Hey friends! Happy Wednesday! I hope you’re all doing great. It’s time for a reader survey here at Coffee With Summer. I know I had one this past June, but since then I have had some new ideas and focuses start to come into perspective for the future of CWS, so I decided it was time to do another reader survey.
I am a huge believer in reader surveys because they help you to open your mind up to other perspectives and possibilities. Since starting Coffee With Summer over two years ago, I can say that I am very glad that I started reader surveys for my audience. It’s important to me to know what my readers are loving and thinking about my content! While yes, this is my blog and I will write what I’m passionate about, I also want to be open to ideas of what my readers might like to see.
I know I have mentioned in passing that I was thinking of doing a rebrand in the future, but I have decided to not do a full rebrand. I will be keeping the name and the mission (tweaking it a tiny bit) of CWS the same, but I will be redesigning and coming up with a firm logo. The purpose of my minor rebrand/redesign is to help me zone in more on the topics that I love to write about most and that my readers enjoy the most. While I am most likely going to stay within the lifestyle “niche”, I want to have a more firm focus rather than having it be so open.
Edit: Here’s a snippet that I’m re-using from my mid-year reader survey. Before you go commenting about my sponsored content or how I don’t write about faith…please read up first.
“I really want to address something that’s important to me. When I first began this blog, I shared mainly about my faith – writing devotionals and sharing encouragement in that way. A few of you have pointed out that I don’t share much about my faith anymore and I want you to know that yes, I am still a follower of Jesus even though I don’t blog about Him or my faith directly or that often. I think that bloggers who write about faith all of the time are awesome. We need bloggers like that! But if a Christian who blogs (like me) doesn’t share about their faith constantly, you shouldn’t think less of them or try to make them feel guilty about it. That’s the short version of what I have to say. Let’s all respect and love each other!
I share a good amount of sponsored content. Please, understand that when I have a sponsored post that it’s truly because I love and believe in the brand and/or product that I’m sharing about. I will never apply for or accept a sponsored campaign if it doesn’t fit in with my lifestyle. I will never apply for or accept a sponsored campaign just for the money. With this being said, I don’t really understand why people (both bloggers and non-bloggers, alike) criticize bloggers who work with brands on sponsored content. This is our dream and we’re going to chase after it! There’s no need for you bash bloggers who share genuinely about products they love whatever the reason – whether you just don’t like it or you’re wishing you got those sponsored posts, etc. And no, sponsored posts are not just an advertisement…we’re sharing about how we genuinely use those products in our everyday life. If you think poorly about bloggers chasing their dreams and sharing sponsored content, then you either need to reevaluate your heart or just block it out completely.”
This reader survey is for the dedicated readers of Coffee With Summer who know and believe in the mission of this space. If that’s you, I’d love for you to fill out the form below! If you’d prefer to open the survey in a new tab, here’s the link to do so.
Please, remember that this survey is to be helpful to me to better understand my readers. It’s not a place to bash or write hate, it’s a place to give me actionable feedback. Thank you in advance! 🙂
Coffee With Summer is a community for those who want to be encouraged by truth, challenged by potential, and emboldened to have real conversations on how to grow authentically and intentionally.
To help show my appreciate for all of my dedicated and enthusiastic Coffee With Summer readers, I wanted to put together a giveaway bundle for one lucky winner! The giveaway starts on 10/26 and runs until 11/2. Winner will be contacted by 11/4.
What’s in the bundle? A mug, nail polish, stationary, seasonal candle, and more surprises! You’ll have to win to see it all. 😉
All you have to do to enter is complete as many tasks as you want in the form below. Due to shipping costs, I have to limit this giveaway to U.S. only (sorry for any inconvenience!) Please enter fairly, as I’ll be verifying all of the entries before a winner is chosen at random and is announced. Have fun!
Thank you again for making Coffee With Summer a thriving place of community and intentional growth. I could never do this without you all. You all rock. Thank you!
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