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# Issue 41: Reader surveys that actually get answers
- URL: https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/issues/issue-41-reader-surveys-that-get-answers/
- Published: 2026-09-01T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:27:36.000Z
- Description: Seven questions, two minutes, one week. How to run a survey that shapes the next season.
- Author: Avery Lin
- Tags: Newsletter, #issue

Surveys only help if readers fill them in. Ours gets the best response when it is short and part of a normal issue.

## Keep it to seven questions

Ask about what helped, what is missing, how people read, and whether they would pay for more. Leave room for free text.

## Send it inside an issue

A survey as the main item of a regular issue does better than a separate email, because readers are already paying attention.

## Close the loop

Share what you learned two issues later. When readers see their answers used, they answer again next time.

The full set of questions is in our [reader survey template](https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/library/reader-survey-template/).