Looking for participants - Detailing my criteria

Data, I think is one of the most powerful mechanisms for telling stories. I take a huge pile of data and I try to get it to tell stories. 

~Steven Levitt~

A little background
I am in the more exciting part of my PhD process; the data collection phase. Well I guess I should say that it is the more exciting part of the process for me, but why it is exciting for me is another blog which is currently off to the editor. 

At this first stage of my data collection, I am having short chats with persons about why they engage in activities with service brands online. That seems simple enough to me, because all you ever hear is how much time everyone spends online. Well let me tell you that finding persons that meet my very interesting criteria is not as easy as it sounds. It proves especially difficult when I start to get confused about who I am looking for (shame). My confusion leads to more confusion and therefore leads to interviews with delightful people who I really want to include in my study but who get the no no no from my supervisor. My poor supervisor, who is of late having a dandy time trying to keep my enthusiasm from sweeping me along with the tide :) 

This blog is therefore a simple way for me to let you guys know who I would like to chat with.  Honestly, the chats are not too long, pretty painless and can be done face to face or online if we are too far apart or if it is more convenient, according to the wants and needs of the individual. 

The criteria

So... I am looking for individuals who are: 

• Active on Facebook and/or Twitter 
• Follow or like service brands such as hotels, restaurants, pubs, bars, salons etc
• Tweet about any service brands using their handle and/or
• Post to any service brand's Facebook page

Unfortunately I am not looking for individuals who: 

• are Active Bloggers
• are Professional Reviewers
• only Check in at locations on Facebook or Instagram without any other interaction

Like I said, I know it is not the easiest to follow so I have a few pics to illustrate what I mean. 

An appropriate tweet can look like the pic to the left here.

While an example of an appropriate post on Facebook would appear on the service brand's Facebook page. It would fall under the posts to page section on the left of the Facebook page as circled in the following illustration. It could also appear in the reviews section of the service brand's Facebook page also circled in the accompanying illustration.

If you meet this criteria, or you have a friend who meets this criteria and is willing to have a chat with me whether face to face or online please contact me using the following information:

Email address: tara.goddard@strath.ac.uk
Twitter Handle: @taraagoddard

I am happy to speak to anyone who speaks English and meets the criteria that I have tried to clearly outline in this blog!

As the challenges of my PhD journey continue, I try to collect the data that will allow me to tell the stories of the customer...