January 22nd, 2007

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Why Do You Blog? Take or Link to My Survey and Win Stuff

From the butt-ugly survey site I just created:

Why do you blog? Why do I blog? Why does anybody? As the medium enters its pubescence, it’s a question that I wonder about all the time. I’ve talked about it with a lot of different bloggers, and everyone offers a different reason.

In February, I’m giving a talk called “Why We Blog” at Northern Voice here in Vancouver. In preparation, I’m launching this ad hoc survey to gather more opinions and voices from the blogosphere.

The survey is 16 questions, and hopefully won’t take you more than 10 minutes. I really appreciate the time you might take to complete it. As a token of that appreciation, I’m giving away a few prizes:

  • One randomly-selected person who completes the survey will win an iPod Shuffle.
  • Another randomly-selected survey completer will win two Lonely Planet books–Micronations and Experimental Travel
  • I obviously want to promote the survey, so I’m also giving away one CAN $50 gift certificate to a randomly-selected person who blogs about it. Just link to http://www.whydoyoublog.com and you’re qualified to win.

If you’re a blogger, or were a blogger, please consider taking or linking to this survey (link fixed). It’s past my bedtime, but tomorrow I’ll whip up a couple little web badges or banner things for it.

Comments: 20 Responses so far

Helen
January 22nd, 2007
5:12 am

Umm, the last link “please consider taking or linking to this survey.” links me to Amazon. There’s no survey there!

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Why Do We Blog? at S!MPLICATED
January 22nd, 2007
6:05 am

[...] Darren Barefoot writes, Why do you blog? Why do I blog? Why does anybody? As the medium enters its pubescence, it’s a question that I wonder about all the time. I’ve talked about it with a lot of different bloggers, and everyone offers a different reason. [...]

ni.vu.ni.connu / Why, oh why?
January 22nd, 2007
8:53 am

[...] Darren from Vancouver is preparing a talk for a conference and he wants to hear from bloggers about their motivations. Help him out by taking his short survey: Why Do You Blog? [...]

Raffaella
January 22nd, 2007
9:48 am

When asked my opinion I’ll generally give it, however I’ll admit my weakness to giving it more readily when their is some sort of incentive.

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rodtempleton.net » Blog Archive » Darren Wants to Know Why You Blog
January 22nd, 2007
10:49 am

[...] Darren Barefoot is an organizer of the Northern Voice blogging conference held here in Vancouver, and is looking to find out from other bloggers just why we do what we do: “Why do you blog? Why do I blog? Why does anybody? As the medium enters its pubescence, it’s a question that I wonder about all the time. I’ve talked about it with a lot of different bloggers, and everyone offers a different reason. [...]

Michael Kwan
January 22nd, 2007
4:05 pm

Glad to help, Darren. Here’s my blog entry promoting your survey.

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knitnut.net » Attention bloggers: why do you blog?
January 22nd, 2007
4:20 pm

[...] Darren Barefoot of Vancouver is giving a talk on the subject in February and is asking for input from bloggers. He’s got a 16-question survey: Why Do You Blog?. The survey is quick (5-10 minutes) and thought-provoking. [...]

Carlos
January 22nd, 2007
7:54 pm

Here’s my link… Good luck with the conference.

http://arcvancouver.blogspot.com/2007/01/why-i-blog.html

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(NetChick) This Chick’s Life- » Why I blog…
January 22nd, 2007
11:19 pm

[...] Northern Voice is coming up, and I might attend it this year, if I can get my schedule to co-operate with me. Darren was asking on his site why people blog (I intend to fill out his survey tomorrow) but it got me to thinking about why I blog. [...]

» Darren Barefoot’s “Why Do You Blog?” Survey » InsideGoogle » part of the Blog News Channel
January 23rd, 2007
6:17 am

[...] Darren Barefoot has put together a cool survey site, asking people why it is that they blog. Since I’m interested in what sort of results he gets (plus, he’s giving fifty bucks to someone who links to it, as well as two people who fill it out), I’m recommending any of my readers who are also bloggers, head down and take a minute to answer the short survey. The survey will help Darren give a talk at Northern Voice in February, so I hope he posts online the speech, so the people who helped create it get to see it. [...]

Miss604’s Canuck Life :: A Vancouver Blog » Blog Archive » Why Do I
January 23rd, 2007
9:26 am

[...] Darren Barefoot put the call out yesterday: In February, I’m giving a talk called “Why We Blog” at Northern Voice here in Vancouver. In preparation, I’m launching this ad hoc survey to gather more opinions and voices from the blogosphere. [db] [...]

Why do you blog? - The New PR
January 23rd, 2007
1:56 pm

[...] January Ryan03:41 pmAdd comment Fellow Canuck Darren Barefoot just posted a survey asking people why they blog.  Hey, I’m down with helping.  Take his five-minute survey here. [...]

Erika
January 23rd, 2007
10:55 pm

Strangely, one of my classmates in my social sciences course on blogging posted to our class blog tonight about the conference. She didn’t mention names but posted the link, and I was pleasantly surprised to see your name there! I thought it was pretty cool since I know who you are. I hope I can make it, not just since it’s pertinent for the course, but for my “addiction” in general.

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melodrama.ca » Blog Archive » Why Do I Blog?
January 24th, 2007
2:43 pm

[...] A few days ago I checked my blog feeds, and I read about Darren’s survey in over half a dozen places. It gave me a good excuse to really think about the reasons I blog, which is always good to do when I have a bit of writer’s block. [...]

Jacques Rene Zammit
January 25th, 2007
12:13 am

… http://akkuza.blogspot.com/2007/01/why-blog.html

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Why do you blog? - Technology in plain English - Dublin Ireland
January 25th, 2007
6:14 am

[...] … or so Darren Barefoot wants to know. [...]

Northern Voice 2007 at Bene Diction Blogs On
January 25th, 2007
9:34 am

[...] Darren Barefoot will be giving a presentation on Why We Blog, and has a survey he is asking blogs to take. Prizes too. Published 0 minutes ago // Used for showing and hiding user information in the comment form function ShowUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “”; } function HideUtils() { document.getElementById(”authorinfo”).style.display = “none”; document.getElementById(”showinfo”).style.display = “”; document.getElementById(”hideinfo”).style.display = “none”; } [...]

cearta.ie » Blog Archive » Why do I blog?
January 26th, 2007
11:48 am

[...] That little excursion around the blogosphere (wikipedia | technorati) was prompted after I came across an interesting post on darrenbarefoot.com. He wants to gather information and spark a discussion, because he has to talk about it at a conference February, so he has put together a very simple (I know it’s simple; I was able to do it!) 16-question survey, and accompanying discussion forum. So go on, do the survey, post to the forum, blog about it on your own blogs, pass it on, and start another cyber-meme. Oh, and he’s offering cool prizes for participation (though I took the survey out of genuine thirst for knowledge, and not because I want to win an iPod, one of two travel books, or a gift certificate. Honest!) [...]

the best things in life are free » Blog Readership
March 27th, 2007
8:06 pm

[...] At Northern Voice this year I caught a talk by Darren Barefoot on Why Do You Blog. One thing that was discussed was readership, “how many readers would you be happy with?” and another topic that came up was “how do you feel when your blog get’s popular”. Some people mentioned that it’s scary when you start getting people commenting on your blog that you don’t know. I can definitely re-iterate that feeling. But at the same time, it’s cool that other people read your blog. [...]

Why Do You Blog? : Performancing
July 15th, 2009
12:55 am

[...] Darren Barefoot is asking the question and it is one I would like to know the answer to Why do you blog? Why do I blog? Why does anybody? As the medium enters its pubescence, it’s a question that I wonder about all the time. I’ve talked about it with a lot of different bloggers, and everyone offers a different reason. [...]

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