Tactical, Operational & Strategic Analysis of Markets, Competitors & Industries

February 2009 Blog Posts (6)

Webinar, Feb 25 12:00pm EST: Making Competitive Analysis Pay

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Louis Columbus

Cincom Team Member

Webinar Summary: Ryma’s Feburary 25th Webinar at 12EST given by Louis Columbus. Concentrating on getting beyond the superficial data competitors share about…

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Added by Val Workman on February 21, 2009 at 8:00am — No Comments

The Supermarket is Dead!

When Vikram Pandit first took over as CEO at the end of 2007, many said he was the only person the company could find to take the job. During the review of fourth quarter earnings, Pandit said his “administration” had effectively inherited numerous troubles which were not of their doing. I think many would accept that, I do. Whether by choice or not, Mr Pandit is now trying to do what should have been a long time ago – he’s announced a liquidation sale, the supermarket is… Continue

Added by Steven D. Audino on February 20, 2009 at 9:39am — No Comments

Counter Intelligence and Misdirection - Lance Winslow

By Lance Winslow

How to Drive Your Competition Absolutely Crazy

Psyche wars in business are just as much a reality as they are in the battlespace. Business is often likened to war, and there is really a good reason for that. The fog of war will serve you well if you can learn some of the rules of the game; namely there aren't any. You'll figure it out some day or it will eat your lunch.

So, you ask;… Continue

Added by Lance Winslow on February 15, 2009 at 12:14am — 6 Comments

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… Continue

Added by Ellen Naylor on February 4, 2009 at 12:21pm — 3 Comments

Gool-Bama-Cash finantial recipe

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@ Join obamadepending… Continue

Added by FilipeAlvesFerreira on February 4, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

What is competitive intelligence?

"There are no secrets, only information you don't yet have."

Source: from the Drop.io Blog

I thought that was a very pithy, if apt, description of CI.

Added by Sally Church, Ph.D on February 3, 2009 at 1:23pm — 2 Comments