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Public relations specialists in big demand; Need for...
Ottawa Citizen - Wednesday July 16th, 2008
In Canada's newsrooms, at least, they're known simply as flacks. However, that time-honoured label for public relations specialists, as they're now called, may be getting a bit old. And a lot of... |
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GM may shift gears with Hummer
MCT Regional News - Tuesday July 15th, 2008
Jul. 12--The Hummer of Buffalo dealership on Transit Road in Clarence is hard to miss, with a showroom that looks like a Quonset hut and a rugged demonstration track for test drives. As distinct as... |
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The Bay may gain new owner, lose venerable name
Winnipeg Free Press - Friday July 11th, 2008
TORONTO -- Canada's oldest retailer is again facing speculation its ancient name may vanish after rumours that the owner of a high-end U.S. department store chain is considering making a bid for... |
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Mack Collier: Your Social Media Strategy Starts with...
Newstex Blogs - Monday June 16th, 2008
If your company is ready to dive into the social media waters, which tools such they examine first? Blogs? Facebook? Twitter? Wrong, try Google Blog Search, Summize, and Technorati. Before you can... |
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Experiencing the love; Experiential marketing can...
Marketing Magazine - Wednesday June 4th, 2008
I love experiential marketing. But emotion really has nothing to do with it. It comes down to strong marketing impact and ROI that both your chief marketing officer and your chief financial... |
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Earning a reputation; Leger's Dave Scholz on the...
Marketing Magazine - Wednesday June 4th, 2008
Corporate reputation can be a difficult concept to get a handle on. We are often so wrapped up in a company's tangible products and services that we end up thinking about brand value or brand... |
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Can a Dead Brand Live Again?
New York Times - Wednesday May 21st, 2008
Do you remember Brim? The coffee brand? Perhaps you recall its advertising slogan: "Fill it to the rim -- with Brim!" Those ads haven't been shown in years, and Brim itself has been off retail... |
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Purina vs. "Chow, Baby"
Newstex Blogs - Thursday May 8th, 2008
"Three years ago, Purina sent a cease-and-desist letter to Chow,
Baby!, a Baltimore area pet supply shop and Web site owned by Robin
McDonald, asserting that its use of the 'Chow, Baby!' name... |
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Competitive Intelligence for Recruiters
Newstex Blogs - Monday May 5th, 2008
Intended as a little peek into the future, the Electronic Recruiting Exchange recently worked with Classified Intelligence to poll 177 recruiters and HR executives about Web 2.0, and its implied... |
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Page Views - Why I stopped worrying about them, at...
Newstex Blogs - Tuesday March 25th, 2008
Unless our goal is to attract and keep advertisers or prepare our blogs for sale, maybe we shouldn't worry so much about page views, at least not in the absolute sense. That's the conclusion I... |
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Bulletproof Competitive Intelligence - For price of...
Newstex Blogs - Thursday January 24th, 2008
It's the 21st-century and this we know: It's rare that any organization or any player can endure as an untouchable brand. The environment is simply too hypbercometitive with too much guerrilla... |
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Competitive Intelligence Service for California...
PR Newswire US - Thursday January 24th, 2008
LeaseLogic, Inc. a Santa Barbara data-mining company, has announced a new service for California community banks. With this new service California community banks can now know whom their competitor... |
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LinkedIn Launches New Work Productivity Features
Business Wire - Thursday January 24th, 2008
by vetting demands for their time, prospecting for new business leads, recruiting, checking references, gathering competitive intelligence , finding professional service providers, drawing on the collective wisdom and expertise of one's extended |
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Just Enough, Just in Time
Business Intelligence Review - Monday December 3rd, 2007
Since the dark ages, when the local pub was the best place for collecting information to secure a business advantage, business intelligence has always existed. From guilds and mercantile buyers and... |
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New Research Uncovers How to Build and Maintain an...
PR Newswire - Monday December 3rd, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, N.C., While it's a relatively new function, Competitive Intelligence can have a long- lasting impact on an organization's position in the marketplace. By delivering high-impact analyses |
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Retailers turn Thanksgiving into Cyburkey Thursday
MCT Regional News - Wednesday November 21st, 2007
Nov. 18--First there was "Black Friday," the big shopping day that follows Thanksgiving, when retailers' ink typically was said to change to black, indicating profit, from red, indicating a... |
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Competitive Intelligence for New Biz Development -...
Newstex Blogs - Wednesday November 21st, 2007
Today, Larry Bodine has a provocative article in LAW TECHNOLOGY NEWS
on using competitive intelligence as a way to develop new business.
Bodine provides tips on how to surf the web to drill down to... |
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Competitive strategy a new era
Healthcare Financial Management - Thursday January 24th, 2008
them is that those organizations choose not to collect them. Insist on development of a competitive intelligence database system. Competitor and market intelligence form the foundation for successful competitive strategy. Unfortunately, most healthcare organizations are plagued by weak |
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Competitive strategy a new era
Healthcare Financial Management - Thursday January 24th, 2008
them is that those organizations choose not to collect them. Insist on development of a competitive intelligence database system. Competitor and market intelligence form the foundation for successful competitive strategy. Unfortunately, most healthcare organizations are plagued by weak |
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Tech focus where the selling happens
Chicago Sun-Times - Friday November 2nd, 2007
minutes generate selling materials, including brochures, presentations, videos, e-mails, white papers and more; obtain competitive intelligence , coaching documents and scripts to prepare to speak to the client, and are pointed to |
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Competitive Intelligence: How It Works
Pharmalot - Wednesday November 28th, 2007
For those who are unfamiliar with the term, this is another way of saying corporate spying, although the practitioners do object to the description. Nonetheless, as in every industry, learning what the competition is doing is of utmost importance, particularly in pharma, where research is a closely guarded trade secret. |
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Competitive Intelligence Newsletter Tips for...
Primary Intelligence: Sales Stories - Wednesday November 21st, 2007
This week, the cover story provides some of the basics that even seasoned competitive intelligence veterans need. Youll also find information on why sales doesnt receive as much intelligence as you might like. Finally, a report from ES Research Group will help your sales leadership make sense of sales effectiveness enhancement companies. |
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The Purpose of Business Competitive Intelligence May...
Primary Intelligence Blog: Intelligence for Busine - Tuesday November 13th, 2007
Where does CI fit into understanding the marketing and innovation of your competitors? Ill give you an example that has provided Primary Intelligence and dozens of our clients with powerful insight into these two areas: Win Loss, Post-implementation and Account Loyalty & Retention. Win loss > The ultimate study of creating a customer. |
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Competitive Intelligence Newsletter: Double Your...
Primary Intelligence Blog: Intelligence for Busine - Tuesday November 13th, 2007
And, dont forget to download our recent webinar: Three Benefits of Win Loss You Cant Ignore Cover Story > Double Your Money: Win Back Lost Sales with Intelligence > By Mike Brose, Primary Intelligence > Too often, companies are willing to wave goodbye to lost prospects, hoping that, Someday, theyll give us another shot. |
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Recent Posts from Techmeme's Sponsors
Techmeme - Monday October 29th, 2007
Recent posts from Zoho Blogs : APIs for Zoho Creator Recent Buzz on Zoho Zoho Creator : Earth-Shaking Usability Advances Compete.com ( blog ) is the only online competitive intelligence service that combines web wide site metrics and search analytics in one site to help you quickly master online marketing. |
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Patent Searching an Effective Tool for Competitive...
Eurail Train Travel Luxury at Speed - Monday October 29th, 2007
> Patent Searching an Effective Tool for Competitive Intelligence A lot of dear reportrmation is now vacant of the industries in different recordsbases in the web. Among all those patents the most important and simply vacant. Patent hunting can give insights into the affirm of the art across any precise ground. |
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Law librarians play integral role in law firm...
Real Lawyers Have Blogs - Monday October 29th, 2007
I certainly hope attorneys realize the value librarians bring to their practices. Librarians can assist with legal research, business development and marketing, competitive intelligence, and more services. The best moments I have in my job are when an attorney tells me that Ive made them look good in front of a client, and hopefully I do that often. |
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Sites That Competitive Intelligence Researchers S
monika's blog - Monday October 29th, 2007
sites that competitive intelligence researchers should be aware of. Some are based on the Dewey Decimal Classification, and it has a particularly strong This very rich portal contains links to over 600 gist should find it useful. ally has from one to three additional sublevels. The moderately lengthy annota- well as browsable. |
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Judging Social Media: Listen to CAIT
Schwartz Crossroads - Friday November 2nd, 2007
That is, Community, Author, Intelligence and Topic. For each we ask a series of questions: Community --Doesthis blog have an active comment community? Are they gaining links from other bloggers and reporters? Do reporters/influencers/analysts read them? Author --Does this person put up their name? Do they work in the industry? Are they an analyst? A competitor? |
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Keyword Discovery and Competitive Intelligence in...
PodTech.net: Technology and Entertainment Video Ne - Thursday October 18th, 2007
Becky Ryan, director of business development with Trellian, discusses strategies for boosting Web traffic using keyword discovery and competitive intelligence. She explains why it is crucial for online storefront owners or anybody with a Web business model based upon search generated traffic must develop a strategy for maximizing the value of their assets using the best tools available. |
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Effective Competitive Intelligence - Problem 5 -...
Primary Intelligence Blog: Intelligence for Busine - Tuesday November 13th, 2007
In my last post , I started talking again about effective competitive intelligence. Again, my definition of effectiveness is: Strengthen your companys position > How is our value proposition perceived? > What is the competition doing? > Which industry-wide best practices will truly apply? > Discover new markets > What is possible with new technologies? |
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Why Spy When You Can PI?
Procure IQ - Thursday October 18th, 2007
Recently, SupplyManagement.com ran an article on how competitive intelligence can be a huge benefit for buyers. It had some great advice, but since nothing's perfect, I'm going to add a few tips of my own. But first, Spies Like Us should cover the basis. |
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HITWISE UK SOCIAL NETWORKING UPDATE
The "New Media" Analysis - Monday October 15th, 2007
Bebo and MySpace receive 67% of UK Social Networking Visits ; Facebook Traffic up 9-fold Since Opening up in September 2006. London 22 nd May According to Hitwise, the leading online competitive intelligence service, MySpace and Bebo continued to dominate the UK social networking category in April 2007, with 67% of category visits. |
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August Jackson of Verizon on Competitive Intelligence
Jenerous - Monday October 15th, 2007
) Without further ado, let me introduce you to one of the most interesting podcasts Ive done in a long time. August Jackson is an expert on the subject of competitive intelligence (not to be confused with corporate espionage). He was nice enough to fit me in between his day job at Verizon, his MBA classes and his own (very good) podcast on CI . |
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Recent Posts from Techmeme's Sponsors
Techmeme - Wednesday October 10th, 2007
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Making Your Medical Equipment Advertising Work
The Psychology Advertising With The Grasshopper Mi - Wednesday October 10th, 2007
This is a copy of my most recent email newsletter. If your articles are interesting and informative, ezine publishers will be very interested in medical equipment advertising them. As outsiders, agencies become indispensable resources to clients in providing competitive intelligence and industry opportunities that can be exploited through great advertising. |
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Private Investigation Services
Home Income Opportunities - Wednesday October 10th, 2007
But the truth is that private investigators are hired regularly by private and public organizations, insurance companies, and banking institutions to investigate dishonest employees, cases of workmans compensation fraud, theft and embezzlement, product counterfeiting, work place violence, competitive intelligence etc. |
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Competitive intelligence data mining
Experts in the creation - Wednesday October 10th, 2007
While the attorney is the such negligence , the legal nurse consultant is the beget complete refund, the heavy planning sessions and its six federal agencies-. These attorneys rely on specially legal strategies statement to help them win their cases. Private corporations (e.g. |
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Advertise Your Inside Apartment Signage All The Way...
Advertising Engine Internet Ppc Search - Thursday October 4th, 2007
Fortunately for you, this expenditure imbalance is exposed with the help of a text log on inside apartment signage your Web site's server, raw website inside apartment signage statistics. As outsiders, agencies become indispensable resources to clients in providing competitive intelligence and industry opportunities that can be exploited through great advertising. |
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Custom Corporate Branding
GoodLinks 40 - Thursday October 4th, 2007
Custom Corporate Branding In addition to increasing knowledge and productivity, RSS feeds can also be used for brand monitoring, crisis communications, internal/executive communications and competitive intelligence. For Publishers, Media Companies and Other &hellip |
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Heinz Ketchup Ranks No. 1 in Overall Brand Equity,...
Houston Chronicle - Monday June 23rd, 2008
Harris Interactive today released the 2008 results from EquiTrend, a 28 year brand equity study that measures more than 1,000 brands across 39 categories. EquiTrend provides insight on brands based on six base measures including: familiarity, quality, purchase consideration, brand expectations, distinctiveness and trust. |
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In Pricing, Brand Equity Makes a Difference
MarketingVOX - Friday June 13th, 2008
Brand leaders in marketing, advertising and PR firms are more likely to price services at a higher level than competitors (41 percent of brand leaders were premium-priced vs. 24 percent of lesser-known firms) — and more likely to get higher fees, according to a RainToday.com survey, MarketingCharts writes. |
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Build Your Brand by Thinking Like a Fighter
Advertising Age - Monday June 9th, 2008
Consumers, dealers, distributors, analysts, professional investors, boards and bosses demand faster performance. Of those marketers we surveyed, 87% said the expectation for building brand equity was now 10 years or fewer, and 46% said it was now fewer than five years. In fact, our whole culture is now demanding optimized value creation in about three to five years. |
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Marketing Strategy #1: Identify Your Brand Value
JustArticles.net - Friday June 6th, 2008
Imagine you're walking along one day in a park. You look down and see an envelope, which you pick up. It's fine quality paper, with an embossed company logo on the back and full postage on the front. Impressive. To your surprise, however, the envelope has nothing written on the front - no recipient's name, no address. |
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Developing CI Insights That Senior Leaders Need to...
TickerTech.com - Monday August 20th, 2007
, Aug. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- The best competitive intelligence (CI) develops insights that enable senior leaders to make great forward-looking decisions. Field research from Best Practices(R), LLC reveals the CI tools, techniques and process insights that permit high-performing CI professionals to turn mountains of data into insights that drive business strategy at brand and corporate levels. |
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This Study Was Designed to Observe the Benefits of...
Calibre Macro World - Friday August 10th, 2007
The information contained in this report is gathered from numerous global and US market research directors, managers and leaders. Our analysts also sought information from market research vendors, competitive intelligence professionals, brand directors and product managers. |
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This Study Was Designed to Observe the Benefits of...
Business Wire - Friday August 10th, 2007
The information contained in this report is gathered from numerous global and US market research directors, managers and leaders. Our analysts also sought information from market research vendors, competitive intelligence professionals, brand directors and product managers. |
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Affiliate-Marketing for Beginners Posted By : Joel...
ArticleTeller - Friday August 10th, 2007
Your list will not flourish on its own. Just imagine, if you get a whiff of traffic of the worlds best websites, then you are already generating so much in terms of free exposure to your site. Finally, for a more advanced function of affiliate marketing, it is also a great way to gain market research and competitive intelligence. This is the aspect where you get to know your competitors. |
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Affiliate-Marketing for Beginners
ArticleBliss.com - Friday August 10th, 2007
Your list will not flourish on its own. Just imagine, if you get a whiff of traffic of the world's best websites, then you are already generating so much in terms of free exposure to your site. Finally, for a more advanced function of affiliate marketing, it is also a great way to gain market research and competitive intelligence. This is the aspect where you get to know your competitors. |
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Online Privacy And Security
ArticleBliss.com - Friday August 10th, 2007
There are many highly successful online businesses you can learn from. Don't copy their privacy statements, but use them as learning tools. If there is an industry leader in your field, study their web site. There is nothing wrong with a little bit of competitive intelligence. As you study privacy policies look for common trends. Take notes, and make an outline. |
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Hunting for the Soft Spot
Kiplinger - Friday August 10th, 2007
<p>All too often, companies establish competitive intelligence (CI) functions and then fail to make genuine strategic use of them. They discover a competitor's strategy -- slashing prices, for instance -- and often feel compelled to follow suit. |
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HITEC 2007 | Interview With Cindy Estis Green...
Hospitality Net - Friday August 10th, 2007
The report expands on some of the strategies that are deployed through social network marketing including customer engagement, building brand equity, influence management, consumer and competitive intelligence and product development. |
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TIA, HSMAI plan social media report
BreakingTravelNews - Friday August 10th, 2007
The report expands on some of the strategies that are deployed through social network marketing including customer engagement, building brand equity, influence management, consumer and competitive intelligence and product development. |
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TIA, HSMAI Partner To Produce Report: The Travel...
HSMAI - Friday August 10th, 2007
The report expands on some of the strategies that are deployed through social network marketing including customer engagement, building brand equity, influence management, consumer and competitive intelligence and product development. |
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Current Trends and Growth Indications in the Global...
Business Wire via Forbes.com - Friday August 10th, 2007
-- Benchmark forecast performance of the leading players by using analysis of key products in major indications over the period 2006 to 2011. -- Gain up-to-date competitive intelligence and understand the major issues affecting key pharmaceutical marketers and product development. |
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Why You Should Have a Competitive Intelligence...
Kiplinger - Friday August 10th, 2007
Any advice? -- landslide By Bill Fiora Outward Insights April 2007 Bill Fiora Outward Insights Bill Fiora is a partner with Outward Insights, a Boston-area competitive intelligence and strategy consulting firm. Prior to founding Outward Insights, he worked as an intelligence and strategy practitioner at Deloitte Consulting, Zefer, and The Futures Group. |
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Online Intelligence Tool shows hotel market rankings.
ManagingAutomation.com - Friday August 10th, 2007
With SearchVIEW, we have leveraged our experience across our competitive intelligence, emarketing and reservations services portfolio to create an interactive tool that enables hotels to view the online environment from the customer perspective and act immediately to ensure their property is positioned to maximize their revenue from the Internet. |
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Interview: Google Cash Detective Chris Carpenter,...
Blogcritics.org - Friday August 10th, 2007
These ads were run, lost money and then disappeared. The Google Cash Detective also identifies which Adwords ads use affiliate links. So its easy to find profitable affiliate campaigns to replicate and immediately profit from. The Google Cash Detective is a competitive intelligence software that sifts through the thousands of Adwords ads and identifies persistent affiliate campaigns. |
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Gap's Credit Cred
Motley Fool - Friday August 10th, 2007
It seems likely that that kind of competitive intelligence may help Gap tweak its own merchandise assortment to better suit its customers' tastes, or maybe further define who its best customers are. Of course, its merchandise assortment has been a big part of Gap's problem here lately. |
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