Crayon Competitive Intelligence Blog

In business, getting a leg up on the competition isn’t easy. And it’s made all the more difficult by the fact that, in most cases, everybody is trying to get an edge on the rest of the field.

Whether...

No matter your industry or your product, your company likely has dozens of rivals (if not hundreds)—some of them direct competitors, some of them indirect competitors, and some of them aspirational...

Competitive intelligence (CI) is the process of tracking, analyzing, and activating information related to your competitors. It is conducted with the intent of empowering internal stakeholders to...

Gathering competitive intelligence is a challenge. In fact, according to our survey of more than 1,000 CI professionals, it’s the toughest part of the job. On average, it takes up one-third of all...

Competitive advertising is a well-established practice in our modern media landscape. As the intensity of competition rises, so, too, does the difficulty of earning and maintaining the attention of...

For those who conduct competitive intelligence, gathering insights in a timely manner can be an enormous struggle. On any given day, there may be hundreds — if not thousands — of signals generated...

Businesses have never been more agile than they are right now. Bringing a product to market, releasing a new feature, launching an ad campaign — these initiatives, though they will never be easy by...

If I had to summarize the brand new 2021 State of Competitive Intelligence Report with a single word, I’d use the word revenue. Now more than ever, companies are growing their revenue by tracking,...

As the folks here at Crayon combed through the results of our 2021 State of Competitive Intelligence Report, an exciting theme jumped out at us: Competitive intelligence (CI) programs are growing,...

Every year, for the last four years, Crayon has conducted the State of Competitive Intelligence Report — a survey of the competitive intelligence (CI) community that yields deep insights regarding...

At this point, you’ve got a strong grasp on competitive intelligence (CI). You know what it is, why it’s important, and how to gather it. If you’re really on your game, you might even be proficient...

Today is a great day because you’ve just been hired to spearhead a competitive intelligence (CI) program at your company. When you’re starting a new initiative and integrating a new practice into an...

As we head into the New Year, many of us are deep in planning, strategy brainstorm sessions, and goal-setting. For competitive intelligence (CI) practitioners, there are many elements to building...

The following post was written by Ameeta Soni. Ameeta is a strategy and marketing expert and consultant, often serving as an interim CMO. She previously served as CMO at VFA, PlatformQ Health,...

The new year is right around the corner. If you haven’t already, you’re likely about to kick-off your 2021 planning. A lot has happened in 2020 that has impacted businesses across the globe and...

You work hard to stay on top of your competitors’ moves. You sift through big and small changes alike and analyze the data to identify trends and strategies. But then what do you do with the data?...

The following post was written by Bill Strugger.

Bill is Head of Market Intelligence (MI) at HERE Technologies. HERE provides insights on the location and movement of things – be it cars, goods or...

The following post was written by Paul Santilli. Paul is the Worldwide OEM Industry Intelligence & Strategy at Hewlett Packard Enterprise and Chairman of the Board of the Directors, Strategic and...

There are many sources of competitive intelligence (CI) that we can tap into. These days, most businesses have a robust digital footprint, so our first thought of a valuable CI source is likely a...

You did it. 

Your persistent competitive research efforts have yielded a key piece of intel about one of your competitors. Maybe a competitor is quietly discontinuing a product line, or maybe they’re...

Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a function that fits into every business strategy. No matter what your product or service is, you’ve got competitors fighting to win the same business as you and...

Building and scaling a well-oiled marketing team that facilitates growth is a tall order. Building and engaging an audience with insightful content that pushes the known boundaries of your market is...

All too frequently, competitive intelligence (CI) information resides in many homes. The process of collecting competitive intelligence can be time consuming when the information lives across...

Review sites are jam-packed with competitive intelligence (CI). On review sites, you’ll find both happy and unhappy customers giving insight into your competitors’ products and outlining strengths...