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Post by encoderer » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 9:10 PM UTC

SwellJoe wrote: post #29

encoderer wrote: post #19

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I would personally find it more compelling, but I'd suggest that it shouldn't be a premium feature. When it comes to consume research, demographics are everything. Statistical significance of sub-samples can plummet quickly. If I'm marketing a product specifically to, say, 30-44yo men, it would be valuable to restrict the sample exclusively to those men and I think i'd have a better chance of seeing statistical meani…

To take the other side...there is currently a beautiful simplicity about this idea and execution. I pretty much just fall asleep when I start trying to deal with A/B testing, market research, ad effectiveness, etc. This is so simple that all I have to ask myself is, "Do I have a question I'd like to ask a bunch of people?" and "Do I have five dollars?" That's a really good place to be, because everybody in business h…

Post by andrewparker » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 9:12 PM UTC

johnli wrote: post #6

jusob wrote: post #3

Looks great. I think the price is right. The website is very clear. Maybe the examples should be more business oriented. You should also include the time frame to get the 50 answers: 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week? Can we choose, or at least influence the demography (only women, only people below 35, etc.)?

another one of the creators here, thanks for the warm comments. a follow-up question - how much more compelling would this be if you could choose/influence the demographics and # of responses (potentially at a higher cost)?

Post by SwellJoe » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 9:42 PM UTC

encoderer wrote: post #31

SwellJoe wrote: post #29

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To take the other side...there is currently a beautiful simplicity about this idea and execution. I pretty much just fall asleep when I start trying to deal with A/B testing, market research, ad effectiveness, etc. This is so simple that all I have to ask myself is, "Do I have a question I'd like to ask a bunch of people?" and "Do I have five dollars?" That's a really good place to be, because everybody in business h…

Fair enough... but if this is just a completely random, not-even-remotely-scientific man on the street approach, then what problem does this solve that a poll i can add to my website/blog/favorite forum via Fantastico in 180 seconds doesn't?

Post by johnli » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 10:58 PM UTC

andrewparker wrote: post #32

justinchen wrote: post #4

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Thanks. Good point about more business-oriented examples. The time frame varies since it depends on the people answering the question, but it's usually within a couple hours - good idea to note that on the site. Unfortunately, can't choose demography but we try to break out the responses in a bunch of different ways so you can visually filter which demographic you're interested in.

Justin, I've been mucking around for awhile in MTurk trying to use Qualifications to create an survey that would target a specific demographic. Have you cracked this nut? Is this something you're considering adding to extend the product? Or is it simply not within the scope of MTurk's capabilities?

Post by natrius » Wed, Jun 03, 2009, 11:40 PM UTC

pierrefar wrote: post #28

Here is a controversial thought: Your price is too low. You tell me $5 for 50 comments, and I think, these are low quality comments. You're underselling yourself IMHO. Position your service as a more premium offering. I'd do $50 for 50 comments. At least.