GBML : Gary Barlow Official Website Survey

Gary Barlow Mailing List <http://surf.to/gbml> <since 5 June 1999>

Dear Gary Barlow Official Fan Club and GloBe Artists,

It's an honour for having the interest and for allowing us at Gary Barlow Mailing List (GBML) to conduct a survey to canvass opinion on what Gary Barlow official site might feature. A survey was carried out for two weeks from 15 April 1999 until 30 April 1999.

This document is divided into four sections:

Survey questions
Results
Summary
Fans' requests

Before we conclude all of us at GBML would like to say "Thank You". Should you need any extra information regarding the survey kindly contact Joanna at m03bav00@cwcom.net.

Yours Truly,

Ang
aerojet@pd.jaring.my
GBML List Administrator

1. SURVEY QUESTIONS

Gary Barlow Mailing List (GBML) - http://surf.to/gbml
The One-Stop Information Centre Since 5 June 1996

The Gary Barlow Official Fan Club has kindly let us conduct a survey to canvass opinion on what Gary Barlow official site might feature. The results from the survey will be given to the Official Fan Club where they will discuss with Gary's management. The survey by no means determines how or what the official site should look or contain. Gary, his management and other involved parties will make any decision concerning what the site contains. However, by completing and submitting this form to the Official Fan Club it's a good way to let Gary and his management know what the fans hope to see.

Please note this survey is the copyright of GBML, the Gary Barlow Official Fan Club and GloBe Artists. It may not be copied or published, in part or in whole, on any other website, magazine, publication or mailing list.

The results of survey will be dispatched on 30 April 1999.

Please fill in the survey:

Your name: (Do not hit return)

Country: (Do not hit return)

What is the main colour that you wish to see in the site? (Do not hit return)

I wish to see the site in:

Frame
Non Frame

What are the contents that you wish to see? Please rank them in order starting from number 1. Do not hit return.

1. Personal message from Gary Barlow (text and voice)
2. News Page
3. News Archive
4. News Updates/What's New
5. Fan Clubn Information
6. Member Service
7. Contact Us (Fan Club)
8. Fan Club Survey
9. FAQs About Gary Barlow
10. Articles, Interviews & Reviews
11. Online Merchandise
12. Online Ticket Booth
13. Multimeda (Sound & Video Clips Sample)
14. Contest
15. Biography
16. Discography
17. Photo Gallery
18. Electronic Greeting Card
19. Chat Room
20. Lyrics
21. Others (please list out):

2. RESULTS

There are 100 respondents. All figures are in percentage.

Table 1 shows colour preference for the official site.

TABLE 1
Colour	Blue	70
	Black	10
	Red	6
	White	4
	Yellow	2
	Grey	2
	Green	4
	Purple	1
	Pale Lilac	1
Total		100

Table 2 shows preference for the web site outlook. Figure in percentage.

TABLE 2
Website	Frame	58
	Non-Frame	42
Total		100

Table 3 shows priorities ranking in order from number 1 until number 20. Leading priorities are bolded for each priority column. Figure in percentage.

TABLE 3
Priorities	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
Text & Voice	42	5	14	2	4	4	2	6	2		2			2			2
News Page	32	10	12	14	2	4	4	2	2		2			2
News Archive			4	8	4	2	6	8	12	12	2	6	16		6	6	2	2	2	2
News Updates	10	27	14	4	4	8	4		2		4	2	4	4					4
Fan Club Info			2	8	4	4	4	4	2	10	4	10	2	22	8	2	6	2
Member Service			2	6	4	6	2	6	6	6	26	10	10	2		2	4	4	6
Contact US				2	6	2	6	6		6	8	8	8	4	30	2	6	2	4	4
Fan Club Survey						2		4	16	4	6	6	12	8	8	12	8	2	4	2
FAQs				6	8	6	6	4	2	6	4	20	8	8	6	4		2	2	4
Article, Interview			6	10	18	12	12	2	8	4	2	4		6	2		4
Online Merchandise	2		4	4	6	14	6	6	4	6	4	4	2	2	6	10		10	2	2
Online Ticket					4	6	2	6	2	2	4	4	6	4		4	24	4	4	14
Multimedia	6	8	22	10	2	10	4	4		2	2	6		2	4			6
Contest	2		2	8	4		2	6	6	6	4	8	8	10	6	8	2	22	2	2
Biography	4		2	2	4		8	2	6	2	4		8	4	2	30	16	4	4
Discography				2	4	2	2	4	2	24	4	2	4	6	4	8	8	14	6	2
Gallery	2		12	4	14	8	22	10	8		4		4		4		4
E-card			2	2	4	2	4	2	6		2	2	2	10	6	8	6	10	14	44
Chat Room				8	2			2	6	6	4	4	4		4	2	2	10	38	14
Lyrics			2		2	8	4	16	8	4	8	4	2	4	4	2	6	6	8	10
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

3. SUMMARY

3.1. Colour

From the survey it's known that 70% of the 100 respondents prefer "blue" as the main colour for the official site. The secondary and third choice is "black" (10%) and "red" (6%) respectively.

3.2 Web site Outlook

58% prefers the site to in frame while the rest, 42% prefers non-frame for surfing.

3.3 Priorities

Table 4 shows the main contents in ranking by highest percentage for each priority column.

TABLE 4
Priorities	Contents	Percentage (%)
1	Personal message from Gary Barlow (text and voice)	42
2	Updates/What's News	27
3	Multimedia (sound and video clips sample)	22
4	News Page	14
5	Interviews, articles and reviews	18
6	Online Merchandise	14
7	Photo Gallery	22
8	Lyrics	16
9	Fan Club Survey	16
10	Discography	24
11	Member service (inquiry about membership and etc)	26
12	FAQs about Gary Barlow	20
13	News Archive	16
14	Fan Club information (subscription, rate and etc)	22
15	Contact us (Fan Club) (Non membership related)	30
16	Biography	30
17	Online Ticket Purchase	24
18	Contest	22
19	Chat Room	38
20	Electronic Card	44

4. FANS' REQUESTS (Other things that fans hope to get from the official site)

Message Board - 60%
Arrange an on-line chat with Gary Barlow (once a month for example) - 40%
Guitar or piano chords - 30%

The rest in no particular order:

Asking Gary questions which will be put on the web site
Profile - for fans to put names, ages, sex, country (for penpal)
Address of fan clubs around the world
Fans' experience of meeting Gary Barlow in essay
Drawing and poems
Fan Club Members Soap Box
Gary's pet peeves, jokes and funny stories
Tour or promotion dates before they happen
A way to contact Gary Barlow
Gary's own comments for his new songs
Advice for aspiring songwriters and musicians

END OF SURVEY

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