{"id":21277,"date":"2022-06-27T10:43:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shopjessicabuckley.com\/blog\/?p=21277"},"modified":"2022-06-27T10:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T09:44:40","slug":"meet-ballpark-the-new-product-research-platform-by-marvel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shopjessicabuckley.com\/blog\/meet-ballpark-the-new-product-research-platform-by-marvel\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Ballpark &#8211; The new product research platform by Marvel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Hello world!<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">I'm excited to introduce <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/ballparkhq.com\/?utm_campaign=Ballpark%20Launch%200622&amp;utm_source=Marvel%20blog&amp;utm_medium=Launch%20post\" title=\"Ballpark\">Ballpark<\/a>, a brand new product from the team at Marvel that makes research faster, easier and more inclusive for every team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Over the last few years we've seen the explosion of companies becoming product and customer-led, with many maturing in ideation, design, prototype and shipping. Yet research and the process of understanding users still remains an isolated activity, with fragmented tooling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">The global pandemic has changed how we gather feedback too, with remote research now dominating how organisations gather feedback, with the decision to choose moderated or unmoderated often coming down to whether you settle for quality over quantity. It shouldn\u2019t be this way.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Today's research tools are either too complex, specialised and expensive. That often means only a handful of team members can actually gather insights. Yet 90% of companies believe that customer experience and understanding users is everyone's role - so why don't we put the tools for research in everyone's hands?<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Another big problem is that there simply aren't enough researchers to meet the demands of data hungry orgs. Many of the companies we talk to can only fulfil around 50-60% of research requests. That's only going to get worse as more companies become design-led.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">That\u2019s why we\u2019re on a mission to democratise research and give everyone the power to get the answers that result in better customer experiences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Through our experience of building Marvel, we\u2019ve seen how simple and accessible software can empower millions of people to create and validate ideas. Whether that\u2019s a wireframe, prototype, logo or tagline, we wanted to build something that was flexible enough to test anything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">We think you'll love what we've got in store:<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Micro-tasks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">We know that actions speak louder than words, and there\u2019s only so much information that a text-based answer can give you.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">That\u2019s why we\u2019ve created micro-tasks, a new way to get participants to carry out an action, such as completing a task on a prototype, live website, picking a preferred design or recalling information from memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Marvel and Figma prototype support<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Avoid shipping poor experiences with features and flows that don\u2019t convert by testing high and low-fidelity prototypes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">It doesn\u2019t matter if it\u2019s a wireframe or an all singing and dancing animated prototype, we support it all. That means you get as close to testing the real thing as possible, with no code required.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Unlimited users as standard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">We believe that gathering research and insights should be democratised. The more people that can understand customers, the faster we can all solve problems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">That\u2019s why there are no limits on how many team members you can add to your account, meaning every team gets a seat at the table and moves faster, together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Collaboration and real-time editing<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Understanding your users is a team sport, so we\u2019ve added the ability to invite your team to create and review projects, as well as real-time editing of projects so you can work faster, together.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Video guides<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Running moderated tests gives you high-quality insights but is often too time-consuming to scale beyond a handful of interviews.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">We\u2019ve solved that by enabling you to add your own pre-recorded video to help participants provide high-quality answers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Scale to hundreds or even thousands of participants with a single test and get rich, detailed feedback without the time and effort.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\"><strong class=\"c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-5 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Request responses in text, audio or video<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Whether you have multiple-choice questions to answer or want to watch how participants interact with your website, <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/ballparkhq.com\/?utm_campaign=Ballpark%20Launch%200622&amp;utm_source=Marvel%20blog&amp;utm_medium=Launch%20post\" title=\"Ballpark\">Ballpark<\/a> lets you decide on the type of responses you need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">And much, much more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">We believe that in the future, the only way for businesses to compete will be to deliver exceptional user experiences, and <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/ballparkhq.com\/?utm_campaign=Ballpark%20Launch%200622&amp;utm_source=Marvel%20blog&amp;utm_medium=Launch%20post\" title=\"Ballpark\">Ballpark<\/a> is here to help.<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Sign up for free and try <a class=\"link link--blue fontWeight-4\"href=\"https:\/\/ballparkhq.com\/?utm_campaign=Ballpark%20Launch%200622&amp;utm_source=Marvel%20blog&amp;utm_medium=Launch%20post\" title=\"Ballpark\">Ballpark<\/a> today!<\/p>\n<p class=\"pageWrap pageWrap--s marginBottom-m paddingBottom-s c-slate lineHeight-l fontSize-l fontWeight-3 breakPointM-fontSize-xl breakPointM-lineHeight-xl\">Murat<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello world! 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