So, I've been doing this for 9 months or now. I'd like to get some feedback from the readers. I did a mini focus group with a few friends before I did the redesign and now I'd like to talk to all of my readers. All seven of you.
1. What kind of content annoys the bejeezus out of you? Are you totally sick of hearing about my trips to the grocery store?
2. What kind of content would you like to see more of? I felt a little burnt out at the beginning of the week and it helps to know what people like. Honestly, this is never going to be a standard PF blog where I teach you the difference between a money market and some other sort of account that I don't know about. It will always be based on my personal experiences, but I'd like to increase our interactions because I like talking with all of you. Your such a nice bunch.
3. Are the new ads annoying? I figure they are easy enough to ignore if you don't want to look at them. I tried to pick companies that I thought my readers might find interesting so it wasn't icky stuff. Honestly, they are killing me. Do you know how badly I want to click on most of them? I am not allowed to talk about the companies in the right sidebar for various contractual reasons, but let's say that my Nikon D50 came from one and I love it. Let's say that I love color coding and want to see what another website has for the CRAZY part of me. And I want to see what one of them is all about because it just looks cute, dammit. But I am not allowed to click. Sorry if the ads are annoying. But again, tried to pick stuff that was cool. And if there is one that sells clothes for feet, I may have gotten my wedding shoes there.
4. Do you want to see some guest posts? Anyone interested in guest posting? Email dsliss [at] gmail [dot] com if you are. I'll send you an invite. Don't post anything batshit nutters or I will have to exercise some editorial control. I like money saving and money wasting tips the most. People enjoy hearing when other people have wasted their money. I think it makes them feel a little more human. We all make mistakes.
5. I've got some stuff around my house that I don't want. Stuff that has never been used. Some stuff that is pretty damn rad. I've been thinking about having some contests for the stuff. Would you like that? If only one person is going to play, that doesn't seem particularly fun, except for the one person and then you can just send me an email and I'll send you my stuff. That would require the FB commenters to make comments here. Oh, and I don't do that pick a random comment thing. I'm not all about fairness. You have to write something to amuse me and then I pick that one. In other words, I want you to woo me. And remember, I have weird stuff, so the prizes could be very interesting. Oh, and I am prone to including surprises with prizes, so extra fun to look forward to. (And surprises are often very inexpensive treats from Tokyo discount in the form of financial lucky cats.) I'm not going out and getting gift cards for contests. Can't afford that. But I have an unused Knock Knock Medical Organizer that retails for $24.95. I have art prints. I have art that I can't seem to sell. I may even have an airline credit on southwest (if I decide to use that). I have the Abba Gold Box Set. I can get autographed pictures of Tiki if he isn't acting totally dicky that day. And the surprise arts and crafts projects that I can come up with for zero dollars are endless and MAGNIFICENT. Oh, and they may come in the form of trivia questions because those are fun.
I am really looking for your honest feedback on ways to make the site better and more fun. Any feedback is appreciated. I hope this isn't just crickets.
