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The Balance Sounding Board Online Community Guide
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The Balance Sounding Board Thanks for joining the Balance Sounding Board. This online community has been designed as a channel to talk about how Australian’s perceive, achieve and maintain balance in their lives across various life aspects. The Balance Sounding Board will represent Australian consumers by giving their thoughts and opinions on the balance, between the larger and smaller end of town, in key sectors such as home loans, groceries etc. As you know, the Balance Community Sounding Board is a longitudinal project, with a life span of 1 year. We have only selected 30 people to join this community. The community will have 2 weeks of moderated interaction at the start of each Activity Quarter. You will also receive 2 email notifications letting you know when the next Activity Quarter begins. You can participate in the community at a time that is convenient to you, with the forum continually open to ensure you can participate. Each quarter, the community will explore a key product & service area, e.g. Home loans, groceries etc. Participation may be in the form of a quick poll, joining in an online discussion with other members of the community, posing questions yourself or even starting your own discussion. Each quarter, $1,500 worth of cash incentives will be shared amongst those members who have contributed to the discussion. You will also have the chance to earn a further $50 a quarter if you are selected for a 30-40 minute telephone interview, to delve deeper into your thoughts and opinions. Ideally, over the course of the year, we’d like to interview everyone at least once. In some cases, we may want to revisit you. This guide should help you find your way around the Community, but should you have any problems, please feel free to contact us here at D&M Research. Thanks for your participation. Katie Armit Research Manager e:- katie@dandmresearch.com.au p:- 02 9565 2655
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The Balance Sounding Board This is what your sign up page will look like.
Once you’ve registered, you can just sign in here
This is the registration page. You will have to provide your email, create a pass word, enter you date of birth and, just to prove that you are a real human, we have an easy question for you. When you are done, click on “Sign Up” and you’ll be on your way!
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Creating your profile This is what your profile page will look like.
We know we asked you all of these questions during the recruitment process, and we’re sorry we have to ask them again, but sadly, this is the way the platform we are using works. Thanks for your patience.
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Home Page This is what your Home Page will look like.
Quick tabs that will take you to My (your) Page / Members / Forums etc. for easy navigation
Recent activity – this is where you will find updates on forums & discussions About the Balance Sounding Board - a little more information on why we are here
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My Page This is what your My Page will look like.
Quick tabs that will take you to Your Page / Members / Forums etc. for easy navigation
The pencil icon will edit you to your personal details, so if they change over the year, you can update them
This is where to find your Activity Feed, Discussions, Friends and where others can comment on your wall
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Forum This is what your Forum page will look like. This is where you can Start & Join in Discussions. This is the page where you get to contribute, so please make sure your voice is heard!
The + icon will take let you add a discussion – please note that all discussion topics need to be approved by a moderator. Our moderators check in every day, so don’t feel bad if it takes a day or so for your discussions to be posted publicly
If you want to join a Discussion, you need to click on “Reply”. This is where you can contribute to our moderated discussions. 8
Magazine At the end of the year, your feedback will be featured in a publication about this study. Don’t worry – we won’t be using your image or any personal details. You can even choose your own “alter-ego” name for the publication if you want to. We will only be using your demographic profile and town or suburb. We expect it will look something like this:-
Meet Emily from Camperdown in Sydney. Emily is studying full time at University and lives at home with her parents. “Quote from Emily”
Meet Judy from Elenora in Queensland. Judy is 58 years old and works part time.
Meet Joe from Bunbury in WA. Joe is 39 years old and works full time. “Quote from Joe”
“Quote from Judy”
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CONTACT US D&M Research Pty Limited Newtown Business Centre Suite 104, 1 Erskineville Road NEWTOWN, NSW 2042
HOW TO FIND US
e query@dandmresearch.com.au ph +61 2 9565 2655 fax +61 2 9565 2787 Derek Jones – Principal e derek@dandmresearch.com.au
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