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Competitive Intelligence
How to get it, How to use it

A Toronto Product Marketing Association Presentation
January 28th, 2014
Zena Applebaum
@ZAppleCI
applebaumz@bennettjones.com
Agenda
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What is Competitive Intelligence
The Intelligence Cycle
How to Get It
How to Use It
Deliverables & Analysis Frameworks
Communication Success
Fire Fighter to Leader
A Note about Ethics
What Next?
Conclusion & Questions

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What is Competitive Intelligence?
“systematic and ethical program for gathering, analyzing, and managing external
information that can affect you.” - www.SCIP.org
Competitive Intelligence is primarily concerned with anything that will make an
organization more competitive and able to avoid surprises from its
competition, suppliers and the like.
CI is forward looking and requires a vigorous
collection, analysis, dissemination, and repeat

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CI Job Description
The primary role of this position is the efficient mining, development, reporting and use of
competitive intelligence (CI) data to help drive the firm’s marketing and business development
efforts. Candidate will work in the Business Development Department and report to the CI Manager.
Essential Duties:
• Support business, client, competitive, and market intelligence with complex, on-demand
primary and secondary research. Analyze and summarize findings. Develop intelligence reports
and briefing documents.
• Support market intelligence and monitoring. Train and assist users in creating marketing
environments and news alerts.
• Compile and track CI requests.
• Work with CI manager and BD team to demonstrate ROI on CI.
Specific Requirements:
• Course of study in library or information sciences (MLS or MLIS) strongly preferred. Combination
of education in a research-intensive field with relevant work experience will be considered.

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CI Cycle

Source: Fuld.com
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Know Your Business, Know Your Client
• Know your Audience/Client
• Internal clients and external clients

• Strategic Plan
• How does your product/service line fit into the over all
company strategy

• Key Competitors
• Overall, by product/service line

• Industry Analysis
• Keep it current, keep it factual
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Where do you find Competitive Intelligence?
• Everywhere!
• Proprietary Information
• Human Intelligence (vendors, suppliers, clients, sales)
• Databases (subscriptions)

• Publicly available information
• Filings
• Newspapers
• Social media

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Where CI can Add Value to Product Marketing
Intelligence can support Product Marketing & Development

• Current Awareness Monitoring
• RFP Responses
• Early Warning Systems
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Retained counsel – legal, financial, M&A (targeting)
Changed market conditions
Appointment Notices
Recruiting Efforts

• Social Media Monitoring
• Feeding Human Intelligence
Keeping information up to date – System Design
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Current Awareness Monitoring
Opportunity Identification – new products, new techniques
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Customized Portal w/ or w/o analysts
Automated & annotated newsletters
Alerts from Databases
Filings Monitors

Key Developments – Early Warning Indicators
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Retained counsel – financial, M&A, advisory
Changed market conditions
Appointment Notices
Recruiting Efforts

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RFP Responses - A made for Leadership, CI Story
• Perhaps the easiest place to apply traditional CI
analysis techniques and elicitation tactics
• Win/loss analysis
• SWOT
• Should we pursue?

• Timeline analysis

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Media and Social Monitoring
• Rife spot find qualitative and quantitative data on
clients/prospects as well as competitor clients/prospects
• (in an effort to turn the latter into the former)

• Monitor for tone, content, frequency, trending, sentiment
• Big Data can turn into CI Data points (earlier JD)
Develop a system or software or buy a third party platform.
Mechanics/data can be easily outsourced of but still requires a
heightened knowledge of the firm and its strategy – human touch.

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Build Internal Networks – Human Intelligence
• In an era of information ubiquity, human intelligence
sets our organizations apart.
• CI can take on a (new) role as the central hub for
information including Human Intelligence and
Information Collection (CI Cycle)
• Good CI should connect the dots between
secondary, tertiary and human research, turning it into
intelligence.

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Internal Networks & Data Centers
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Other Researchers –R&D, KM, Market Research
Accounting Data – P&L, Product Lines
CRM and other Database(s)
Syndicated Research
Subscription Databases
News Media/Social Media Monitoring & Tools
Analysis Reference Tools – Analysis Without Paralysis

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Providing Added Value – Analysis
Why you don’t need to be afraid…
We view competitive intelligence analysis as the multifaceted means by which
information is interpreted to produce insightful findings (i.e., intelligence) or
recommendations for organizational action. Defined as such, we do not view
analysis as being solely in the domain of either pure art or science, but as
requiring to some degree both of these. We also view analysis as being both a
process (i.e., the multifaceted means we defined) and a product (i.e., the
interpretation output). Lastly, our definition suggests that analysis must pass
the “so what?” test in order to usefully aid decision-making and action-taking.
Source: http://www.mindshiftsgroup.com/articles/the_farout_method.pdf Fleisher/Bensasson

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Analysis Frameworks & Products
Context. A picture frame. A perspective. A methodology.
A way to organize the mounds of data and turn data into
intelligence.
Analysis frameworks are universally understood, taught
and used throughout business, research and marketing
communities.

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Analysis Framework 1 – TimeLine Analysis
Display events in a chronological and graphical manner to identify
important trends and relationships between competitor business
activities
• Systematic layout of events related to the key question
• Look for events, trends, patterns, and sequences
• Cause & Effect

• List the important events as a chronology
• Array the events for all competitors on the timeline
• Summarize and hypothesize
Timeline Analysis Source: CID July 2012 presentation “Analytical Tools that Deliver Value”
Bernaiche/Wergeles
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Timeline Template
Timeline for - Healthy/Green/Socially Conscious
Communication
The Medium is the Message – Marshall McLuhan
• How you communicate is as important as what what you
provide.
• Create a series of CI products that communicate concisely and
directly in line with the client needs.

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Fire Fighter to Leader/Advisor

Source: GIA globalintelligence.com

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A Comment about Ethics
• CI is an entirely ethical and honest practice.
• If you wouldn’t be comfortable with a
newspaper headline, don’t do it
• Discuss with your boss – first and always
• Urban Legends

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Career Resources
Professional Associations/Education
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SCIP
SLA -CID
Intel Collab
ICI

Competitive Intelligence Companies/Software
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Aurora WDC
Digimind
GIA
InfoNGen
Cascade Insights
Fuld
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What’s Next?
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Start Simple – Competitor Profile(s)
Product Profiles
Build Internal Network
Collect data and prepare an reporting schedule
Engender trust, and use it for good
Don’t collect data for data sake – engage the human element

Thank you and good luck in your CI efforts!

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Special membership pricing of

$175 offered to Toronto
Product Marketing
Association, mention this
presentation and you’ll be on
your way!

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2014 Jan Meeting - Competitive Intelligence

  • 1. Competitive Intelligence How to get it, How to use it A Toronto Product Marketing Association Presentation January 28th, 2014 Zena Applebaum @ZAppleCI applebaumz@bennettjones.com
  • 2. Agenda • • • • • • • • • • What is Competitive Intelligence The Intelligence Cycle How to Get It How to Use It Deliverables & Analysis Frameworks Communication Success Fire Fighter to Leader A Note about Ethics What Next? Conclusion & Questions 2
  • 3. What is Competitive Intelligence? “systematic and ethical program for gathering, analyzing, and managing external information that can affect you.” - www.SCIP.org Competitive Intelligence is primarily concerned with anything that will make an organization more competitive and able to avoid surprises from its competition, suppliers and the like. CI is forward looking and requires a vigorous collection, analysis, dissemination, and repeat 3
  • 4. CI Job Description The primary role of this position is the efficient mining, development, reporting and use of competitive intelligence (CI) data to help drive the firm’s marketing and business development efforts. Candidate will work in the Business Development Department and report to the CI Manager. Essential Duties: • Support business, client, competitive, and market intelligence with complex, on-demand primary and secondary research. Analyze and summarize findings. Develop intelligence reports and briefing documents. • Support market intelligence and monitoring. Train and assist users in creating marketing environments and news alerts. • Compile and track CI requests. • Work with CI manager and BD team to demonstrate ROI on CI. Specific Requirements: • Course of study in library or information sciences (MLS or MLIS) strongly preferred. Combination of education in a research-intensive field with relevant work experience will be considered. 4
  • 6. Know Your Business, Know Your Client • Know your Audience/Client • Internal clients and external clients • Strategic Plan • How does your product/service line fit into the over all company strategy • Key Competitors • Overall, by product/service line • Industry Analysis • Keep it current, keep it factual 6
  • 7. Where do you find Competitive Intelligence? • Everywhere! • Proprietary Information • Human Intelligence (vendors, suppliers, clients, sales) • Databases (subscriptions) • Publicly available information • Filings • Newspapers • Social media 7
  • 8. Where CI can Add Value to Product Marketing Intelligence can support Product Marketing & Development • Current Awareness Monitoring • RFP Responses • Early Warning Systems • • • • Retained counsel – legal, financial, M&A (targeting) Changed market conditions Appointment Notices Recruiting Efforts • Social Media Monitoring • Feeding Human Intelligence Keeping information up to date – System Design 8
  • 9. Current Awareness Monitoring Opportunity Identification – new products, new techniques • • • • Customized Portal w/ or w/o analysts Automated & annotated newsletters Alerts from Databases Filings Monitors Key Developments – Early Warning Indicators • • • • Retained counsel – financial, M&A, advisory Changed market conditions Appointment Notices Recruiting Efforts 9
  • 10. RFP Responses - A made for Leadership, CI Story • Perhaps the easiest place to apply traditional CI analysis techniques and elicitation tactics • Win/loss analysis • SWOT • Should we pursue? • Timeline analysis 10
  • 11. Media and Social Monitoring • Rife spot find qualitative and quantitative data on clients/prospects as well as competitor clients/prospects • (in an effort to turn the latter into the former) • Monitor for tone, content, frequency, trending, sentiment • Big Data can turn into CI Data points (earlier JD) Develop a system or software or buy a third party platform. Mechanics/data can be easily outsourced of but still requires a heightened knowledge of the firm and its strategy – human touch. 11
  • 12. Build Internal Networks – Human Intelligence • In an era of information ubiquity, human intelligence sets our organizations apart. • CI can take on a (new) role as the central hub for information including Human Intelligence and Information Collection (CI Cycle) • Good CI should connect the dots between secondary, tertiary and human research, turning it into intelligence. 12
  • 13. Internal Networks & Data Centers • • • • • • • Other Researchers –R&D, KM, Market Research Accounting Data – P&L, Product Lines CRM and other Database(s) Syndicated Research Subscription Databases News Media/Social Media Monitoring & Tools Analysis Reference Tools – Analysis Without Paralysis 13
  • 14. Providing Added Value – Analysis Why you don’t need to be afraid… We view competitive intelligence analysis as the multifaceted means by which information is interpreted to produce insightful findings (i.e., intelligence) or recommendations for organizational action. Defined as such, we do not view analysis as being solely in the domain of either pure art or science, but as requiring to some degree both of these. We also view analysis as being both a process (i.e., the multifaceted means we defined) and a product (i.e., the interpretation output). Lastly, our definition suggests that analysis must pass the “so what?” test in order to usefully aid decision-making and action-taking. Source: http://www.mindshiftsgroup.com/articles/the_farout_method.pdf Fleisher/Bensasson 14
  • 15. Analysis Frameworks & Products Context. A picture frame. A perspective. A methodology. A way to organize the mounds of data and turn data into intelligence. Analysis frameworks are universally understood, taught and used throughout business, research and marketing communities. 15
  • 16. Analysis Framework 1 – TimeLine Analysis Display events in a chronological and graphical manner to identify important trends and relationships between competitor business activities • Systematic layout of events related to the key question • Look for events, trends, patterns, and sequences • Cause & Effect • List the important events as a chronology • Array the events for all competitors on the timeline • Summarize and hypothesize Timeline Analysis Source: CID July 2012 presentation “Analytical Tools that Deliver Value” Bernaiche/Wergeles 16
  • 18. Timeline for - Healthy/Green/Socially Conscious
  • 19. Communication The Medium is the Message – Marshall McLuhan • How you communicate is as important as what what you provide. • Create a series of CI products that communicate concisely and directly in line with the client needs. 19
  • 20. Fire Fighter to Leader/Advisor Source: GIA globalintelligence.com 20
  • 21. A Comment about Ethics • CI is an entirely ethical and honest practice. • If you wouldn’t be comfortable with a newspaper headline, don’t do it • Discuss with your boss – first and always • Urban Legends 21
  • 22. Career Resources Professional Associations/Education • • • • SCIP SLA -CID Intel Collab ICI Competitive Intelligence Companies/Software • • • • • • Aurora WDC Digimind GIA InfoNGen Cascade Insights Fuld 22
  • 23. What’s Next? • • • • • • Start Simple – Competitor Profile(s) Product Profiles Build Internal Network Collect data and prepare an reporting schedule Engender trust, and use it for good Don’t collect data for data sake – engage the human element Thank you and good luck in your CI efforts! 23
  • 24. Special membership pricing of $175 offered to Toronto Product Marketing Association, mention this presentation and you’ll be on your way! 24

Editor's Notes

  1. Instinct in to always pursue, but….
  2. Instinct in to always pursue, but….
  3. Mention Analysis without Paralysis. http://www.amazon.com/Analysis-Without-Paralysis-Strategic-Decisions/dp/0133101029/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1389194161&sr=8-1&keywords=analysis+without+paralysis
  4. Credit Michel & Fred 2012 SLA Analysis Session
  5. Source GIA