From all definitions of “competitive intelligence” that I have seen I like Christopher West’s best of all. He eloquently defined it as “the process by which companies inform themselves about every aspect of their rivals’ activities and performance” (Competitive Intelligence, p. 12).
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Have you noticed how Compete.com is positioning itself now? Here’s a screenshot I’ve just taken (emphasis, of course, mine):

This is, actually, not too surprising to see. What is surprising thought is that competitive intelligence and link building tools have taken so long to start selling themselves as powerful affiliate recruitment tools. They are actually really [...]

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Geno on November 16th, 2009

You’ve made a decision to start an affiliate program, decided on the tracking platform to use, and now you’re facing multiple questions, one of which may be worded this way: How do I put together best possible banners for affiliates to use for my program?
To a great extent, this question has already been answered in [...]

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