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This is where<a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/what-is-market-research\/\"> market research<\/a> and innovation intersect. \u00a0Incorporating market research and community discussions mean your company will create ideas that can better products and services brought to the market. Utilizing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/communities\/\">QuestionPro Communities<\/a> will help create a group forum to meet and apply the right tools for brainstorming. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out the 3 steps that will help drive innovation for your business in QuestionPro Communities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>First &#8211; \u00a0Create a Community for Innovative Research <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a company first creates a community specifically for innovation sessions, this becomes a ready-made group for current and future projects for community discussions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/tour\/surveys.html\">surveys<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/article\/poll-questions.html\">polling<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/focus-group\/\">focus groups<\/a> and many additional ways ideas are tested. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\/blog\/what-is-an-online-community-and-how-you-can-benefit-from-it\/\">Online market research communities<\/a> allow members to have a conversation to create new ideas using individuals with a multitude of skill sets, ideas, and consumer understanding. Plus using a community can greatly cut down on a length of time needed for recruiting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Second &#8211; \u00a0Use an Idea Board to Flush Out New<\/b><b><i>&#8230;Ideas<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Idea boards are used inside of a community as a central place for members to share and promote insights in a dynamic way and capture ideas in a central location. \u00a0These ideas can be used to leverage creativity among members and encourage brainstorming, development, and refine innovative concepts that support the community&#8217;s goals. \u00a0In QuestionPro Communities, members can do everything listed above plus upload charts and graphs and gauge group interaction on various tasks and commentary. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Third &#8211; Hold Discussions to Brainstorm <\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that your ideas are laid out, it\u2019s time to figure out what can be made into reality. \u00a0Your QuestionPro Idea Board is used to include even the craziest of ideas, while your brainstorming sessions can be used to hone in on what exactly your company can do. \u00a0It\u2019s important to think about: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How feasible it is to create this idea<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the cost relative to your budget<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can this happen with the deadline created?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How valuable is this idea going to bring to your company or business<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much impact will be created using this idea<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have a general idea of the answers to these questions, be sure to include your community throughout the process by sharing ideas, progress, and insights. \u00a0Creating interaction keep up participation among the group in future projects!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of these features and more can be accessed in QuestionPro Communities. \u00a0Check out <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.questionpro.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.questionpro.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to learn more. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One question any successful company constantly asks itself is: \u201cCan I do a better job meeting the needs of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":93154,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[207],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>3 Steps to Drive Innovation with a Community | QuestionPro<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Incorporating market research and community discussions mean your company will create ideas that can better products and services brought to the market. 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