Competitive Intelligence Blog
Measuring the Value of Your Competitive Intelligence Program: Top Metrics to Consider
How to measure the impact of competitive intelligence for a more successful program
Why Pay An Agency For Competitive Intelligence
Competitive intelligence can help mold your business into the confident and prepared leader it needs to be. But the question is: should you handle these responsibilities in-house or consult a specialized agency?
How To Write An Internal Competitive Intelligence Newsletter
How to write an internal newsletter for competitive intelligence teams; where to source information and how to get your coworkers engaged
Going Deeper with Competitive Intelligence: Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Beyond
Reports from analysts like Gartner, Forrester and IDC are good for their purpose but not enough for competitor analysis
5 Competitive Intelligence Platforms for B2B Technology Companies
We take a look at a few of the many software platforms available for monitoring, collecting and analyzing competitor information
Harnessing Sales Teams as a Source Of Competitive Intelligence
Sales teams can be a good source of competitive intelligence, including primary information that you won’t be able to find anywhere else - but you need to know how to approach salespeople
More Tools for Competitive Analysis on Marketing Spend
More tools to understand how much competitors are spending on their sales and markeitng, and where they are allocating their budget
Using Customer Lists in Competitor Reports
Customer lists are one of the most commonly requested parts of any competitor analysis project
More News Tracking Tools for Competitive Analysis
Here we look at some more news monitoring tools that can be useful in building competitor analysis reports
5 Tools to Track Marketing Spend for Competitive Analysis
Using marketing spend databases for competitor analysis can be a useful addition to any competitor report
Competitive Analysis Using Social Search Tools
Social Search tools can be a good source for competitor information; here are some examples of good social search tools
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Competitive intelligence
- 23 Jan 2024 Competitive intelligence companies — the definitive list (2024 update)
- 17 Jan 2024 Measuring the Value of Your Competitive Intelligence Program: Top Metrics to Consider
- 10 Jan 2024 Why Pay An Agency For Competitive Intelligence
- 3 Jan 2024 How To Write An Internal Competitive Intelligence Newsletter
- 27 Dec 2023 Going Deeper with Competitive Intelligence: Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Beyond
- 6 Sep 2023 5 Competitive Intelligence Platforms for B2B Technology Companies
- 31 Aug 2023 Harnessing Sales Teams as a Source Of Competitive Intelligence
- 23 Aug 2023 More Tools for Competitive Analysis on Marketing Spend
- 17 Aug 2023 Using Customer Lists in Competitor Reports
- 9 Aug 2023 More News Tracking Tools for Competitive Analysis
- 3 Aug 2023 5 Tools to Track Marketing Spend for Competitive Analysis
- 27 Jul 2023 Competitive Analysis Using Social Search Tools
- 19 Jul 2023 Monitoring News Sources for Competitor Information
- 17 Jul 2023 Why does AI make up facts about your competitors?
- 12 Jul 2023 Using Software Review Sites for Competitive Analysis
- 10 Jul 2023 Competitive Intelligence for B2B Product Managers
- 5 Jul 2023 What job listings can tell you about your competitors
- 27 Jun 2023 Website monitoring for competitive intelligence
- 23 Jun 2023 Patent search tools for competitor analysis
- 16 May 2023 4 Competitor Analysis Tools for Government Spend
- 9 May 2023 8 Tools for Competitor Org Charts
- 2 May 2023 13 Top Competitor Research Tools for Domain Information
- 25 Apr 2023 5 Top Competitive Intelligence Tools for Finding Industry Experts
- 18 Apr 2023 9 Top Competitive Intelligence Tools For Data Manipulation
- 6 Apr 2023 Top 10 Questions for Sales Competitor Analysis (Deeper Dive)
- 4 Apr 2023 Top 10 Questions to Ask in Competitive Analysis Projects (Deeper Dive)
- 30 Mar 2023 6 Top Competitor Analysis Tools for Funding Research
- 28 Mar 2023 7 Research Tools to Find Competitors’ Legal Activities
- 27 Mar 2023 How good is ChatGPT for competitive intelligence?
- 22 Mar 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for strategy teams
- 9 Mar 2023 7 Competitive Intelligence Tools You Should Be Using
- 2 Mar 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for marketing teams
- 23 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for product teams
- 16 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for sales teams
- 10 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research
- 16 Jan 2020 How product teams can use competitive intelligence more effectively
- 9 Jan 2020 How to present and share competitive intelligence research
- 7 Jan 2020 8 ways to convince your boss to choose Aqute
- 27 Nov 2019 Skills needed for working in competitive intelligence
- 22 Nov 2019 In-house vs third-party competitor research
- 18 Nov 2019 Competitive intelligence at conferences and events
- 22 Oct 2019 Using competitive intelligence to boost sales
- 9 Oct 2019 What do companies do to stay competitive?
- 9 Oct 2019 Competitive intelligence ethics
- 9 Oct 2019 How to do competitive intelligence research
- 30 Apr 2019 How long does a competitive intelligence project take?
- 5 Apr 2019 Writing the research scope for competitive intelligence
- 28 Sep 2017 Competitive intelligence software companies
- 6 Sep 2017 When clients ask us to analyze their own business
- 25 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part III)
- 18 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part II)
- 10 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part I)
- 29 Sep 2016 Competitive intelligence companies - a definitive list
- 6 Sep 2016 Want to sign that contract? Federal databases can help.
- 3 Aug 2016 Import intelligence – how competitor analysis can help
- 23 Jun 2016 Using LinkedIn for organizational competitive intelligence
- 21 Jun 2016 Aqute’s guide to the best competitive intelligence tools
- 31 May 2016 Technological advantage: competitive intelligence for technology companies
- 10 May 2016 Competitive intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry
- 18 Apr 2016 How does competitive intelligence help retail businesses?
- 22 Mar 2016 Three of the most common questions in competitive intelligence
- 8 Mar 2016 Do startups and SMBs need competitive intelligence?
- 16 Feb 2016 What are the most common audiences for competitive intelligence?
- 18 Jan 2016 How can vertical sources support competitive intelligence?
- 8 Aug 2015 Do-it-yourself competitive intelligence
- 25 Sep 2014 Managing risk in competitive intelligence
- 21 Mar 2014 2 non-profits that everyone in competitive intelligence should support
- 7 Jan 2014 Leaked: Aqute's competitive intelligence resources for 2014
- 4 Jan 2014 Mapping competitor retail locations
- 6 Oct 2013 Using Omgili for competitive Intelligence
- 4 Sep 2013 Using PR Newswire’s Agility for competitive intelligence
- 19 Aug 2013 NerdyData: find which websites use what technology
- 25 Jun 2013 Using Google Trends for competitive intelligence
- 8 Jun 2013 Using Spyfu for competitive intelligence
- 30 May 2013 Using the Expo Database search tool for competitive intelligence
- 1 Apr 2013 Using Revisit for competitive intelligence
- 20 Mar 2013 Is it impossible to stick to SCIP's code of ethics?
- 12 Mar 2013 Using Follow That Page for competitive intelligence
- 11 Feb 2013 Competitive intelligence for Chinese clients: is it a good idea?
- 1 Feb 2013 An eBay for competitive intelligence
- 24 Jan 2013 OCID: Obsessive Competitive Intelligence Disorder
- 17 Jan 2013 What is secondary competitive intelligence?
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Competitor analysis
- 17 Jan 2024 Measuring the Value of Your Competitive Intelligence Program: Top Metrics to Consider
- 10 Jan 2024 Why Pay An Agency For Competitive Intelligence
- 3 Jan 2024 How To Write An Internal Competitive Intelligence Newsletter
- 27 Dec 2023 Going Deeper with Competitive Intelligence: Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Beyond
- 6 Sep 2023 5 Competitive Intelligence Platforms for B2B Technology Companies
- 31 Aug 2023 Harnessing Sales Teams as a Source Of Competitive Intelligence
- 23 Aug 2023 More Tools for Competitive Analysis on Marketing Spend
- 17 Aug 2023 Using Customer Lists in Competitor Reports
- 9 Aug 2023 More News Tracking Tools for Competitive Analysis
- 3 Aug 2023 5 Tools to Track Marketing Spend for Competitive Analysis
- 27 Jul 2023 Competitive Analysis Using Social Search Tools
- 19 Jul 2023 Monitoring News Sources for Competitor Information
- 17 Jul 2023 Why does AI make up facts about your competitors?
- 12 Jul 2023 Using Software Review Sites for Competitive Analysis
- 10 Jul 2023 Competitive Intelligence for B2B Product Managers
- 5 Jul 2023 What job listings can tell you about your competitors
- 27 Jun 2023 Website monitoring for competitive intelligence
- 23 Jun 2023 Patent search tools for competitor analysis
- 16 May 2023 4 Competitor Analysis Tools for Government Spend
- 9 May 2023 8 Tools for Competitor Org Charts
- 2 May 2023 13 Top Competitor Research Tools for Domain Information
- 25 Apr 2023 5 Top Competitive Intelligence Tools for Finding Industry Experts
- 18 Apr 2023 9 Top Competitive Intelligence Tools For Data Manipulation
- 14 Apr 2023 12 Top Tools for Competitive Intelligence
- 6 Apr 2023 Top 10 Questions for Sales Competitor Analysis (Deeper Dive)
- 4 Apr 2023 Top 10 Questions to Ask in Competitive Analysis Projects (Deeper Dive)
- 30 Mar 2023 6 Top Competitor Analysis Tools for Funding Research
- 28 Mar 2023 7 Research Tools to Find Competitors’ Legal Activities
- 27 Mar 2023 How good is ChatGPT for competitive intelligence?
- 22 Mar 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for strategy teams
- 15 Mar 2023 Find competitors’ customers using public sources
- 9 Mar 2023 7 Competitive Intelligence Tools You Should Be Using
- 23 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for product teams
- 23 Feb 2023 15 Tips for Understanding Your Industry and Gaining a Competitive Edge
- 16 Jan 2020 How product teams can use competitive intelligence more effectively
- 9 Jan 2020 How to present and share competitive intelligence research
- 22 Nov 2019 In-house vs third-party competitor research
- 18 Nov 2019 Competitive intelligence at conferences and events
- 22 Oct 2019 Using competitive intelligence to boost sales
- 9 Oct 2019 How to do competitive intelligence research
- 30 Apr 2019 How long does a competitive intelligence project take?
- 5 Apr 2019 Writing the research scope for competitive intelligence
- 6 Sep 2017 When clients ask us to analyze their own business
- 22 Aug 2017 Competitor Analysis Templates
- 15 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: news sources
- 8 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: website monitoring
- 2 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: import records
- 25 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: patent search
- 18 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: marketing spend
- 11 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: trade shows
- 27 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: job postings
- 20 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: government contracts
- 13 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: funding and IPOs
- 6 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: industry experts
- 30 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: social media
- 23 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: employee data
- 16 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: website information
- 9 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: data manipulation
- 2 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: annual reports
- 23 Jun 2016 Using LinkedIn for organizational competitive intelligence
- 31 May 2016 Technological advantage: competitive intelligence for technology companies
- 10 May 2016 Competitive intelligence for the pharmaceutical industry
- 18 Apr 2016 How does competitive intelligence help retail businesses?
- 22 Mar 2016 Three of the most common questions in competitive intelligence
- 8 Mar 2016 Do startups and SMBs need competitive intelligence?
- 8 Aug 2015 Do-it-yourself competitive intelligence
- 4 Feb 2015 The one competitive intelligence tool that you should pay for
- 17 Dec 2014 6 Essential Sources to Use for a Competitor Profile
- 25 Nov 2014 Where do you start with a competitor profile?
- 4 Jan 2014 Mapping competitor retail locations
- 4 Sep 2013 Using PR Newswire’s Agility for competitive intelligence
- 25 Jun 2013 Using Google Trends for competitive intelligence
- 1 Apr 2013 Using Revisit for competitive intelligence
- 17 Jan 2013 What is secondary competitive intelligence?
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Fun
- 4 Mar 2015 Owlementary, my dear Watson
- 24 Jan 2013 OCID: Obsessive Competitive Intelligence Disorder
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Our industry
- 23 Jan 2024 Competitive intelligence companies — the definitive list (2024 update)
- 2 Mar 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for marketing teams
- 23 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for product teams
- 16 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research for sales teams
- 10 Feb 2023 Top 10 questions in competitor research
- 7 Feb 2023 15 competitive intelligence companies - Europe
- 31 Jan 2023 15 competitive intelligence companies - US
- 23 Jan 2023 26 competitive intelligence companies (updated)
- 20 Jan 2023 8 competitive intelligence software companies
- 27 Nov 2019 Skills needed for working in competitive intelligence
- 9 Oct 2019 Competitive intelligence ethics
- 28 Sep 2017 Competitive intelligence software companies
- 25 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part III)
- 18 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part II)
- 10 Apr 2017 Are there risks in competitive intelligence? (Part I)
- 29 Sep 2016 Competitive intelligence companies - a definitive list
- 25 Sep 2014 Managing risk in competitive intelligence
- 20 Mar 2013 Is it impossible to stick to SCIP's code of ethics?
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Tools
- 17 Jan 2024 Measuring the Value of Your Competitive Intelligence Program: Top Metrics to Consider
- 10 Jan 2024 Why Pay An Agency For Competitive Intelligence
- 3 Jan 2024 How To Write An Internal Competitive Intelligence Newsletter
- 27 Dec 2023 Going Deeper with Competitive Intelligence: Gartner, Forrester, IDC and Beyond
- 6 Sep 2023 5 Competitive Intelligence Platforms for B2B Technology Companies
- 31 Aug 2023 Harnessing Sales Teams as a Source Of Competitive Intelligence
- 23 Aug 2023 More Tools for Competitive Analysis on Marketing Spend
- 17 Aug 2023 Using Customer Lists in Competitor Reports
- 9 Aug 2023 More News Tracking Tools for Competitive Analysis
- 3 Aug 2023 5 Tools to Track Marketing Spend for Competitive Analysis
- 27 Jul 2023 Competitive Analysis Using Social Search Tools
- 19 Jul 2023 Monitoring News Sources for Competitor Information
- 17 Jul 2023 Why does AI make up facts about your competitors?
- 12 Jul 2023 Using Software Review Sites for Competitive Analysis
- 10 Jul 2023 Competitive Intelligence for B2B Product Managers
- 5 Jul 2023 What job listings can tell you about your competitors
- 27 Jun 2023 Website monitoring for competitive intelligence
- 23 Jun 2023 Patent search tools for competitor analysis
- 16 May 2023 4 Competitor Analysis Tools for Government Spend
- 9 May 2023 8 Tools for Competitor Org Charts
- 2 May 2023 13 Top Competitor Research Tools for Domain Information
- 25 Apr 2023 5 Top Competitive Intelligence Tools for Finding Industry Experts
- 14 Apr 2023 12 Top Tools for Competitive Intelligence
- 30 Mar 2023 6 Top Competitor Analysis Tools for Funding Research
- 28 Mar 2023 7 Research Tools to Find Competitors’ Legal Activities
- 27 Mar 2023 How good is ChatGPT for competitive intelligence?
- 15 Mar 2023 Find competitors’ customers using public sources
- 9 Mar 2023 7 Competitive Intelligence Tools You Should Be Using
- 23 Feb 2023 15 Tips for Understanding Your Industry and Gaining a Competitive Edge
- 22 Oct 2019 Using competitive intelligence to boost sales
- 30 Apr 2019 How long does a competitive intelligence project take?
- 28 Sep 2017 Competitive intelligence software companies
- 22 Aug 2017 Competitor Analysis Templates
- 15 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: news sources
- 8 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: website monitoring
- 2 Aug 2017 Competitor analysis tools: import records
- 25 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: patent search
- 18 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: marketing spend
- 11 Jul 2017 Competitor analysis tools: trade shows
- 27 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: job postings
- 20 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: government contracts
- 13 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: funding and IPOs
- 6 Jun 2017 Competitor analysis tools: industry experts
- 30 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: social media
- 23 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: employee data
- 16 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: website information
- 9 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: data manipulation
- 2 May 2017 Competitor analysis tools: annual reports
- 6 Sep 2016 Want to sign that contract? Federal databases can help.
- 3 Aug 2016 Import intelligence – how competitor analysis can help
- 23 Jun 2016 Using LinkedIn for organizational competitive intelligence
- 21 Jun 2016 Aqute’s guide to the best competitive intelligence tools
- 18 Jan 2016 How can vertical sources support competitive intelligence?
- 8 Aug 2015 Do-it-yourself competitive intelligence
- 4 Feb 2015 The one competitive intelligence tool that you should pay for
- 17 Dec 2014 6 Essential Sources to Use for a Competitor Profile
- 25 Nov 2014 Where do you start with a competitor profile?
- 25 Sep 2014 Managing risk in competitive intelligence
- 21 Mar 2014 2 non-profits that everyone in competitive intelligence should support
- 7 Jan 2014 Leaked: Aqute's competitive intelligence resources for 2014
- 6 Oct 2013 Using Omgili for competitive Intelligence
- 4 Sep 2013 Using PR Newswire’s Agility for competitive intelligence
- 19 Aug 2013 NerdyData: find which websites use what technology
- 25 Jun 2013 Using Google Trends for competitive intelligence
- 8 Jun 2013 Using Spyfu for competitive intelligence
- 30 May 2013 Using the Expo Database search tool for competitive intelligence
- 1 Apr 2013 Using Revisit for competitive intelligence
- 12 Mar 2013 Using Follow That Page for competitive intelligence
- 17 Jan 2013 What is secondary competitive intelligence?