OAK 30318 Small Business Owners Study FB & FFG Hagen/Sinclair Research is looking for small business owners to participate in a PAID ONLINE BULLETIN BOARD about your travel and credit card needs.INCENTIVE: As a thank you for participating, those who complete the bulletin boards will be paid $300.DATE/TIME: The bulletin boards will take place March 21st - 25th, 2018.FORMAT: Online discussions (via discussion boards). You will be required to log-in and participate every day for five days for roughly 15 minutes per day.If you are interested in participating, please provide the following information. If your answers pre-qualify you for the study, one of our recruiters will call you to complete the screening process. OK Question Title * 1. Demographics: We ask for your industry in order to send you appropriate studies that relate to your profession. We ask your address so we can send your incentive payment. First Name: Last Name: Email Address: Address: City: State: ZIP: Cell Phone: Occupation: Industry: OK Question Title * 2. What is your gender? Male Female OK Question Title * 3. What is your age? OK Question Title * 4. Which of the following best describes your current employment situation? Self-employed/Own my own business Self-employed/Am a partner, joint owner of my own business Employed full-time Employed part-time Not employed outside of the home Retired Student OK Question Title * 5. Which of the following best describes your role in financial decision-making for your own business? I have the lead role in decision-making / own the business myself I share the decision-making but am more involved in decisions than my business partners I have an equal role in decision-making as business partners I have a secondary role in shared decision-making I do not participate in the decision-making OK Question Title * 6. What is the name of your company? OK Question Title * 7. What is the website address for your company? OK Question Title * 8. Into which of the following ranges does your current annual revenue for your business fall? Less than $99,999 $100,000 - $499,999 $500,000 - $999,999 $1,000,000 - $2,499,999 $2,500,000 - $4,999,999 $5,000,000 - $9,999,999 $10,000,000 or more Prefer not to answer OK Question Title * 9. How many employees does your business have, including you? OK Question Title * 10. How many years have you been in business? Less than 1 year 1 year to less than 2 years 2 years to less than 5 years 5 years to less than 10 years 10+ years OK Question Title * 11. Would you consider your business to be your primary source of income, and what you professionally spend most of your time on? Yes No OK Question Title * 12. Do you currently have a credit card (e.g., Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, etc.) where the account is in your name, not belonging to your family member/significant other or your employer? This credit card can be used for both personal and business expenses. Yes No OK Question Title * 13. What are the names of the credit cards you currently own? Please check your wallet (and anywhere else you keep your credit cards) to make sure, and please tell us the full name of the card including the issuer. For example: Chase Visa IHG card 1 2 3 4 5 OK Question Title * 14. If you have a Chase Visa Card(s) which of the following type(s) do you have? Check all that apply. Chase Ink Chase IHG Southwest Rapid Rewards® Premier Business Credit Card Chase United Mileage Explorer Chase Ink Business Cash Chase Sapphire Preferred Chase Freedom Unlimited Chase Ink Business Preferred Chase Sapphire Reserve Chase Sapphire United MileagePlus® Explorer Business Card Chase Freedom Chase Slate OK Question Title * 15. Do you, yourself, have a credit card that you currently pay a fee on? Yes No OK Question Title * 16. What is the annual fee for each of the credit cards you pay a fee on? Your best estimate is fine. 1 2 3 4 5 OK Question Title * 17. Assuming a credit card and its benefits were relevant and of interest to you, would you be open to a credit card with an annual fee? Yes No OK Question Title * 18. Assuming the card met your needs from a benefit and cost standpoint, would you consider a credit card from IHG with an annual fee? Yes No OK Question Title * 19. Please think about how much you spend in an average MONTH on your major credit cards combined for your business ONLY. Do NOT include the amount you spend on your debit/bank card. Would you say your business spending in an average month on your credit cards is … Less than $500 $500 – Less than $1,000 $1,000 – Less than $1,500 $1,500 – Less than $2,000 $2,000 or more OK Question Title * 20. In the past year, how many business or leisure trips/vacations have you taken where you have stayed at a hotel? Please consider domestic and international trips. Domestic International OK Question Title * 21. Of the total domestic and international trips in the past year during which you’ve stayed at a hotel, how many of them were at each of the following hotel groups? Best Western Choice Hotels (Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality, Sleep Inn, Clarion, MainStay Suites, Cambria Suites, Suburban Extended Stay) Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group (Radisson, Radisson Red, Radisson Blu, Country Inns & Suites By Carlson, Park Plaza, Park Inn) Red Lion Hotels (Red Lion, Red Lion Inn and Suites, Hotel RL) Hilton Hotels & Resorts (Hilton, Embassy Suites, Hampton Inn, Hampton Inn & Suites, Doubletree, Conrad, Homewood Suites, Hilton Garden Inn) Hyatt (Park Hyatt, Andaz, Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Hotels, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Place, Hyatt House, Hyatt Zilara, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Residence Club) La Quinta Marriott (Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, Courtyard, Residence Inn, TownePlace Suites, Fairfield Inn, SpringHill Suites, Autograph, Edition, AC, Protea, Delta, Gaylord, Moxy) Omni Hotels & Resorts InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Resort®, avid™ hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. Red Roof Inn Starwood Hotels & Resorts (Sheraton, Westin, Four Points, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection, W, Le Meridien, aloft, element) Wyndham (Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, Ramada, AmeriHost Inn, Super 8, Travelodge, Knights Inn, Wingate Inn, Microtel) OK Question Title * 22. Are you a member of the IHG® Rewards Club? Note: IHG includes: InterContinental® Hotels & Resorts, Kimpton® Hotels & Restaurants, Hotel Indigo®, EVEN® Hotels, HUALUXE® Hotels and Resorts, Crowne Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn®, Holiday Inn Express®, Holiday Inn Club Vacations®, Holiday Inn Resort®, avid™ hotels, Staybridge Suites® and Candlewood Suites®. Yes No OK Question Title * 23. If you are a member, approximately how long have you been in the IHG® Rewards Club? # years: OK Question Title * 24. What is your status level in the IHG® Rewards Club? Club Member Gold Elite Member Platinum Elite Member Spire Elite Member InterContinental Ambassador I don’t know OK Question Title * 25. Have you ever redeemed rewards from your IHG® Rewards Club membership? Yes No OK Question Title * 26. If you haven't used any of your Chase IHG points why not? I'm saving points for a specific IHG expenditure (flights, hotel stays, catalog items etc) Haven't found anything I want Forget you have the IHG points Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 27. Which of the following statements best describes your decision-making role in selecting a hotel for business or leisure travel? I have the lead role in decision-making I share the decision-making role I have no involvement in the decision-making OK Question Title * 28. Please indicate whether your impression of the following well-known organizations is: very favorable, somewhat favorable, neutral, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable. You may or may not have had a personal experience with these organizations. We are looking for your impressions. Very favorable Favorable Neutral Slightly unfavorable Very unfavorable Chase Chase Very favorable Chase Favorable Chase Neutral Chase Slightly unfavorable Chase Very unfavorable Bank of America Bank of America Very favorable Bank of America Favorable Bank of America Neutral Bank of America Slightly unfavorable Bank of America Very unfavorable Wells Fargo Wells Fargo Very favorable Wells Fargo Favorable Wells Fargo Neutral Wells Fargo Slightly unfavorable Wells Fargo Very unfavorable OK Question Title * 29. Please indicate whether your impression of the following additional well-known organizations is: very favorable, somewhat favorable, neutral, somewhat unfavorable, or very unfavorable. You may or may not have had a personal experience with these organizations. We are looking for your impressions. Very favorable Favorable Neutral Slightly unfavorable Very unfavorable IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) Very favorable IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) Favorable IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) Neutral IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) Slightly unfavorable IHG, Intercontinental Hotel Group (includes hotels such as InterContinental, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Crowne Plaza, and Candlewood Suites) Very unfavorable Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Very favorable Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Favorable Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Neutral Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Slightly unfavorable Marriott (includes hotels such as Marriott, The Ritz-Carlton, JW Marriott, Renaissance, and Courtyard) Very unfavorable Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Very favorable Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Favorable Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Neutral Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Slightly unfavorable Wyndham (includes hotels such as Wyndham, Baymont Inns & Suites, Days Inn, Howard Johnson, and Ramada) Very unfavorable OK Question Title * 30. Which of the following smartphone apps do you currently use? Chase Bank Of America Wells Fargo Starwood Hotels Hyatt Hotels InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) None OK Question Title * 31. If you could take a vacation anywhere in the world, where would it be and why? What kind of hotel would you stay in? OK Question Title * 32. Which of the following statements best describes how you feel about discussing your impressions about new ideas in an online group setting of other Small Business Owners like yourself? I have opinions and like to express them; I often tend to be the type of person who will guide a group discussion I have no difficulty expressing my opinions in front of others and enjoy a group discussion where different opinions are being expressed I tend to be very quiet and do not usually express my opinions in a group situation I like a group discussion and, with some encouragement I will share my opinions with others OK Question Title * 33. So that we can accurately represent people of all ethnic backgrounds, please indicate your ethnic background. Caucasian African-American Hispanic Asian Other OK Question Title * 34. Which of the following best describes your marital status? Married Living with partner Single Widowed Separated Divorced OK Question Title * 35. Which of the following best describes the highest level of education you have had the opportunity to complete? Graduated from high school Some college Graduated from college Some post graduate work Received a post graduate degree OK Question Title * 36. How did you hear about this study? Hagen/Sinclair Invitation Craigslist Facebook Find Focus Groups Friend or relative Other (please specify) OK Question Title * 37. May we contact you for future studies that may be a fit for you? Yes No OK Thank you for taking the time to fill out our survey. A recruiter will call you to complete the screening process if your answers are a match to the study qualifications.This is a legitimate paid market research study. To verify, go to our website: WWW.HAGENSINCLAIR.COM. If you want to receive personal invitations to future studies click the PARTICIPANT REGISTRATION LINK and sign up. We will contact you if a project arises that looks like a good fit for you. Thanks again! OK DONE