Requesting your feedback: Your Comments on Take Time to Smell the Rose

I LOVE getting comments from my readers and I really want to respond to each one because I really appreciate the time you have taken to read my blog AND comment. I just installed Disqus so I can reply under your comment on the blog post. Others can comment to you as well. It's a great way to get conversation going as well among my readers.

I would like to know your preference in the response you receive back from me. Would you rather have an emailed response or my response below your comment in the blog? Why I ask is because I actually hardly ever go back to a blog post to see if anyone has responded to a comment I leave on a blog post. Am I the only one that doesn't go back? I would just like to know what the majority of my readers do because I think the authors response to their readers is very important.

Also I want to add that another benefit of having an entry form on my giveaways gives my readers a chance to ask me specific questions about the product I may not have covered or they can leave feedback about their experience with the same product. Feel free to make comments on my reviews & giveaways now!

I appreciate your feedback! Have a wonderful weekend!

Follow up to your feedback on Comments vs. Entry Form

Thanks to everyone who left feedback to me here on Take Time To Smell the Rose and also on Facebook regarding your thoughts about Comment vs. Entry Form for my giveaways.

The majority of you like the entry form much better for various reasons. There were a few people who agreed that they sometimes wonder if I got their entry via the entry form though. So, I am keeping the entry form because I too agree it is simpler for everyone.

For those of you who would like a confirmation that I did receive your entry for a particular giveaway, just leave a comment saying so on the actual blog post along with your email and I will gladly do so.

Thanks again for your input! Let me know if there are ever any other questions or concerns.

Need your feedback: Comments vs. Entry Form

One reason I switched to the entry form for my giveaway is because my comments were not numbered and it was very time consuming to count when drawing for a winner. However I have figured out how to add the numbered comment feature in my blog and I would like to see how my readers feel about this.

Do you like entering giveaways with all comments showing or do you like entering through the entry form where I only see your information. And why?

I have listed some Pros and Cons for each one that I could think of:

Comments: 

Pros: 

• You can see how many people have entered the giveaway.
•  If you don't remember if you entered the giveaway you can go back and scan through the   comment  section to see if you did.

Cons:

• Your email address is exposed to everyone.
• Take longer to enter since you have to comment for each entry like before.
  

Entry Form

Pros

• More user friendly and less confusing?
• Secures your email information so know one can see.
• Since everyone is required to enter their email address there are no redraws. Do you guys know how many redraws I had to do with the comment form giveaways because no one leaves their email address??
  

Cons

• You won't remember if you entered the giveaway

Please take the time to let me know how you feel about this and I will be implementing it on the new giveaways. Also, let me know if there is anything else that you have have suggestions on that may make it easier for you to browse Take Time to Smell the Rose. Thank you, I appreciate your time and advice!