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Hi Richard, Seena's book is a great way to start your CI library. Here is the link to a prior Ning discussion on this topic which I think you'll find helpful. http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/the-essential-ci-library. I also use…
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Like Eric I have heard about Second Life being used to help military folks suffering from war scars to acclimate back into life after war. I could also see video gaming used for wargaming, if it isn't already. On the consumer side, I could also see…
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I have 30 years of sales and marketing experience across many industries. I sold telecommunications products and services for several years and before that fine jewelry. I initiated competitive intelligence (CI) at Verizon and built a process to capture competitive information across commercial marketing, including Sales. I conducted forecasting and competitive intelligence at Northwest Airlines.

In this difficult economy, clients benefit from our in-depth research on any topic using our skills in primary and secondary research and tapping into our vast social network as well as our programs to integrate marketing and sales intelligence. I teach Sales how to incorporate CI elicitation and interviewing techniques right into the Sales process to learn what the market is demanding, and what products or services a company needs to develop to maintain its competitive edge. Customers are a key source of market intelligence, and with our programs companies improve their relationship with customers, every time Sales meets a customer.

Ellen’s clients benefit from her passion, insatiable curiousity, active listening and ability to work effectively within each company’s unique culture, as she grew up in an international community in Yokohama, Japan. She helps companies improve their marketing prowess through building an early warning process, collecting valuable intelligence at trade shows; conducting win/loss interviews and analysis to improve customer retention; and conducting results-driven workshops.

Ellen's signature practice, "Cooperative Intelligence," promotes openness and relationship building by listening and being heard. It focuses on the right people skills to be an effective leader, connector and communicator--the cornerstone of trust.

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    Capture Precious Competitor & Market Intelligence through Elicitation

    I had meant to post this event on our Ning calendar, but alas I was traveling during the last several weeks and forgot. However, you can have the benefit of this webinar here, including the slides and the… Continue

    Posted on April 9, 2009 at 5:42pm —

    Ellen Naylor

    Win Loss Analysis is more than Competitive Intelligence

    Win loss analysis is my favorite tactical cooperative intelligence practice as it offers the best ROI of any sales intelligence tool. You gain intelligence by interviewing your customers shortly after the sales event to find out why they chose to do business with you or decided on a competitor. The data gathered combines knowledge from sales, customers, competitors, and your marketplace.

    Consider these points to develop a cooperative B to B win loss process:

    - Clearly identify objectives for c… Continue

    Posted on February 4, 2009 at 12:21pm — 3 Comments

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    At 6:57pm on October 31, 2009, Music Lover - SM gave Ellen Naylor a gift
    Hi Ellen never heard again from you... everything allright? I'm sending you a gift so you don't forget you old friend here... ;0) Best regards Sérgio, from Portugal
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    At 3:17am on October 23, 2009, Robert J Steele said…
    Ellen,

    I think so, yes. The CI space is an odd one though, let me explain briefly. When I was a corporate business developer, I acquired CI from various sources and it told me a lot of 'stuff'. Namely 'C' level contact information, company HQ and satellite information, turnovers, performance, product/services areas etc, etc. But as a business developer, this information was no more than background noise, and yet people pay big bucks for it!!

    I wanted something that would line me up with corporate need or latent need based on my solutions. What I wanted was to understand the issues affecting my target corporate, or the opportunities they were investigating or the risks in the sector.

    That is why I developed MyFeedMe, to keep a finger on the pulse of a target customer 24 x 7 and to alert me to events that were relevant to by business solution. If I sold secure payment services, I would want to know about recent occurrences of fraud, if I sold office furniture I would want to know about growth plans, new offices being opened etc.

    I see this as logical CI value in conjunction with all the other background stuff. If we can align the two then we have a powerful proposition.
    At 9:18am on October 19, 2009, Candice E Geouge Hellyar said…
    Hi -- I'm expecting to be at the event on Thursday, look forward to seeing you there!
    At 7:55am on October 15, 2009, Candice E Geouge Hellyar said…
    Hi Ellen! Are you still going to be in the DC area on the 22nd and 23rd? It'd be great to try again to get together.
    At 1:27pm on September 3, 2009, John Potter said…
    Hi Ellen,

    My number is 616.406.1248. Wed is fine if you can reach me between 12-4pm EST. Looking forward to hearing from you.

    John
    At 9:49pm on September 1, 2009, John Potter said…
    Hi Ellen,

    Victor gave me your name today and well.. it looks like you're certainly on here. As he may have told you, I'm hoping to begin looking for clients early next year. Still in preparation then but would love some direction/insight.

    John
    At 2:09pm on May 11, 2009, Anne Gebert said…
    Hello Ellen,

    I am a student from Germany and I am currently writing my bachelor thesis with the topic Win Loss Analysis. Because I have difficulties in finding appropriate information, Rainer Michaeli referred to you as an expert for this purpose. Can you recommend any literature? Thank you for your help!

    Kind regards,
    Anne Gebert
    At 6:05pm on May 9, 2009, martha gleason said…
    Ellen,
    Spain and France...I'm jealous! I'm pretty busy myself so lets plan on catching up at the end of the month.

    Martha
    At 7:14pm on May 4, 2009, martha gleason said…
    Ellen,
    Thank you so much! SCIP09 was great and I'm looking forward to the rest of 2009 and making 2010 a great success.

    Wish I could have caught up with you.

    Martha
    At 5:26pm on February 27, 2009, S.J.Pavan vinnakota said…
    Hello Ellen ,

    Thank you for adding me .
    Nice to meet you on Ning .I am a Student of Amity University (India).I have done my MBA in Competitive Intelligence and Marketing .I am looking out for a job . In order to update i often blog .
    I would be thankful if you may help me .

    with regards
    Pavan V.S.J
     
     

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    I find websites like www.wikiinvest.com as good starting points for CI projects. But again these are more websites than tools. I have not come across any comprehensive tools than can do the analysis for you and most CI tools I have seen here and els…
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    I've compiled a list of on-line CI resources here: http://augustjackson.net/competitive-intelligence-resources/ P.S. Elen thanks for the shout-out for the CI Podcast.
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    Hi Richard, Seena's book is a great way to start your CI library. Here is the link to a prior Ning discussion on this topic which I think you'll find helpful. http://competitiveintelligence.ning.com/forum/topics/the-essential-ci-library. I also use…
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    I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantage and it is quickly becoming a favorite. I have read other books and found them too academic to be practical. I am compiling a list of recommended reading (books, websites, blogs, magazines…
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    I am reading Seena Sharp's Competitive Intelligence Advantageand it is quickly becoming one of my favorites. I have read other books, but got little practical use out of them--they were much to academic. I am trying to compile a recommended bibliogr…
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