the next indispensable tool for small business
TRANSCRIPT
The Next Indispensable Tool for Small Business:
The Field Agent Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Table of contents
Essential Business Tools
Why Every Business Needs a Market Research and/or Audit Tool
Benefits of Using the Field Agent Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
How Field Agent Works
The Field Agent Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool (preview)
3
4
7
11
12
Essential Business ToolsAccountingA software solution designed to manage payroll, inventory, sales and other needs of a small business.
Customer Relationship Manager (CRM)A software solution designed to manage a company's interactions with current and future customers.
Content Management System (CMS)A system that enables marketers to build websites and blogs that attract prospective customers and push them through the funnel.
Email and File StorageA file storage and synchronization service that allows users to store files in the cloud, share files, and edit documents, spreadsheets, and presentations with collaborators.
Audit and Research ToolA software solution designed to allow businesses to conduct and manage product/store audits and market research projects.
3 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
and introducing the next indispensable business tool
Why Every Business Needs a Market Research
and/or Audit Tool
Importance of Research
Understand customers
Test new products
Gather customer feedback
Make business decisions
Market research is an essential part of business, allowing companies to:
5 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Small Businesses lack time and money.
But Field Agent has created an efficient, cost-effectiveDo-It-Yourself software solution
that enables small businesses to access the same kind of research that Fortune 500 companies regularly use.
This DIY system is powered by Mobile Technology (Smartphones) and Crowdsourcing
which allow us to break large, expensive jobs into small, affordable chunks
Research for small businesses
6 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Benefits of Usingthe Field Agent Do-It-Yourself
Audit and Research Tool
mobile research is convenient
Online Dashboard – accessible from any internet-connected device
Available 24/7 – projects can be built and launched outside normal business hours
Live Data – project results can be viewed while in-progress, to get an early feel for the data
Project Support – access to project templates, how-to videos, FAQs and email support
Do it yourself doesn’t mean do-it-alone.
8 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
mobile research is fastThe Do-It-Yourself research solution unleashes the
power of crowdsourcing and drastically reduces the wait times of traditional research.
Platform is Available on Demand – audit and research results are never more than hours or, in many cases, minutes away.
Over 500,000 Agents – ready at a moment’s notice to answer your questions and respond to your requests
Crowdsourcing – with such a competitive crowdsourcing environment,your audits and research projects will be completed in minutes and hours
9 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself solution can deliver quality data with unparalleled
convenience, speed, and affordability.
mobile technology and crowdsourcing are economical
The practical efficiency of collecting data through smartphones requires fewer resources than traditional methods.
Our platform uses technology and design to create efficiencies in parts of the process that are
typically quite labor intensive.
Consequently, our platform is much more affordable.
10 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
How Field Agent works
11 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Watch Agents go to work for youand the results roll in on your dashboard
GATHER REAL-TIME DATAIdentify your business problem
and create Agent jobs in minuteswith specific locations and demographics.
DESIGN PROJECTTrust the data through our quality control
system and view the complete results in your dashboard or order a customized reporting deck.
ANALYSIS OF RESULTS
The Field Agent Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
(preview)
main dashboardOnce your account is active, you’ll be able to build market research projects or audit jobs and see the progress and results.
From the Main Dashboard you can:
• Create a project
• See all of your market research and inventory audit jobs*
• Use customizable job templates
13 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
*Completed job data is stored for one yearor more depending on subscription type.
Where it all Begins
job builderBuild projects through our simple, intuitive job-building platform, and ask a variety of audit, mystery shopper, and market research questions.
From the Job Builder, you can:
• Give Agents instructions about the job
• Select a start and stop time/date
• Create requests (questions and actions) for Agents to complete
• Decide which locations you’d like Agents to travel to
• Choose target demographic and number of agents to complete the job
14 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
You’re in Control
reporting dashboardReview a customizable summary of Agent demographics, quantitative andqualitative data, photos and videos.
From the Reporting Dashboard, you can review your results from theResults Overview screen. You can also download your results as a file.
• CSV
• SPSS
• Summary Report
• Report Grid
15 The Indispensable Tool: Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself Audit and Research Tool
Analyze Data to Discover New Opportunities
GET STARTED NOW
@FieldAgentInc | [email protected]
Get started on your first
Mobile Market Research Project
Field Agent’s Do-It-Yourself solution can deliver quality data with unparalleled
convenience, speed, and affordability.