How did we ever get along without the Internet or smartphones? Although life did go on before such innovations, today many of us consider them practically indispensable "must-haves." For small business, the next indispensable tool has arrived: the Field Agent Do-It-Yourself research and audit tool. Think of it as having your own in-house research department, without the burdensome costs and wait times. This article details the benefits of the next indispensable tool for small business. Learn more on our blog: http://blog.fieldagent.net/the-next-indispensable-tool-for-small-business

1. The Next Indispensable Tool
for Small Business:
The Field Agent Do-It-Yourself
Audit and Research Tool

2. 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)
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3. Essential Business Tools
Accounting
A 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 Storage
A 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 Tool
A software solution designed to allow businesses to conduct and
manage product/store audits and market research projects.
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and introducing the next indispensable business tool

4. Why Every Business
Needs a Market Research
and/or Audit Tool

5. 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:
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6. Small Businesses lack time and money.
But Field Agent has created an efficient, cost-effective
Do-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
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7. Benefits of Using
the Field Agent Do-It-Yourself
Audit and Research Tool

8. 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.
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9. mobile research is fast
The 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
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10. 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.
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11. How Field Agent works
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Watch Agents go to work for you
and the results roll in on your dashboard
GATHER REAL-TIME DATA
Identify your business problem
and create Agent jobs in minutes
with specific locations and demographics.
DESIGN PROJECT
Trust the data through our quality control
system and view the complete results in your
dashboard or order a customized reporting deck.
ANALYSIS OF RESULTS

12. The Field Agent Do-It-Yourself
Audit and Research Tool
(preview)

13. main dashboard
Once 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
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*Completed job data is stored for one year
or more depending on subscription type.
Where it all Begins

14. job builder
Build 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
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You’re in Control

15. reporting dashboard
Review a customizable summary of Agent demographics, quantitative and
qualitative data, photos and videos.
From the Reporting Dashboard, you
can review your results from the
Results Overview screen. You can
also download your results as a file.
• CSV
• SPSS
• Summary Report
• Report Grid
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Analyze Data to Discover New Opportunities

16. GET STARTED NOW
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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.