I love focus groups.
If you don know what they are, find out, fast!
Now, I will admit, I totally lie my way thru the screening process. For starters, I work in advertising, so I am disqualified. So I lie, tell them real estate. I lie about my income. I lie about how often I watch a TV show or how often I have breath mints or which brands. Who cares. I just listen to what they want to hear, and it's easy.
And they dont care that I lie. The phone interviewers? They get a bounty if I make it to the group. The focus group company? They get paid by the ad agency for the information no matter what. The ad agency who hires the focus group company? They get paid by the client no matter what. The client? They know they are pissing away a certain amount of their marketing budget, but it's worth it if one good comment comes from a focus group. So fuck it, pay me!
I have done about 5 focus groups in the past year. The last two were the BEST tho...Last time I showed up LATE, and got paid my $100 for the study. Time before that, I went & they OVERBOOKED the study, and sent me home, with my $75!!
In fact, one of my clients runs a focus group thing online, I just havent had time to try it out: http://www.surveyscout.com
I'm amazed that there's so much cash out there waiting to be taken, if only you could be a good liar.
If you don know what they are, find out, fast!
Now, I will admit, I totally lie my way thru the screening process. For starters, I work in advertising, so I am disqualified. So I lie, tell them real estate. I lie about my income. I lie about how often I watch a TV show or how often I have breath mints or which brands. Who cares. I just listen to what they want to hear, and it's easy.
And they dont care that I lie. The phone interviewers? They get a bounty if I make it to the group. The focus group company? They get paid by the ad agency for the information no matter what. The ad agency who hires the focus group company? They get paid by the client no matter what. The client? They know they are pissing away a certain amount of their marketing budget, but it's worth it if one good comment comes from a focus group. So fuck it, pay me!
I have done about 5 focus groups in the past year. The last two were the BEST tho...Last time I showed up LATE, and got paid my $100 for the study. Time before that, I went & they OVERBOOKED the study, and sent me home, with my $75!!
In fact, one of my clients runs a focus group thing online, I just havent had time to try it out: http://www.surveyscout.com
I'm amazed that there's so much cash out there waiting to be taken, if only you could be a good liar.
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It was fun and got pulled a lot!
I will repost the smut after I go to DR DEATH the dentist!
I have to go to and see about my TMJ.
That sucks that we missed you in FL.
I am still working on my appeal to go to Tampa.
I am submitting it this week and I should know in 15 days whether it is approved or not.
If not Hostile Takeover!
Still with Dan the man. He is great!
I have felt better and the shoulder and hip thing I could do without. I am having some sort of bone degenertaion in the joints that they found at the orthopedic MD yesterday.
I already have it in my cervical spine and lumbar.
I do not know what that is about. But, it scares me.
My uncle had something similar and had all his joints replaced. My father just had 4 vertebras fused.
It just worries me.
Work is good I guees. I am still on leave for my brain.
I get about 5 migraines a week.
So, I guess I am not too good. But, I am fine.