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Curious - how are the results looking now?


On 6/7/13 4:53 AM, "Giles Sirett" <giles.sirett@shapeblue.com> wrote:

>Noah
>
>Good points, but I THINK the problem is that nobody really knows what the
>reach is.
>
>I made some very big assumptions in my last post, but what was clear was
>that me asking people directly to fill in the survey seemed to have much
>more impact than "general" awareness on twitter, lists, etc (I'd guess
>that method is much closer to the 5-10% that you mention - but that IS
>just a guess)
>
>I guess that same should apply to other people in the community and
>that's why I'd encourage anybody who knows another organisation using
>CloudStack to drop them an informal email and ask them to complete the
>survey
>
>We've had 54 responses now
>
>Kind Regards
>Giles
>
>D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055
>Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Noah Slater [mailto:nslater@apache.org]
>Sent: 07 June 2013 09:35
>To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
>Subject: Re: survey - update
>
>I understand that 5-10% response rate is average/good for surveys sent
>via email. Do we know what the reach is?
>
>19 indicates that 190 - 380 (and perhaps more - depending on how likely
>people are to take action on a tweet) people saw the call to participate.
>
>
>On 5 June 2013 15:57, Giles Sirett <giles.sirett@shapeblue.com> wrote:
>
>> Good question
>> https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/28BV97D
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards
>> Giles
>>
>> D: +44 20 3603 0541 | M: +44 796 111 2055 Giles.Sirett@shapeblue.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Matthew E. Porter [mailto:matthew.porter@contegix.com]
>> Sent: 05 June 2013 15:56
>> To: marketing@cloudstack.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: survey - update
>>
>> Sorry to ask - where is the survey link?
>>
>> ---
>> Matthew E. Porter
>> Contegix - Technology to Empower Ideas
>> E-mail: matthew.porter@contegix.com
>> Twitter: @meporter | http://twitter.com/meporter
>>
>> On Jun 5, 2013, at 9:41 AM, "kelcey@backbonetechnology.com" <
>> kelcey@backbonetechnology.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I guess I should fill it out, lol
>> >
>> > Sent from my HTC
>> >
>> > ----- Reply message -----
>> > From: "Giles Sirett" <giles.sirett@shapeblue.com>
>> > To: "marketing@cloudstack.apache.org"
>> > <marketing@cloudstack.apache.org>
>> > Subject: survey - update
>> > Date: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 4:54 AM
>> >
>> > All
>> > The cloudstack survey as been live for a few days.
>> > I thought I'd give everybody an update (and also ask for some further
>> > help)
>> >
>> > We've had 49 responses so far.
>> >
>> > Out of interest, over half the respondents have said "we'd be happy to
>> > be mentioned as a Cloudstack user" - good news
>> >
>> > The bad news:
>> > 32 of the respondents are people that I  (i.e Giles) have written to
>> > directly and asked to respond (people we've worked with & know). And
>> > MOST of them only responded when I asked them to directly (I think 30)
>> >
>> > Therefore, we've only had 19 respondents though mailing lists/ word of
>> > mouth/twitter/etc
>> >
>> > Of course, it *could be* that is a true reflection of Cloudstack usage
>> > - but I don't think so - I certainly hope not
>> >
>> >
>> > Could everybody on this list please help me out by making sure you
>> encourage *anybody*  and everybody that you know who's running a
>>cloudstack
>> environment to complete the survey.
>> >
>> > From my basic analysis above it looks like people need to be asked
>> directly to complete it.
>> > If anybody has any ideas as to how we can further promote, please
>> > SHOUT
>> >
>> > Kind Regards
>> > Giles
>> >
>> > Giles Sirett
>> > CEO
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