Last month we surveyed our readers about how they use email to market their businesses. Here are the results:

• 22% of the respondents publish an email newsletter, while 78% do not.
  
  Of the respondents who publish an email newsletter:
  
  - 50% send an e-newsletter weekly
  - 50% send an e-newsletter twice a year
  
  

• 33% of the respondents publish a print newsletter, while 67% do not.
  
  Of the respondents who publish a print newsletter:
  
  - 50% publish a print newsletter weekly
  - 50% publish a print newsletter monthly
  
  

• When asked what has prevented them from using email newsletters and promotional email to market their businesses, respondents rated the following reasons on a scale from 1 to 5 (with 5 being the most important reason]:
  
  Don't' know where to start:
  
  - 37.5% chose a rating of 1
  - 37.5% chose a rating of 3
  - 25% chose a rating of 5
  
  Don't have time to create the content:
  
  - 37.5% chose a rating of 1
  - 25% chose a rating of 2
  - 12.5% chose a rating of 4
  - 25% chose a rating of 5
  
  Technical concerns about preparing and sending emails:
  
  - 25% chose a rating of 1
  - 25% chose a rating of 2
  - 25% chose a rating of 3
  - 25% chose a rating of 4

Thank you to every one who completed this survey.