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Whitepaper

The Best of Both Worlds
Maximizing the Value of Communities and External Sample

Data-driven decisions are only as strong as the people behind the data. And in today’s research landscape, quality has never been more at risk. Download our whitepaper today and get a strategic guide to blending insight communities and external sample to maximize data quality, scale, and confidence in your research.

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The problem

According to the 2025 GRIT Insights Practice Report, 40% of researchers now cite data quality as their top barrier.

With high-profile fraud cases exposing the cracks in traditional sample methods, poor sample quality presents an obstacle to genuine customer-centric decision-making, which can even be detrimental for your organization.

The solution

Get the best of both worlds — quality and scale, unified.

To combat this crisis, the key is building a balanced and strategic approach that creates a more robust and flexible research ecosystem.

In this whitepaper, you’ll learn to:

  • Mitigate risk: Leverage authenticated, opted-in community members to reduce fraud and fatigue.
  • Expand your reach: Access new, niche, or non-customer segments to get a holistic view of the entire market.
  • Achieve agility & scale: By combining insight communities and external sample.
  • De-risk important decisions: Avoid the pitfalls of fraud, fatigue, and unrepresentative sampling.
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Alida is a Community Research platform that helps the world's biggest brands create highly engaged research communities to gather feedback that fuels better customer experiences and product innovation.