Competitive Intelligence
Competitive Intelligence Resource
Index, including a search engine and index of competitive intelligence
resources. The Competitive Intelligence Resource Index -- a search
engine and categorical listing of sites relating to competitive intelligence.
Categories range from associations to software, with books, companies,
documentation, education, jobs and publications in between. Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
American Society for Industrial
Security
Fuld.com
Fuld & Company Internet
Intelligence Index
Brint.com A "knowledge metaportal"
that delivers global business and technology news with a special focus
on business research and knowledge management.
NetPeriscope is a
competitive intelligence application service provider for online merchants. For
a monthly fee (fees are not posted on the site), merchants can track competitor
sites in real time. NetPeriscope's products monitor content changes and organize
that information so that it is meaningful to merchants. For example, you
can track individual products by SKU, ISBN, manufacturer or part number on
competitors' sites. You can run queries against competitor sites on product
availability, delivery options, and more. You can commission a trend analysis,
(over a period of time), regarding discounts, availability or shipping patterns.
Very sophisticated, very interesting CI product whose time has come.
MarketRelevance.com provides
competitive intelligence tools for the direct response industry. Here you can
track other marketers' promotions and customer acquisition programs -- both
direct mail and email solicitations. This company receives hundreds of
promotions, dates them, opens them, reads then, scans and stores them, and then
categorizes them for your competitive intelligence pleasure.
http://www.spyonit.com Home of a
large number of bots that will troll the Web for free on your behalf. Each bot
has a specific function, from the frivolous to the functional. For
example, USENET Newsgroups I & II will troll specific newsgroups of your choice
for selected phrases, keywords or user names, and Competitive Intelligence,
which is a straightforward spy that will inform you when a company or person or
thing you want to track has been mentioned on any website within the last week.
If you just want to track major news about a company and not every detailed
mention, try the Cover Story Spy.
Dun & Bradstreet
Small Business Solutions: Offers a suite of tools and services to
follow existing customers, suppliers, competition, and prospects. Basic services
are free, which include up to 15 "tracked" companies. "
Axie: To find out about new site launches in your category, Axie will
automatically extract new listings from the Open Directory Project (the mother
directory of categorical listings, supplied to most search engines), and deliver
by email to you the ones that match your interests every week. Simply sign on
for a free account and enter your keywords.
Competia.com: A
community, portal and magazine for strategy professionals. The online magazine
includes CI tips, techniques and tools for small and mid-sized businesses,
corporate Intranets, etc. Although some of the site is fee-based, other
sections of the site have free content. For example, "Express" contains an
extensive set of links by industry.
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