

Analysis: I have been working on another website, less of a blog than a resource center. It will (eventually) have tons of resources and information, with opportunities for you all to receive further education and training on Productivity, Leadership, Writing, and even some personal coaching on a range of subjects. With 82% of you interested in more content of this nature, I just can’t let that segment go unserved.

There will be a sneak preview of this new service available tomorrow (25 January 2008) for e-mail subscribers. (Click here to subscribe by e-mail.)

Analysis: This question has the most information, and I do wish that I could get some more in-depth information from you all about it. If anyone would like to comment, of course I’d love to see them, or you can send me a private e-mail to stephen [at] hdbizblog [dot] com.

Final Summary

This final question was designed to unearth the areas where I need to improve. It looks like some of the post-categories are fairly satisfactory to most of you as readers. There are four areas, though, where I do need to apply some extra effort. So, this is my plan for these four categories, taking into account the responses to the previous parts of the survey:

• “Leadership” content needs to be better. More focus, more in-depth with practical examples.
• “Photos” need to improve, and be more appropriate. This will be easier, now that I have a new digital camera and I am learning how to use it.
• “New Media Commentary” has a near-perfect bell curve. Leave it alone? Or work harder to relate the revolution in information availability to everyday application? I promise to do the latter. I have a couple of BIG articles that I have delayed releasing, because I am still working on the implications. Sometimes I lie awake at night thinking about it. If you’d like to pitch in and lend your own perspective, let me know…
• “My Personal Life and Times” - This is always tricky, because this is not one of the “here is what I had for lunch” blogs. I see that I do need to share some things like this with you, as there is a level of interest. I will be stepping up efforts to make it more practical and detailed.

So there we are, ready for 2008 with a fine-tuned set of goals for improvement and engagement. As always, Comments are encouraged. I am looking forward to hearing from you, and making 2008 into Two-Thousand-Great!

If you found this post useful, please share it with your friends on Twitter using the tinylink http://tinyurl.com/5jplr9. Thanks, I appreciate it! Feel free to comment below, I enjoy discussing these ideas. ~@Stephen