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# SWOT Analysis Explained ▶︎
- URL: https://www.competitiveintelligencealliance.io/swot-analysis-explained/
- Published: 2024-02-08T20:04:40.000Z
- Updated: 2024-02-08T20:07:14.000Z
- Description: SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats. You probably already knew that much, but what on Earth is SWOT analysis? And how, and why, is it used?
- Author: Alex Walton
- Tags: Video

SWOT stands for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats.

You probably already knew that much, but what on Earth is SWOT analysis? And how, and why, is it used?

That’s one of the questions we’ll be answering in our newest video, available to watch now in full on YouTube. 👇

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