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Research incentives do increase participation in studies. But some increase participation more than others. Here's why prepaid incentives are more effective than post-payments.

Research participants gave your company the insights you need — now, it’s time to pay up. Here are some common mistakes researchers should avoid when administering incentives.

We launched a newsletter so you won't miss a thing. Check out the most significant product updates and our favorite content from 2022.

Industry experts report a growing number of research participants are choosing charitable donations instead of cash. And for good reason.

We break down the tax implications for offering incentives and rewards to research participants.

A subpar employee onboarding experience can be a bit deflating after an exciting hiring process. So we designed a more invigorating onboarding protocol.

Why should your company spring for research incentives? There's several reasons, actually. We outline all of them in this post.

Josh Pederson has administered dozens of charitable funds for community-based organizations, including United Way. Here are five things he keeps in mind when distributing funds.

Here's how people at Tremendous achieve a flow state, how it makes them feel, and why it makes work easier and more enjoyable.

Why is ACH so slow, and more importantly, why are we still using it? This post explores a nearly obsolete means of paying people. And suggests an alternative.

We get a lot more done in way less time at Tremendous. Mostly because of our high-documentation, low-meeting work culture. We'll tell you exactly what that means.

Most HR professionals are giving employees the wrong holiday gift. Namely, they’re sending a lot of swag, team dinners, and thank-you notes.

How can HR professionals and business leaders make sure they knock it out of the park this holiday season? By sending employees between $50-$100.

The right employee gift can improve 46% of workers’ level of job satisfaction for a year or more. It’s absolutely worth the effort.

A bad employee gift makes people feel worse than getting nothing at all. We'll tell you which employee gift ideas to avoid this holiday season.

Brad Orego produced no research during his first six months at Auth0. By the end of year one, they went from one study per quarter to about one per team per quarter. Here's how.

Lowell Reade is the company’s lone UX research program manager. He ensures the company’s research follows the “three Es.”

Market researchers increasingly target hard-to-reach and global audiences. Their incentive strategies and budgets need to evolve to keep up.

Brazilian software engineers can quadruple their annual salary by working for a US or European tech company. Just not any of the tech giants you’re familiar with.

Companies that want to inform product development with high-quality research need to offer incentives. Learn how 37 top tech companies are approaching UX research incentives.

Ratings and reviews are now the top factors impacting purchase decisions, and it's common practice to incentivize your best customers to share their opinions. Here's how.

Surveying customers to find those satisfied with your product helps uncover new customers through referral programs. Reward happy customers and they’ll market for you.

Parenting is full of chaos & uncertainty. Tremendous' culture and work style make it a parent-friendly workplace, both by design & in practice.

The ReOps community has grown into the standard-bearer for the fast-growing research operations profession. Holly Cole has a pulse on the industry, the challenges it faces, and how strategies are evolving.

Working closely with Google, Tremendous overhauled our payout redemption process. It's now easier than ever for everyone to redeem payouts via Tremendous.

It's no secret that customer referral programs help drive hockey-stick growth. How to incentivize customers, though, is up for debate. Here's five clear-cut cases where cash is king.

To celebrate International Market Research Day, Tremendous compiled a round up of recently published research—touching on timely issues.

A merger brought two market research veterans to helm Creative Consumer Research. A year in, their "work marriage" has redefined the 46-year-old firm.

Casper has seen massive success with their referral program — generating 7x higher returns than their average marketing investing. Learn their three-step playbook.

In Q1 2022, we improved invoicing, made W-9 collection mobile-friendly, and simplified drilling down into past payouts. Happy spring!

Consumers have all but abandoned paper checks for faster, more secure digital payments. Businesses also like to save time and hassle, so why aren't they making the change as quickly?

As they build toward a post-Covid world, market and medical researchers point to four trends shaping the industry. But how long will they stick around?

Naviscent, a Silicon Valley-based market and usability research firm, channels the entrepreneurial spirit for which the region is famous. And that's landed the firm a roster of marquee clients.

In Q4 2021, we revamped the reward history functionality, improved email deliverability, simplified accounting and released a bunch of additional upgrades and updates.

In October, we continued investing heavily in the client and recipient experiences. Here's what we shipped.

Tremendous.com saw many upgrades in Q3 2021, including to our homepage, reward previews, billing infrastructure and more.

If you’re not using incentive programs, you’re leaving revenue and business growth on the table. Here's why.

Expertly recruit and motivate research participants using research incentive programs. Here's how.

Learn the nuances of qualitative and quantitative research and how to incentivize either research type.

Build client gift programs that foster relationships, promote customer loyalty and drive revenue. Start here.

Increasingly more businesses are using (digital) gift card incentive programs. Learn how.

SPIFF programs are short-term sales incentive campaigns. Here's why your business needs SPIFF incentives.

Discover incentive-based pay examples that you can adapt to the needs of your company.