Competitive Analysis

The goal of this three-part series is to add one more skill to your toolset: creating product vision and positioning based on competitive intelligence and customer research....

Running a business analysis using Porter’s Five Forces (P5F) is an exciting opportunity to dig deeper into your customers’ motivations and behaviors. It’s a great way to gain new insights into your business, and it’s often used in strategic planning....

What was competitive intelligence like five to 10 years ago? And what’ll it look like in the next five to 10 years? Those are the questions Erik Mansur, VP of Product Marketing at Crayon, has for Steve Hernan, Senior Manager of Strategic Business Intelligence at Thermo Fisher Scientific....

Win/loss interviews; social listening tools; competitive SEO; and competitor websites present four of the very best sources of competitive intel....

Your competitors have something to teach you. You may have differences in values, team, and sales targets, but one thing you have in common is the clients. You stand to gain a lot from paying attention to what they do and following their lead....

A competitive intelligence analyst gathers, analyzes, and makes actionable, data on key business competitors. Analysts gather this data from sources both internal and external to the business....

Building out your first competitive intelligence program can be a difficult process. 😮‍💨 Who should be involved? Where do you start? With so many questions, so much data and so many competitors to get a handle on, it’s easy to get overwhelmed....

In this article, we walk through how to monitor competitive activity and turn that intelligence into an actionable product marketing strategy....