The Beta Tester Blog

Practical advice for becoming a top-notch beta tester.

What to Consider if Testing During the Holiday Season

It's that time of year again. The time when you turn up your thermostat, drive countless circles in the mall parking lot, finalize your travel...

Meet Our Team: Mike Fine

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Denon’s HEOS Beta Testing Success Story

WARNING: Some of you may have been involved in the HEOS Wireless Home Audio System beta test. We must insist that you keep your identity and...

Interview with a Betabound All-Star: Alan McDougall

As our Betabound community grows (we currently have almost 100,000 members!), so does the diversity of our members. With each beta test we run, it's...

7 Types of Feedback You’ll Need to Submit

So, you've been selected for a private Betabound Exclusive and you're about to start testing. Congratulations! You're excited and eager to begin, but...

Interview with a Betabound All-Star: Butch Anton

The definition of community is, "a social group sharing common characteristics or interests and perceives itself as distinct from the larger society...

Interview with a Betabound All-Star: Akhan Almagambetov

The Betabound tester community is filled with people from all walks of life. After all, we never know what product we're going to be testing next and...

New Resource: Beta Tester Glossary

When you join a beta test, you're going to come across a ton of terminology that you'll only ever hear in the beta world. This can get confusing,...

Interview with a Betabound All-Star: Erik Ammerlaan

This week, we're back with another installment in our new series, Interview with a Betabound All-Star. Our top beta testers put a lot of time and...

Interview with a Betabound All-Star: Jeinutheen Mohamed

We usually post advice for beta testers from our team of professional beta managers. This week, however, we wanted to do something different and give...

How Daily Journals Improve Beta Tests

Daily journals are one of the best ways for you to communicate your user experience to a company during a beta test. Not every beta test uses...

What Motivates You? The Results Are In!

Being a beta tester is a big responsibility. When you volunteer your time and energy to helping shape a product, the impact that you have on that...