The practitioner’s complete guide to competitive intelligence

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....

Comparative and competitive advantages are economic terms that, when applied to a business, refer to a business’ ability to produce goods and services and to win against competitors over time....

Opportunities and threats can be assessed separately, but you can also evaluate them together. There are two combined assessment techniques that can help give you a better idea of your situation and the challenges you will face: SWOT analysis and event tree analysis....

To create the best marketing and positioning strategies possible, you need to know where your product stands in the competitive environment. Not just in relation to the customer and their needs. That’s where competitive intelligence comes in....

After more than 100 hours of deep-dive research and calls with Sales Leads and other stakeholders, I learned people see these two fields as silos. They miss the vast potential of combining enablement with competitive insights. Use these nine proven tactics to create a stellar CI adoption playbook....

With the rise of sales enablement platforms and Big Data, it has actually never been easier to prove the ROI of your enablement charter. You just have to know which metrics to track and how to track them....

Sales enablement is all about deal support. Sitting between sales and marketing, your sales enablement team exists to support your sales staff with key information at crucial moments. Information about competitors and about your product. All in line with your brand messaging....

Your sales team is too busy trying to win deals to tinker with the CRM. That’s why many organizations have introduced two key roles to help your sales reps operate with killer efficiency: sales operations and sales enablement....

Competitive intelligence is your tool for knowing your competitors’ strategies, priorities, strengths, and weaknesses. Armed with this information, you can fine-tune your product strategy and marketing initiatives to win. In other words, competitive intelligence is your ticket to the top....

Audience segmentation is a process of dividing customers into groups with similar interests, needs, and behaviors. Their demographics and psychographic characteristics play a part too. It’s used to get a better understanding of the target audience....

A SWOT analysis session is a way to analyze your business’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (hence “SWOT”) in one fell swoop. These sessions are a great way to get an overview of your business’s current state and identify actionable next steps to grow your business....

That advantage you’ve worked so hard to create? Your competitors are working day and night to replicate it, beat it, and take those hard-won customers right out of your hands. 😤 So how do you stop your competitors cloning your strategy? How do you make your competitive advantage sustainable?...

Your first day at a new job can be a nerve-wracking experience, all the more so if you’re there to build a brand-new CI function for a company that’s never had one before. How can you start building credibility right away and garner a set of allies who know that they can rely on you?...

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....

Brand-building isn't about creating a social media page for people to follow. It's not about consistent posting. It's not about how many followers you have. Those are good to look at, but they serve little purpose when it comes to building a brand. Let's get back to basics....