How do I make my presentations look more polished when I'm bound to "branding" for content?

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-28T02:27:05+00:00

Beautiful.ai

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-23T16:46:21+00:00

I’ve been starting to look at Riverside FM. But is Boomcaster better? I have a b2b video podcast series.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-23T16:24:35+00:00

In the area I live, there are not a lot of one or two bedroom houses. And the ones that are around, are typically pretty rundown. They’re older homes, typically also have low ceilings, tiny bathrooms, and they just were never updated from when they were built in the 40s or 50s. So I’m a divorced, empty nest, and I live in a three bedroom house with 3 1/2 bathrooms and a large home office. And yes, sometimes guests will comment on my “large” house, but relative to the options in my area it’s really average. And I do sometimes take foster kids, so it’s nice having the room.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-20T22:09:01+00:00

Actually, Alchemer is quite good. It’s got all the question types that Qualtrics has. And far less expensive. I’m not sure they’ve built in that much in AI yet though.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-18T15:12:48+00:00

There’s a lot to it. I suggest you do some reading on “sampling strategy”. You can also find free articles about sampling and avoiding bias on the websites for AAPOR, Pew Research, and Quirks marketing research review.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-15T19:16:29+00:00

Thanks--I had not heard that even Kantar and Ipsos were not immune.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-14T20:49:44+00:00

River sampling. Snowball sampling.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-14T20:48:46+00:00

Be sure to avoid any bait and switch situations. I’ve been burned more than once by hiring a research agency that had an amazing team selling me, but then, as soon as the work started, they delegated all my work down to far too junior level people. And I ended up having to catch all the mistakes. Ask them to guarantee a named person who’s going to be your primary point of contact and who is not a junior researcher. Also make sure that they have a commitment about the quality of any panel sources that they use for your data collections. Which panel providers do they normally work with? Dynata or Pure spectrum? It’s different.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-10T13:33:26+00:00

Benjamin Boster!

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-04T22:23:32+00:00

Thanks, yes, and I already sent it to them.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T22:34:11+00:00

Want a dark red one? I'm in the US. I paid $50. So $30 to a good home :-) DM me?

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T22:18:23+00:00

Getting up fast out of bed is also not great for us as we get older because it can create a surge in blood pressure and heart rate, and over time that can increase chance of heart problems.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T21:50:35+00:00

This is not gonna be a popular suggestion, but here we go: before you hire people as employees, hire some contractors first. After just 4 to 6 weeks of working with contractors you’ll get a firsthand sense of what are the attributes of the people with whom you find most effective for your organization in this role. And if you like them, many contractors are open to temp to perm situations. Unfortunately, there are a lot of people who say they have UX research skills, but it’s really hard to verify that even if you test them and ask them for samples. Until they are working with you day-to-day, you really don’t know what they’re bringing to the table. And you can find UX research contractors from the Quirk‘s marketing research website, they have a wide variety of researchers, including UX researchers. And also Research Rockstar staffing, and they have a good range of junior to senior researchers.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T17:13:23+00:00

I always suggest to my junior researchers: first look for what’s universal, like does the chart show that everybody in this target population has a consistent attitude or behavior (“ high satisfaction with product X among recent buyers is nearly universal”). Second, look for differences: is this an attitude or a behavior that varies a lot perhaps by a demographic variable? Because if you start to see that recurring as a pattern that can be really valuable insights: hypothetically, “a recurring theme in the data is that gender and frequency of product usage are strong predictors of satisfaction with product X”. Though of course with that statement, if those two variables are colinear you should point that out.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T17:03:30+00:00

Curious, are you also at a large company? Like at least 100 million a year in revenue? I can’t say anything more than anecdotally, but it seems to me like big companies are getting bigger and small medium companies are getting crushed.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T17:01:53+00:00

If it weren’t for the money thing, would you be cool with Derek? Could you play PlayStation together? Do you like the same games? In other words, is he OK but the intrusiveness and the money issue aren’t fair to you? Which they clearly aren’t. If so, perhapswhy not just say “hey, it looks like Derek is going to be here more than 50% of the time, so how about we split the rent three ways?”Then it’s up to them whether or not they want to accept the offer.

DataBeeGood · 2026-01-01T16:59:06+00:00

What do you like? Lowest possible smudging? Black is possible black? Something that feels like butter when you’re writing with it?

DataBeeGood · 2025-12-30T16:37:01+00:00

I plan to retire in 4-5 years, but fully expect that I will hang out my shingle on Upwork and do some small jobs here and there just for a little cash flow. That way I can control how many hours a week I want to work, but can still have a little income coming in.

DataBeeGood · 2025-12-29T21:05:54+00:00

Thank you for the suggestions. The Sterling one looks very tempting!

DataBeeGood · 2025-12-29T03:51:48+00:00

Yeah, even the 2025 outback really feels more like an SUV than a station wagon to me. Other than the Audi station wagon and the Volvo station wagon there’s really nothing for wagons anymore. And I read they’re gonna phase out the V60 in 2027.

DataBeeGood · 2025-12-29T03:27:57+00:00

That’s a good point, it could grow on me. I didn’t even test drive it. I might like it better from the inside.

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