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I recently asked you, my readers, to tell me what you want to see on the blog. Partly to get some inspiration, partly to get a feel for who my readers are. A total of 39 people took the time to rate 13 different post types. In retrospect, I should have included a 14th type, namely the Guest Post, but since I haven’t yet featured any, it’s not a crucial oversight. Readers scored each post type from 1 to 5 (total scores displayed in parenthesis on the list below).

I was fully expecting How-To posts to rank highly. They are useful and often inspiring to read (hopefully), even if they are not my favorite to write. Reviews, in this case, refers to photo and microstock related reviews, which ranked surprisingly high, considering that I don’t have a history of those. I kind of wish, I had the ability to ask follow up questions, so I could find out more about what the expectations are in that regard.

I did not expect the “personal” categories, Project/Idea posts and Opinion/Commentary, to rank as high as they do. I take that as a sign, that I have smart readers who like to read these things, reflect and make up their own minds on the subject. It also makes me happy because these are the types of posts that are self-therapeutic to write, often helping me to re-focus on the project or more fully consider the topic, I’m writing about.

On the opposite end of the scale, it surprised me to find competitions scoring the lowest of all the categories. Another sign that my readers are highly intelligent, self-sufficient people, who are not entertained by something as superficial as competitions. I’ve been thinking a lot about running regular competitions, but now I might limit them to once in a blue moon, when I have something cool to give away.

Video content scored a lot lower than I would have thought too. With so many popular video services, tutorials and workshops, I thought there would be a bigger demand for it. But then I remembered that my own videos in the past have been of a different nature (such as Lumiere videos). So maybe that result is specific to me.

Let there be no doubt: I will continue to write what I want. But when I sit down to brainstorm post ideas, the list below will most definitely help me prioritize. It doesn’t hurt to take the readers into consideration after all. I have certainly learned something from this, and would like to thank everyone who took the time to participate.

Most Popular Post Types

1. How-To Articles (164)
2. Posts about my projects and ideas (162)
3. Reviews (146)
4. Opinion / Commentary (143)
5. Link Posts (142)
6. Photo Series (138)
7. Event Reportage (122)
8. Interviews (117)
9. Multimedia Slideshows (108)
10. Polls / Surveys (101)
11. Video (96)
12. Audio / Podcast (96)
13. Competition (93)

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