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Competitive Intelligence

ANDY BEAL PUBCON

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Our

Spy

 10+ years in the field  Hand-to-hand reputation management skills  Inventor of Trackur.com  Co-conspirator of Radically Transparent  Cover: Editor of Marketing Pilgrim

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News

What: Company name, CEO, Products, Locations,

Why: New products New features Media placements Sympathetic bloggers

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Rants

What: Sucks, defective, crap, poor, dirty, expensive...

Why: Poach their clients Promote your alternative Improve your products

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Employees

What: Their blogs, social profiles, photos, videos...

Why: Loose lips sink...brands Egos ergo bragging Damaging evidence Potential hires

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Jobs

What: Their job listings

Why: Products in development New locations Lost employees

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Google

How: Google.com/alerts Email or RSS As-it-happens! Google Sidewiki Local listings

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Tweets

How: Follow employees Follow company profile Search.Twitter.com Private Twitter Lists

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Facebook

How: Read their Fan page! Who are their fans? Search Posts by Everyone

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URLs

How: DomainTools.com /Registrant-Alert/ /Mark-Alert/

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Oodle

How: Oodle.com/job/ Company name Location Skills/position

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Advanced

Tools

How: SocialMention.com ¢ Trackur.com $ Radian6.com $$$ VisibleTechnologies.com $$$$

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Contact

[email protected] @andybeal andybeal.com 919.816.2106