Online Research Communities have become the most widely adopted new research methodology. They allow you to gather real-time, qualitative market research insights, typically at a fraction of the cost. Fortune 1,000 companies including leading media, retailers, CPG, and service companies have taken notice and adopted a community - in one form or another. In this webinar, we will look at the rise of Online Communities and the factors that contribute to its success, including customer centricity, co-creation, speed, and cost. Lastly, we'll touch on the future on Online Communities, including automation trends and chatbots.
2. Ray Poynter Dan Fleetwood
President, QuestionPro CommunitiesFounder, The Future Place and NewMR
3. Agenda
❏ 15 years of growth
❏ Many Versions
❏ Customer Centricity
❏ Cost
❏ Speed
4. 15 Years of Growth
❏ 1999 Cluetrain Manifesto
❏ 2002 Friendster, 2003 MySpace
❏ 2004 Facebook
❏ Early 2000s Communispace, Join the Dots, Vision Critical
❏ GRIT – dominant new method over last few years
❏ ESOMAR GMR 5% of Global MR spend 2015
5. Multiple Dimensions
❏ Long-term vs Short-term
❏ Panel vs Community
❏ Qual vs Quant vs Qual & Quant
❏ Full service vs Assisted Service vs DIY
Image creator Robert Webb's Stella: http://www.software3d.com/Stella.php.
7. Customer Centricity
❏ Discussions instead of ad hoc surveys
❏ Connecting with customers, two-way communication
❏ Iterative thinking, leveraging agile approaches
❏ Crowdsourcing – more talent outside your organisation, than inside
❏ Longitudinal analysis, pre-profiled, engaged customers
8. Cost
❏ Short-term communities -> quality and ROI decision
❏ Long-term communities
❏ Higher initial cost (platform, recruitment, set-up)
❏ Low marginal cost per project
❏ Opportunities to monetize research
9. Speed
❏ It’s like having a roomful of customers
❏ Pre-profiled and incentivized
❏ Formats, tools, approaches prepared
❏ Days instead of weeks
❏ Hours instead of days
MVP
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Product
10. Range of uses
Communities not great for:
❏ Market measurement – media measurement
❏ Spontaneous measurement – e.g. brand top of mind
❏ Non-customers
❏ Brand and Ad Tracking (but consider customer experience tracking)
11. The Future?
❏ Linking communities to other data
❏ Automation and AI – e.g. chatbots
❏ Larger communities
❏ Further blurring of MR vs Marketing
12. Big Picture
❏ Communities are mainstream – in many verticals they are the norm
❏ The 3 drivers are:
❏ Customer Centricity
❏ Cost
❏ Speed
❏ In the future bigger, linked to Big Data, with AI
14. QuestionPro Communities - Innovation
❏ Ideation Engine
❏ Idea Board Module
❏ Social Listening
❏ Twitter Integration
❏ New Redesigned Community App
❏ Fully Integrated with Communities
15. Idea Board
❏ Members can post ideas
❏ Other members can vote and comment on these ideas
❏ Popular ideas bubble up to the top of the list
❏ Ideas can be shared on social media - Twitter and Facebook
❏ Idea status can be updated by the Community Manager
17. Social Listening
❏ Integrate your company’s Twitter account with your QP Community.
❏ Allow members or non-members to tweet at your company using a
predefined hashtag.
❏ The idea will automatically get added to the community.
❏ All members will be able to vote on and give feedback about the
idea.