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Tombo

I wish that there were more opportunities in the Devon area.

red_devil

any especially for small business people?

sondheimsoc

It would be interesting to hear from MSE people who have been to group discussions (also called focus groups) as to what they thought of them. As market research group recruiters, our job ends when people go into our living room with the moderator (researcher/facilitator). So we may have recuited eight people who have their car insurance with Blogg's Wheels Direct, but what we don't know is how those people felt about being in the group. Was it enjoyable? Were there some odd characters in there? Did people feel happy contributing their ideas? Were there people in the group who dominated and were perhaps allowed to skew the group? Did people feel they were making a valuable contribution? Was the moderator good at their job? And so on.
Although obviously the money is nice to receive, in my experience it's not always about that. I remember once we were doing research on living in Derby and Nottingham and there were a series of groups with the same people. For the last group they were meeting at my house in Nottingham and going by coach to Derby. One of the respondents came early, a young Asian woman. She sat on my couch and burst into tears. As you can imagine, I felt awful that we had put her in that position but when I talked to her it turned out she was crying because she was so moved - she said it was the first time in her life that anyone had asked for her opinion on something, usualy she was told what she thought by her father, brothers and husband. It was hugely important to her that someone cared what she thought and was listening to her. It made me realise that it's a very powerful tool.
Lynne Chapman
Considered Response
www.consideredresponse.co.uk

CAPMguy

paid survey is a good option for earning extra money but highly unreliable. you wont get paid constantly because you wont constantly fit to all the surveys out there. they would only send you such surveys which fit your profile

Jennifer_Yellow_Hat

I'm currently involved in a project with this company http://www.schlesingerassociates.com/joindatabase.html

https://db1.schlesingerassociates.com/sch2/PreRInternet.jsp?user=ukconsumer

It's paying really well and I've got a ton of free stuff.

nottsmummy34

i am a stay at home mum living in NOTTINGHAM and currently trying with no joy to get into meetings for paid market research - can anybody point me in the right direction please?!
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nottsmummy34

Hi, i am trying to find any information regarding market research groups that are in Nottingham i could join - anybody with any information would be very gratefully received!

nottsmummy34

Hi lynne, i am very interested in getting involved in what you do - i live in nottm, am at home with a 3yr old so have plenty of spare time to become involved with these groups and would very much like to share my opinion if needed! hope you can help

sondheimsoc

Sorry everyone, I hadn't looked at my private message inbox and didn't realise that there were lots of messages for me from you.
For a full explanation of what market research focus groups or market research discussion groups are, what they entail and how you can get involved, see www.consideredresponse.co.uk
On there, if you are interested, you can regsiter to have your details sent to someone in your area.
Lynne

bulktrans

any mrk research co in and around glasgow ....thnx