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What is the best place to start with research in general, including market and industry trends, as well as how to pursue competitive intelligence?

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  1. Vishal Naik
    Vishal Naik

    Box Head of Product Marketing, AI & Platform | Formerly Google Gemini • 2y

    I'd start with my preferred search engine and read up on anything i can find, and look for industry reports or stats that paint my product in the right light. As for competitive intelligence, I'd also start with a Google search, but also look for review forums (think like a G2 type site) and look for how customers are talking about a product. If my company has any clients who have switched from a competitor, then those are great customers to target to learn from. It's probably also beneficial to ...Read More

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  2. Katie Duzan (O'Brien)

    Veeva Systems VP of Product Marketing • 1y

    In general, the best place to start is figuring out your scope.

    Start with the business need. What do the business most need to know now? What will the business do with that information? (If they won't do anything or won't support any decisions, then it's likely not that important, but just "head nod" research.)

    Align with stakeholders upfront. Research done in a vacuum is rarely successful.

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  3. Jackie Palmer
    Jackie Palmer

    ActiveCampaign VP Product Marketing | Formerly Pendo, Demandbase, Conga, SAP • 1y

    The easiest and cheapest way to start monitoring market and competitive insights is to just set up alerts like Google alerts etc and follow people and companies on the web and social especially LinkedIn for B2B. If you can't yet afford any monitoring tools you can start by looking at news and press alerts, social posts, and other mentions. Follow people like the Chief Product Officer and Chief Marketing Officer at your competitors, find out which industry analysts cover your space and follow the ...Read More

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