bzz agent - consumer testing panel (aka lookie what i got to try out!)
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< This is my first campaign and I've been a member for 2-3 months now? While we all have preferences for what we want to get it on, I think general participation in any campaign offered is really helpful. Especially in your case, since you're not on any of the big social media sites. It can't hurt and you'll probably get offered more/better campaigns after participating in one or two. It'll definitely boost your score!
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I've been a member for like 8 months and have only been invited to non makeup campaigns. At least for me I get invited to all the campaigns I think I'm a horrible fit for and get passed on for the ones I'd be really excited about lol. But joining the ones your invited to is a good idea because even submitting your opinions and reviews on the site will raise your bzzscore and increase your chances of being invited to more campaigns. I think almost everyone views the makeup campaigns as the most exciting ones so hopefully we all can get into one eventually
Oh and I just got invited to the unreal candy one and my Bzzscore went from a 7 to an 8!
Oooo - thanks! apparently it hasn't shipped yet.... just "Shipping Soon" I wonder if they'll send extras to give out to other people?
Dalylah
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Mine has said shipping soon since July 30th. Since they are still inviting it may be a week or two.
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My daughter was literally jumping up and down when I told her about the Unreal campaign I got into. She can't have red40 and she really misses M&Ms!
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I just got invited to the dentyne campaign. Two campaigns in two days is pretty exciting.
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Same here. So now im in the Covergirl & Olay, the unreal candy and the dentyne. When it rains it pours I guess!
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Bzz really isn't a makeup focused site. They do anything and everything, so to hope to only use this as a makeup tester -- well, it's possible that they'll never do a makeup related campaign again, and it's also possible that even if they do, you won't get the invite. It just depends on who signs up with them, really, and whether you get lucky. The main thing is, if you're interested in the product, sign up for it, if you're not, then don't, so that others who do want in can get a chance to do it. Skipping an invite doesn't get you a better (or worse) chance to get into another campaign, since it's the surveys that qualify you first and foremost, and then your bzz score determines whether you get an earlier invite before the campaign fills up. However, if you've never done a campaign, your score will be naturally lower since never bzzing is still significantly different from bzzing at least once.
Also, they've been around since before Facebook and twitter -- the whole point is word of mouth advertising, so talking to your friends, neighbors, family members, co-workers, people you pass on the street or at the store. The reports you give, they want to know how these people you spoke to responded -- posting on twitter or facebook is good and all, but you might not really get any sentimental responses and it's a lot more impersonal. A good example would be Jackieblue telling her daughter about the Unreal candy and her being really excited since she's not allowed to have Red40 and this candy would be okay for her to eat. That's a perfect Bzz, especially if she can get a reaction from the daughter later after she gets to try it (whether she liked it or didn't like it - both responses are good for Bzz)
Most people who have never done a campaign have a low score since you've never technically "bzz'ed" yet. You don't need a facebook or twitter to bzz...You just need to know some people that you talk to. They prefer face-to-face or telephone bzzing anyway, since Bzz was created for word-of-mouth advertising, not social media advertising. (Your mother telling you that Unreal Candy tastes good (or bad lol) will mean a whole lot more to you than seeing a commercial on tv, or seeing some tweet about it.)
oh, also, "Shipping Soon" doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't shipped yet. I've had an experience where it said "Shipping Soon" until the day before I got my kit, and the date that finally showed up was like two weeks earlier. The shipping is slow!! But I think the anticipation of trying out a new product makes it even slower!! LOL
@Annelle, Thank you for the explanation! It's so much more informative than anything that I could find. I've held off on doing anything on the campaign since I haven't received the product yet....so I figured there was nothing for me to talk about. But I guess this means they want you to talk about and "spread" the anticipation too?
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I read that as dentures and got mad that the company for assuming you had no teeth... I'm a goofballl.
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I typically had in the past, at least to a couple people, mostly out of excitement for being invited to a campaign, but they started adding this statement to the campaigns:
Quote: HOLD UP — IS THAT BZZ AUTHENTIC? We encourage BzzAgents to spread meaningful, engaging and authentic Bzz, which means trying the product before sharing your opinion is a must. So please hold off on Campaign Homepage activities until you’ve experienced this product or service.
This makes it sound more like they would rather want post-usage experience bzz than anticipation bzz. I don't think they'll deny a bzzreport regarding the mother and her child, but they would prefer your bzzing to be "I tried out this new product, and here is what I think about it." and get the reaction from that, rather than "I have will be sent this product, that I've never tried out yet, so I don't really have any personal experience or knowledge of it besides what I've been told in this campaign so far." and getting the reactions from that. But, imho, it's still okay to spread bzz about being excited I think.
That's probably one of the major things that sets bzz apart -- they want you to spread your experiences and get feedback, not just blindly announce to the world about a product.
I'm guessing what happened, is that people would submit all their bzzreports right at the beginning, before they even saw the actual product, then have nothing else to report once they actually got it. When you're looking at the big picture (from the company's point of view), it can be a little difficult to determine whether people are actually spreading real thoughts about a product if they see this type of pattern from some of their members. The candy example (telling the child that because it excludes things she can't eat, and her being excited), I personally feel (I don't represent bzz in any way, but if she reports that bzz, the response she gets from bzz will probably be very positive -- bzz will always send you an e-mail back after you report bzz rating how good they thought your bzz was "Good" "Exceptional") that they'd approve the bzz, because it was an authentic and meaningful conversation.
Nice!!! I was hoping 4 that one...Originally Posted by astokes /img/forum/go_quote.gif
Got the Luster whitening bzzkit today.
Lots of stuff!
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Hi!
I recognize a lot of you from the BB threads and other sample box threads. I just signed up for the BzzAgent and the House Party, and sent my information for the L'Oreal consumer testing... Thank you all for sharing your honest feedback about each! I'd like to add that since BzzAgent partners with MyPoints... I used to do MyPoints when I was in college (omg 15 years ago). They were a little spammy, in my opinion, but a little common sense makes it easy to sift through. I got some great rewards, including a gift card to Express for $50 and some other stuff that I earned with my points system. It took a long time to get enough points, but the surveys were typically pretty easy. Since I was in college, I had a little more time than I do now, but since I work from home now, my time is way more flexible (yay)!
I recognize a lot of you from the BB threads and other sample box threads. I just signed up for the BzzAgent and the House Party, and sent my information for the L'Oreal consumer testing... Thank you all for sharing your honest feedback about each! I'd like to add that since BzzAgent partners with MyPoints... I used to do MyPoints when I was in college (omg 15 years ago). They were a little spammy, in my opinion, but a little common sense makes it easy to sift through. I got some great rewards, including a gift card to Express for $50 and some other stuff that I earned with my points system. It took a long time to get enough points, but the surveys were typically pretty easy. Since I was in college, I had a little more time than I do now, but since I work from home now, my time is way more flexible (yay)!
