Just in the last two days we wrapped up a webinar for the Association of International Product Marketing and Management and an interview for Rain Today’s podcast series. For both the topic was “Keeping an Eye on the Competition.” AIPMM Seminar Details – http://www.aipmm.com/aipmm_webinars/2009/12/keeping-an-eye-on-the-competition—go-beyond-google.php The Rain Today interview will be up soon but until then ...

Keeping an eye on the Competition – Go Beyond Google Deck Preview here – http://www.slideshare.net/campsean/keeping-an-eye-on-the-competition-go-beyond-google Registration link here – http://www.aipmm.com/aipmm_webinars/2009/12/keeping-an-eye-on-the-competition—go-beyond-google.php

We have an upcoming article that will be published in the March issue of Quirks magazine (a B2B focused issue). The topic is on Effective IDI Recruiting Techniques with an emphasis on leveraging social networks. By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

One of our articles was recently accepted for publication by MarketingProfs http://www.marketingprofs.com/articles/2009/3197/recruiting-executives-and-industry-experts-for-qualitative-research By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

We’ll be giving our talk on “Going Beyond Google” to the Association of International product Marketing and Management audience on December 17th. More details and a registration link to come. By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

Scott and Sean will be presenting on the topic of ethical elicitation techniques for the Willamette MBA Program’s Event Series in Portland. This event will also be sponsored by the Oregon Chapter of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals. To register to attend click here. By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

On November 13th, Scott and Sean will be delivering a presentation that will cover 20+ tips that take you “Beyond Google” when researching competitors, markets, and how your own company is perceived. The presentation will be delivered at Willamette University’s Salem Campus and the program is sponsored by the Willamette MBA Program. For more information ...

We just completed the SoftwareCEO Presentation today on Going Beyond Google with your Competitive Intelligence research. Here is a link to the deck on Slideshare.net – http://www.slideshare.net/campsean/keeping-an-eye-on-the-competition-go-beyond-google By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

Wordle.net is a fun little site to feed in Press Release RSS feeds, whole sites (if they have an RSS feed) and get a “word cloud” of what the site is emphasizing. By Sean Campbell By Scott Swigart

On October 15th both Scott and Sean will be presenting a webcast for SoftwareCEO. This presentation will walk through 20 free web tools that will let you: Determine if the competition has been hiring your people Monitor their site for changes, and spot new products, customer wins, etc. Monitor for all news related to the ...

On October 13th Sean will be moderating an event for SCIP Oregon.  The event is focused on the intersection of Market Research and Competitive Intelligence. You can learn more about the event at www.sciporegon.com

Here is a short list of some CI tools for secondary research.  This list was pulled together during a discussion at the local SCIP Oregon Chapter. Emailpattern.com – Look up the pattern that a company uses to assign email addresses. If you know someone’s name, this helps you guess their email. Pipl.com – look people ...

Our latest interview in our ongoing series of interviews with senior CI professionals for SCIP’s Competitive Intelligence magazine was just published. Most Recent – Chris Ferguson – USAA Previous – Jeff Burke – Seagate, Alan Dye – Computer Associates Upcoming Gina Spadoni – Premera We’ve also done a series of similar interviews for SCIP Oregon ...