Executive Summary
Here at Kitces.com, the goal is always to make the Nerd's Eye View blog and the Members Section an ever-more-valuable resource for all of you, the readers. Which means we want to hear from you about what we can do to make this website even better for you.
Over the years, reader feedback has shaped everything from the visual design of the blog (from its original dense small font!) and the Disqus comment system we use, to the expansion of our Members section to offer CFP and then IMCA CE credit (and soon, CPE for accountants as well!) for Nerd's Eye View blog posts, the launch of the Financial Advisor Success podcast, and more.
And while I'm happy with the progress we've been making, I'm sure there's still more than we could do differently to serve you better. Accordingly, every year we conduct a feedback survey to all of you who read this blog, to get your thoughts and feedback about the features we're offering, some new ideas we're considering, and whatever other input you're willing to share about what we could do to make this a more valuable site (and a better user experience) for you.
So regardless of what kind of reader you are: an advisor, an individual consumer who reads this blog for your own benefit, a related professional that works with financial advisors, or you're associated with a vendor who serves advisors... I hope you'll participate in this year's survey. It's only 10 questions, should take no more than a few minutes, and will remain open until the end of next week (June 24th).
Thanks in advance for taking a few minutes to click through on the "Read More" link below to access our reader survey, and share your feedback! 🙂
(Michael's Note: Unfortunately, due to third-party software limitations, this survey may not display properly on some tablet devices. Please try to complete the survey on a laptop/desktop if you're having difficulty. Yes, we realize the irony, and are exploring alternative survey software solutions to address this future. Our apologies for any inconvenience!)
Michael, Only 2 of the ten questions poped up ? SCW
I thought that at first too but then noticed the survey is in its own scroll-able box. Maybe try scrolling down in the survey itself.
Stephen,
Sorry for the confusion. There’s a small scroll bar to the right side of the Survey box itself that you have to use to scroll down to the remaining questions.
We’re trying to find alternative providers in the future to make this less confusing! Sorry!
– Michael
It worked great for me. Possibly because I am using a large display?
In the survey I suggested that you offer a dashboard as an alternative to the daily emails. I would keep the dashboard open in a browser tab all the time. Then I could refer to it when I have time to read. You may already have a dashboard system and I might just be lost in all the content. I don’t have a clear mental image of the content offerings and where to find them.
William,
Hrm, very interesting suggestion.
Can you tell me a little more about what you have in mind here? Are you imagining something that shows the latest articles by category (retirement, tax, practice management, etc.)? Or a listing of each of the types of columns (practice management, podcasts, technical articles, Office Hours, weekend reading)? Or some other structure?
How would we lay out a dashboard that’s useful for you in this context?
– Michael
I was imagining a single page with sections for each column. Perhaps a listing of the 5 latest articles for each section.
Organizing by topic would also be useful. However, there are so many topics!
It seems like it would be helpful to see the whole expanse of NEV on single page. And to have all CE opportunities flagged somehow.
Wm
Michael, you are truly advancing the profession. Thank you for your tireless efforts.
Searching your site has proven difficult when I am looking to see if you wrote on certain topics. Especially the case when weekend readings get thrown in and I have to navigate into each one and scroll through just to see the article titles.
A Patreon page for the FA Success Podcast (and any future podcasts) would be nice to see
I’ve completed the survey but when I click on the ‘Done’ button nothing happens! Grrr! Or maybe you’ve received it multiple times ;o
Carolyn,
Eek, sorry for the technical difficulties. Do you have cookies blocked – it’s possible that the survey can’t detect you’re “done” if your browser blocks the “done” cookie?
– Michael
Hmm. Don’t think so. I was using Chrome, but have just tried again using good old IE and no problems :). Got there in the end ;o
Carolyn,
Glad to hear it worked now! Sorry again for any confusion, and much appreciation for sharing your feedback! 🙂
– MIchael
No problem Michael. I really appreciate everything you give away for free ;o so it’s the least I could do!