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Poll Results – What Shall I do Next?

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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A big THANK-YOU to everyone who voted and shared the poll.  Here are the results below:

So the most popular options with 2 votes each are:

  • Meet the Puppet videos (featuring puppets from our existing shows)
  • Shadow Puppet Shows
  • In the “Other” category I had one voter saying “All of the above!” and another saying “3 or 4 of these, all good ideas. Good Luck” which I am counting as basically the same.

Then with 1 vote each:

  • In the “Other” category: “Videos about you and how we might encourage our kids with some collaboration”
  • Online Puppet Making Tutorials
  • Storytelling/Kamishibai
  • Sales of Puppets custom made by me
  • Sales of Puppet Making Kits
  • Sales of Puppet Theatre Making Kits

 

I would appreciate a bit of clarification from the person who made the comment: “Videos about you and how we might encourage our kids with some collaboration” as I am not 100% sure what is meant by that.  If this is you; please leave a further comment in the reply box at the bottom of this post, thank-you 🙂 or you can contact me by clicking HERE

If anyone has missed out on voting in the poll and would like to contribute please also leave a comment.

 

So this poll seems to suggest that I should be concentrating on doing Shadow Puppet videos and intersperse these with Meet The Puppet videos.  I will also add in some of the other things occasionally and perhaps set up a shop page and put up the things for sale as I get them organised.

What shall I do next?

Posted on by Collette Knowles
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I have been investigating new ways of making money online since my normal business of live performances and workshops has gone out of the window for the moment.

I have discovered that WordPress (who host this blog) allows you to get contributions from subscribers (monthly or annual) and that you can create subscriber only content.  You can also sell goods/services and collect donations through one off payments.

I am currently undecided as to what is best to do with these tools and wanted to get some feedback as to what my current readers would like to see me do next and what and how much you would be willing to pay for it.

Please leave comments by clicking the circle marked “reply” at the top of the page or vote in the poll below:

 

 

In the meanwhile for those who missed my previous post here is my video of the Vampire Rod Puppet I made inspired by Beverley Puppet Festival‘s making video from Merlin Puppet Theatre: