2023 Digital Shop Tools Survey

Jan 30, 2023

Digital Shop Tools Survey

We’ve teamed up with the Bureau of Digital on an updated and revamped tools survey! These are great for gaining a bit of insight into what apps and tools other shops are using to run their operations and deliver value to their clients.

Some of the new questions this year:

An optional question on how much agencies are spending on their tools.
A question on AI tools agencies are using.
Additional questions on knowledge base and business process tools.

Participate (Takes about 7min)

Sharing The Results

We will analyze your answers and compile them into a full report that will be shared with everyone who participates. All individual answers are kept 100% confidential and are not shared with any outside party for any reason ever.

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