Benefits

The table below outlines the main benefits of a subscription to iReports. We would be more than happy to talk these over with you or get one of our experts to show you an interactive demonstration of the system – simply complete the enquiry form and we'll get in touch to arrange a convenient time.

  • Increase Retention
    • Ensure your customers find the most pertinent information

      Offer your customers a range of sophisticated search tools that direct them straight to the most relevant reports and even specific sections within them.

    • Save time and money for your customers by providing them with a suite of powerful one-click tools which automate the tasks they already do with your research:

      Cut-your-own-report Tool – let customers cut sections from multiple reports to create their own custom content such as executive summaries, data models and presentations in a matter of minutes.

      Figures/Tables-only View – enable users to get straight to the relevant chart or data in a report to complete research projects in record time.

      Split-screen View – allow customers to compare pertinent sections of reports in a simple side-by-side view.

      Export to MS Office – let your customers download their chosen content straight into presentation-ready PowerPoint slides, formatted Word documents, or Excel for further analysis.

      Nine Language Report Translation – offer your foreign customers an improved experience.

    • Get to know your customers

      Understand how your customers use and interact with your content by analysing user activity via the intuitive admin features to encourage closer client relationships.

    • Facilitate collaboration for your customers

      Allow your customers to create custom content and leave comments which can be instantly shared with colleagues anywhere in the world.

    • Customize your customers’ experience

      Personal Profile – allow users to create a profile with photos/corporate logos and contact details (as they would on social networking sites).

      Custom Homepage Tabs – show your customers only what they want/need to see.

      User Interface Translation – enable any customers who speak English as a second language to translate the interface into their native language.

  • Increase Revenue and Maximize ROI
    • Capitalize on warm sales leads

      Convert customers' interest in reports into sales much more frequently by tracking users' access to marketing pages and following up on these leads.

    • Upgrade customers to a higher-value subscription

      Convert ad-hoc report buyers into regular subscribers and increase your chances of upselling to customers with existing subscriptions by allowing them to search across your entire report library (including content not yet available to them).

    • Cross-sell other titles and products

      Use a range of specialist features to direct customers to similar, relevant reports and products or upsell private consulting projects.

    • By-pass the gatekeeper

      Target individual users with time-limited special offers that show up on their customized home and marketing pages.

    • Identify gaps in the market

      Analyze customers' search behaviour to identify gaps in your research portfolio and uncover future hot topics.

    • Open up new revenue streams

      Create a communication portal that enables your customers to talk directly to the analysts who write your reports, then bill for this on an incremental basis or upgrade them to a premium subscription which includes 'talk-time'. (N.B. This feature is coming soon.)

    • Package your reports flexibly

      Create tailored report packages or subscriptions easily to match your customers' requirements and budgets.

  • Simplify Business and Cut Costs
    • Save time, money and hassle with an outsourced solution from dedicated industry leaders

      Rest assured that a subscription to Publish Interactive guarantees you have a top-of-the-range platform without the need to hire and retain expensive development staff or the risk of wasting time and money maintaining out-of-date systems.

    • Organize your business more effectively and easily

      Synch your interactive platform with any existing system(s) so that you only have one hub to administer for multiple products and services, and manage all your users, accounts, reports and licenses very easily through the intuitive admin area – minimal training required.

    • Understand your customers better and quicker, with minimal expenditure

      Gain valuable insight about your customers automatically through the system, avoiding the hassle and expense of conducting surveys to gather information.

    • Streamline your marketing and sales efforts

      Track vital sales data automatically and use it to target specific users with report marketing content.

  • Stay Ahead of Competition
    • Know that your platform is at the cutting-edge of e-delivery so that you only have to think about what you do best – research

      Relax safe in the knowledge that your online report publishing is in the capable hands of leading software developers – you can then focus your time and money purely on providing the very best research to your customers.

    • Stand out from the crowd so that your customers choose you over competitors every time

      Provide your customers with research in a unique, flexible format that enables them to be more productive than they could be with reports purchased anywhere else.

    • Target your users faster and more effectively than anyone else can

      Gain valuable insight into your customers automatically and use the flexible platform to specifically target users with appropriate reports, report packages, subscription options and special offers.

    • Spot a hot topic before your competitors

      Be the first to spot gaps in the market and offer research on new topics using the insight gained from tracking ‘no results’ searches and users’ comments on reports.

    • Raise your company’s profile by being a strongly branded one-stop-shop for your customers

      Integrate your platform with your other online products and services and offer a seamless end-user experience with your company’s branding applied throughout to strengthen your corporate identity and encourage customer loyalty.

If you require a complete list of the product's features and benefits please request the full product specification documents (existing customers can log in to access these).