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12 Actionable Outcomes of Competitive Intelligence

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Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a function that fits into every business strategy. The benefits of competitive intelligence extend across your whole organization, so it’s hard to pinpoint just one simple benefit. Let’s dig into some key actionable outcomes of competitive intelligence.

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Who Uses Competitive Intelligence? 5 Key Stakeholders

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At this point, you’ve got a strong grasp on competitive intelligence (CI). If you’re really on your game, you might even be proficient in the analysis of competitive intelligence. You know what it is, why it’s important, and how to gather it. That’s awesome. But, wait — digestible materials that who can use?”.

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11 Essential Sales Enablement Statistics for 2021

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Sales enablement statistics are useful for a number of reasons. Maybe you’re building a business case for the formalization of a sales enablement strategy and looking for quantitative data that you can use to your advantage. Maybe you’re new to the discipline and trying to quickly learn as much as possible.

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Sales Battlecards: 8 Tips to Help You Win More Deals

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The sales battlecard is an extraordinarily impactful tool for any business in a competitive B2B market. As we'll discuss in the 2021 State of Competitive Intelligence Report (coming soon!), 71% of businesses that leverage sales battlecards say these tools have helped them increase their win rate.

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The Sales Leader's Guide to Competitive Intelligence

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Sales is an inherently competitive function. You and your rivals are battling for every potential sale. When a customer chooses to go with you and not the company across the street, that’s a victory for your sales strategy.

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Pre-Call Planning: Why Sales Reps Need Competitive Intel

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We read some of them, too, and after the third or fourth one, we were struck by a surprising realization: No one is talking about competitive intelligence. This implies that competitive intelligence (CI) need not be part of your pre-call planning routine—an implication we wholeheartedly disagree with.

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Factors to Consider When Purchasing Competitive Intelligence Tools and Services: Part 1

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in market and competitive intelligence leader roles. Every week a new vendor comes knocking on my door with a sales pitch for their – fill in the blank – market research, competitive intelligence (CI) research, industry news, web scraping, expert network, CI software, consulting, company research, or outsourcing service.