[IxDA Discuss] Recruiting research participants

2007-12-19 Thread Patrick Grizzard
My client is a news and entertainment site that is considering expanding their focus from a single genre to covering a variety of related/overlapping genres (sci-fi, horror, mystery, etc.). Accordingly, in addition to their own user base, they want to conduct research with fans of related g

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recruiting research participants

2007-12-19 Thread Tania Schlatter
Hi Patrick, I've used Michele Moffa, Associate Director at Murray Hill Center East: 373 Park Avenue South, 10th Floor, New York NY 10016 212.889.4777 212.889.5869 FAX [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.murrayhillcenter.com I wrote the screener for what we were looking for, and they did a great job finding app

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recruiting research participants

2007-12-19 Thread Lin Min
Patrick, Just a heads-up, it is very pricey to use a recruiting firm (usually a marketing research firm) to help you find participants. It can easily reach the $100 per name price tag for the list and you still need extra to pay the participants. More important, it is quite challenging to make sur

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recruiting research participants

2007-12-19 Thread Jared M. Spool
On Dec 19, 2007, at 11:36 AM, Patrick Grizzard wrote: > Any recommendations? Hi Patrick, UsabiltyWorks, albeit based out of San Francisco, has a recruiting arm that does a fabulous job of this. I suggest you contact Dana Chisnell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm sure she'd be more than happy to ex

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Recruiting research participants

2007-12-19 Thread Dante Murphy
Patrick- I recently worked with Focus Pointe Global to recruit physicians, and they did a great job on very short notice. They aren't in news & entertainment, so maybe not a good fit for you, but I will say this, which might help. Write your own screener, but outsource the recruiting. To pa