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# Reader survey template
- URL: https://letterharbor-demo.synaps.media/library/reader-survey-template/
- Published: 2026-10-03T13:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-26T22:26:35.000Z
- Description: Seven questions that take two minutes to answer and tell you what to write next.
- Author: Avery Lin
- Tags: Templates, #resource

A reader survey works when it is short, specific and sent at a moment readers are paying attention. Send it as the main item of a normal issue, not as a separate email.

## The seven questions

1. **How long have you been reading?** Less than a month / up to six months / longer.
2. **Which recent issue was most useful to you, and why?** Free text.
3. **What do you wish we wrote about?** Free text.
4. **How do you usually read?** Phone / desktop / printed / read later.
5. **How much of a typical issue do you read?** All / most / skim / headline only.
6. **Would you pay for a deeper version?** Yes / maybe / no, plus "what would make it worth it?"
7. **Anything else?** Free text.

## How to send it

- Put the survey link near the top of the issue with a one-line reason: "Two minutes, seven questions, and it decides what we write in the spring."
- Leave it open for one week.
- Share a summary of the results two issues later. Readers who see their answers used are more likely to answer next time.

## Reading the results

Count the free-text answers into rough themes. The themes that appear in question two (what helped) and question three (what is missing) at the same time are your strongest ideas.