theGypsy thinks he might end up being the first person to PAY people to Plurk

57 responses to this plurk.

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  June 29, 2008 at 18:58 theGypsy says I am thinking of setting up online focus groups.... to do some qualitative market research for clients
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  June 29, 2008 at 18:58 MichDdot
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  June 29, 2008 at 18:58 theGypsy says Using Cliques, I could set up focus groups and work a session or two on the behalf of clients....
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  June 29, 2008 at 18:58 theGypsy says thoughts?
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  June 29, 2008 at 18:59 LindaZ I think it might work depending on what the focus will be about
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:03 drivenmg agree w/ LindaZ
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:06 vangogh says interesting idea. I'm not a big believer in focus groups in general, but I'll be interested in your results
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:09 theGypsy says ok for example
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:10 theGypsy says it has been utilized well in closed private comunities such as DelMonte foods
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:10 theGypsy says qualitative research is not about numerical data as much as emoational
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:11 theGypsy says judging not only how a person feels about a product/site/idea
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:11 theGypsy says but how the interaction of the group develops
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:11 theGypsy says on person n the chat me have a point that when expressed, changes the minds of others in the group
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:12 theGypsy says one can't get this data from one-on-one interviews... but it gives a mind's eye into how road blocks in a product/service development
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:12 theGypsy says life cycle could be over-come... or not....
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:12 theGypsy says one would have to get some demograhics on participants... but all together doable IMO
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:14 MichDdot feels you have a very interesting idea theGypsy
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:16 LindaZ I see and love that there could be a great application of plurk for business look forward to seeing it happen!!!
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:19 Teeg thinks it might work better when plurk has settled into the influx of people recently. The bloops we put up with could throw off your data.
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:23 LindaZ boobs
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:29 Teeg
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:50 theGypsy says point being we'd use a private Plurk populated with pre-sreened Plurkers for demo types etc....
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:54 disneyr says that is an interesting idea on how to use Plurk. I like it.
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:57 theGypsy says well it has been done in the qual research comunity, but mostly private networks
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  June 29, 2008 at 19:57 theGypsy says has been a tuff nut to crack how to utilize larger open networks
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:14 LindaZ probably cause it is hard to qualify and pre-screen participants that you really do not know other that in 140characters
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:16 LindaZ i still think it will be interesting to do this on plurk and see what shows up -we are managing to have long interesting topic conversations
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:20 theGypsy says well we'll have to do a test run at some point
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:20 theGypsy says I might even make a seperate username and have peeps that are interested friend it
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:24 ablereach asks would it be a problem that anyone with access to a computer could be using a user account?
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:27 LindaZ you might want to have the participants use usernames you create so no one knows who is plurkin... you could set that up with the plurk gods
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:35 theGypsy says hmmmmm ... possible, though that might encourage a sense of anonimity that wouldn't be a true representation
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:35 theGypsy says qual research is often done in person so that sense is included...
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:36 theGypsy says we want interactions as close to real world as possible.... peeps may say things in annomimity they wouldn't otherwise
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:36 theGypsy says which is not how a true marketplace works... so it is skewed data
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:37 theGypsy says no able.... there is no benefit to spamming a private thread and I wouldn't pay them to come back....
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:37 theGypsy says once again tho, the realities of the web are the realities of the study group... there is no real 'bad' data
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:38 theGypsy says qual research seeks out the small lessons learned through human interaction...so interaction is where the best data comes from
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:38 theGypsy says this isn't quantitative data where the more respondants the better....
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:38 theGypsy says it is about gaining insights through observing human interaction
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:43 LindaZ no I see... funny I thought people would be more authentic and tell the truth if their identity is not shown... but what U are looking for..
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:44 LindaZ is how people are actually affected by the group interaction, if I understand you correctly
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:46 theGypsy says yes exactly because peer pressure does play into buying decisions and human interactions...
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:47 theGypsy says sometimes qual research is done one on one and other times in a group because of the differences in what nuances can be gleaned
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:47 theGypsy says from that alone... so one looks at the subject matter in a few ways
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:48 theGypsy says a 2 person session even would produce different data than say a small group session (3-5) or large focus group (6-10)
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:48 theGypsy says each type from one-on-one to a large group wil produce different data (the conversations is the data)
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:49 theGypsy says have you read this? www.huomah.com/Internet-Marketing/Social-Media-Marketing/Qualitative-research-and-Social-Media-Marketing.html
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:49 theGypsy says gives more on my musings in qual research
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  June 29, 2008 at 20:50 theGypsy says ..and there are a bunch of links at the bottom if you are interested... fun topic
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  June 29, 2008 at 21:31 LindaZ thank you for sharing this with me... market research has not been my domain, but always interesting...
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  June 29, 2008 at 21:33 theGypsy says yea me neither... started reading/learning about qualitative research last summer... finally starting to try and find ways to use it
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  June 29, 2008 at 21:33 theGypsy says tho I was studying the sociological version..which isn't as watered down as the marketing version
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  June 30, 2008 at 09:29 biagotti says could you explain more about this, sounds interesting?
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  June 30, 2008 at 12:23 theGypsy says drop me a private plurk or email I can elaborate
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  June 30, 2008 at 12:33 Jason Peck likes this idea. Would be interested in hearing how it goes