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Online Bulletin Boards

If you're looking for richer insights and more convenience and flexibility from your qualitative research, MRSI can help using online bulletin boards.

An online bulletin board is an interactive, qualitative research tool that allows respondents to participate in highly involved discussions over several days.

Advantages over traditional in-person qualitative research include:

  • Time and travel savings for the marketing research team
  • More in-depth insight and increased involvement time as respondents participate at their convenience and have time to provide well thought out responses
  • Ability to quickly alter the discussion guide or probe more deeply based on "golden nuggets" from earlier discussions
  • Ability to share various types of stimuli including audio, video, images, and web sites
  • 24 hour access to bulletin boards gives your marketing research team tremendous flexibility
  • Virtually immediate access to transcripts with full analytical reports to follow

Online bulletin boards are ideal for:

  • Low-incidence populations
  • Geographically dispersed respondents
  • Sensitive topics where respondents prefer anonymity
  • Advertisement or web site testing
  • Concept, package or product testing where stimuli doesn't need to be "in-hand"

How does it work? Typically 15-20 respondents participate in an online bulletin board discussion over a period of three days. Respondents are recruited and screened similarly to traditional focus groups and are asked to spend time each day, at their convenience, communicating online in a moderated discussion. Over the course of the 3-day session, respondents are presented with a variety of questions, visuals or pre-determined topics for their review and evaluation.

Respondents maintain their anonymity throughout the session and the marketing research team can view proceedings online in real time. Upon completion of the bulletin boards, MRSI summarizes results and key findings and provides insightful interpretation and recommendations that help you make strategic marketing decisions.

Contact MRSI for more information on Online Bulletin Boards today!



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