The $5 Guerrilla User Test
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The $5 Guerrilla User Test
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Re: The $5 Guerrilla User Test
#2What other types of guerrilla testing have people tried before? This sounds like a fairly witty idea for gathering user interaction information, but I wonder if it's actually functional.
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#3I call BS on this. It has no usage what so ever.
You can't test for success you can only monitor it.
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#4I call BS on this. It has no usage what so ever. You can't test for success you can only monitor it.
Why no usage what so ever? Any process of getting user's feedback is better than doing nothing. We are so skewed of using our own apps that we think all is perfect. Nothing ever is. I think its a great idea how to get more usage data. If I try it I will let you know how it went. I am thinking of using some screenrecording software like SilverBackApp to archive and analyze results later when not drunk :)
Janusz Founder of http://www.UsabilityTest.com (free usability testing for web apps)
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#5This is awesome. I am going to start doing this all the time. Its extremely good also that my target market is college students :) even better.
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#6Not only a good way to test cheaply, but a good way to network! Win-win.
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#7This is popular in some design circles, particularly with evaluating reactions to 2/3 designs prior to launch.
I'm not sure you'd get exactly the same quality of results with a user test, and demographics is key - after all, the blue-collar workers at the pub aren't the people to ask about your b2b conversion tool - but it's certainly the type of thing that we should be doing.
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#8This is popular in some design circles, particularly with evaluating reactions to 2/3 designs prior to launch. I'm not sure you'd get exactly the same quality of results with a user test, and demographics is key - after all, the blue-collar workers at the pub aren't the people to ask about your b2b conversion tool - but it's certainly the type of thing that we should be doing.
I'd imagine that for just about any demographic you care to target, there's a bar you can find that caters to them.
Heck, I've seen bars that have clientele heavily biased to a specific industry, and in some extreme cases, even a single employer.
Re: The $5 Guerrilla User Test
#9One additional note that should be added: results will only be useful if your desired customer base is represented well by people at a bar.
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#10Great. Now I have this to try in addition to the Parents Test