Market Research-talk about something to your interest or something you own? Guess what's better than that? Having your genuine interest and talk about it while getting paid afterwards. Not bad right?
Enter Trotta Associates. I've done a few studies here and all of them were painless. Though the selection process to be selection have changed over the years to be quite particular to qualified participants. They now start you off with an email, then a form, answer those right and you'll get a phone call, answer questions right with the person over the phone and you might score a seat here. However, the time slots are always kind of difficult for me to find. They have focus groups too, the time frame for those studies pretty much flies and are so much easier than one -on-one questionnaires.
But if you do get in, you'll be rewarded handsomely in cash. (Well, now they do those prepaid Visa Cards where you can't get money back). You'll most likely get some tickets to get out of the #5 parking garage lot so you don't have to pay a vast $20 to the Irvine Company.
They do disclose the researcher afterwards but of course, nothing else in detail about the study itself. Be prepared to look your best because you'll be watched and possibly filmed behind those police interrogation one way mirrors. There is an elevator that takes you directly to level 2. If you're a male, make sure you use the restroom first and go opposite of the entrance because if you don't, you'll feel like a rat in a maze and traverse backwards to use the potty. read more
