{"id":2728,"date":"2021-08-22T20:50:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T19:50:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/?page_id=2728"},"modified":"2024-01-01T13:22:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T12:22:51","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:60px\">Hello! \ud83e\udd86  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\">I&#8217;m Steve &#8211; a recognised leader in<strong> user research<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:23px\">Most people talk to me about <strong>games user research.<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/about\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">I have worked on both big and small games<\/span><\/a>, and continue to work with publishers and developers to make games that players love. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\ud83c\udfae I wrote a bestselling book explaining <strong>how to start a user research career in games<\/strong> . Learn about the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/book\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">How To Be A Games User Researcher<\/span><\/a><\/em> book. I also <a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">write monthly articles about games user research<\/span><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/book-games-user-research-services\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">run studies<\/span><\/a> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/courses\/games-user-research-fundamentals-a-practical-introduction-on-how-to-plan-run-and-analyse-games-user-research-studies\/\">offer training<\/a><\/span> for people who want to join the industry, and for game developers who want to run better playtests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\ud83d\udd79\ufe0fFind more about my industry-leading games user research work at <a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gamesuserresearch.com<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">I&#8217;m also good at <strong>helping research teams across all sectors increase the impact of their research<\/strong>. I built the first research teams for UK&#8217;s Parliament, and for the UK&#8217;s biggest news publisher. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">I run qualitative and quantitative studies, and help teams increase the impact of their own work. <a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/stevebromley\/one-off-25-minute-advice-chat-clone?month=2024-01\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Book a no-pressure initial consultation<\/span><\/a> to see how I can help your research team run research that matters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\ud83e\uddf1 I wrote a bestselling book about <strong>how to start new user research teams<\/strong> . Find more about the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/book\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Building User Research Teams<\/span><\/a> book.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\u23f3 I&#8217;ve written about user research and games for over a decade. <a href=\"https:\/\/gamesuserresearch.com\/articles\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Most of my recent posts are on the gamesuserresearch.com website<\/span><\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/steve-bromley-blog-posts\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">read my older blog posts<\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\ud83d\udcac I love talking about user research &amp; games. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.twitter.com\/Steve_Bromley\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Come and join me on twitter<\/span><\/a> for a chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">\ud83c\udf99\ufe0f You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stevebromley.com\/blog\/contact\/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">book me as a speaker for your podcast or conference<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello! \ud83e\udd86 I&#8217;m Steve &#8211; a recognised leader in user research. 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