Note Talkers

Past:

We started this blog because we believed we had interesting things to discuss. Initially, I wondered which of our blogs would be more popular. OneNote Powertoys, our sister site, had a head start, a niche topic, a loyal reader base, and great contest. Note Talkers was in new and uncharted territory.

Present:

It’s official, Note Talkers has finally overtaken OneNote Powertoys. At the time of this entry, Note Talkers is getting more visitors and has more RSS subscribers than OneNote Powertoys. We are really excited about this because Note Talkers is only three months old!

Our success has been made possible by three things and we want to thank them. First, our thanks goes to our readers. Without you, this blog would have died a long time ago. You make us write every week and we love your feedback. Second, our contest has been more successful than our wildest dreams. Our readership has grown tremendously because of it and I want to thank Mindjet, TechSmith, and other companies for helping with the contest and a special thanks goes to our judges (Betsy, Gaelen, and Warner). Third, the blogging community. Having a great contest is nothing if no one knows about it. I want to thank all the countless blogs, sites, newsletters, etc that helped spread the word.
Future:

We still have lots more to do. Here are some of the things we are planning.

1. New Design. We want a new design and new header images for both our blogs and hopefully, we will have something soon. Our budget is very limited and are looking for a designer to design the sites in exchange for advertising. If you know someone or are interested, let us know.
2. Webinars. As mentioned in a previous post, we are really bouncing the idea of Webinars. We are still looking for more user feedback to help us decide.
3. Building a community. Our traffic and readers are increasing, but our community is still small. We want to create a sense of community for our blog. This means more user feedback, post comments, interacting with other readers, etc. Our first priority is post comments. Currently, we average to zero comments per post . Lets change that. Also, if you have any ideas on how to do this, please tell us.
4. More Products and More Coverage! Here are just some things off the top of my head. OneNote 2007 Beta 2 (yay!), Wikis, Google Notebook, More coverage of GoBinder and Evernote, and many more.