Comments on: The Friendly Way to Adapt Your Content Like a Flexible Yoga Instructor

By: James Head

James Head — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 15:01:45 +0000

Thanks, Stephanie, for the great metaphor! I am always looking for useful metaphors to illustrate the abstract and often spiritual topics I write about in mental health.

Namaste

By: Stefanie Flaxman

Stefanie Flaxman — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:19:28 +0000

In reply to lisa thomson. Indeed, there are no shortcuts.

By: lisa thomson

lisa thomson — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 20:01:34 +0000

Actually, I really hate it when my yoga teacher asks this question at the start of class. It only ensures the louder, less shy participants get what they want. I never answer and only wish she would simply teach a well rounded class. That said, I understand you message here today. Bear in mind though, that finding out what your audience wants isn’t that simple. Trial and error.

By: Gabriel St-Germain

Gabriel St-Germain — Thu, 11 Aug 2016 06:54:21 +0000

Stefanie,

Really insightful article. You are totally right – our readers come first and we should do our absolute best to create content that they are most likely to respond well too.

Thanks for taking the time to write this up! Cheers

Gabriel

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:31:05 +0000

Really great article, thanks for sharing it Stefanie!

By: Stefanie Flaxman

Stefanie Flaxman — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 00:12:33 +0000

In reply to Candy Preston. Great question, Candy! I think it would be appropriate if learning from your readers' preferences would help you create more content that they'd enjoy. To get the most engaged response, I'd suggest reaching out in way that makes responding easy. One way you could approach it is writing a blog post explaining the reactions you got to The Power of Gratitude and that it'd be helpful for you to find out more about why it resonated with your audience, so you can produce more content like it in the future. Then readers can respond through blog comments.

By: Stefanie Flaxman

Stefanie Flaxman — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:57:01 +0000

In reply to Michael LaRocca. That's a terrific example, Michael! It's fun to explore how in-person interactions can translate to successful online experiences.

By: Stefanie Flaxman

Stefanie Flaxman — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 23:52:55 +0000

In reply to Daniel Chohfi. Very cool, Daniel!

By: Candy Preston

Candy Preston — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:45:39 +0000

Thanks Stephanie for your post inspired from your yoga instructor. In learning the business side of the business, I am wondering if it is appropriate to ask my readers (growing my reader base) what was it about my last post on The Power of Gratitude that caused the second highest response in 2 years, via verbal, email, blog comments, Facebook, etc., ?
Candy

By: Michael LaRocca

Michael LaRocca — Tue, 09 Aug 2016 11:43:09 +0000

I was teaching spoken English at a university in China when Dubya and Gore were facing off. One of my students was getting live election coverage updates from a dormmate via text message. He quickly convinced me that we’d have a much better class if I just scrapped my lesson plan entirely and we discussed the elections in English instead. That was fun, and we used the scrapped lesson plan a week later. All my other speaking classes involved starting with a loose sketchy lesson plan that we stuck to while my students built on it based on their own skills and interests. Thanks for the reminder that content, too, is much better with this sort of collaboration.