Use the Internet for Competitive Intelligence

Make your job easier! Here are five steps to track your industry and your competitors on the Internet.

1 : USE THE MAJOR SEARCH TOOLS

META SEARCH TOOLS:

MAJOR TOPICAL DIRECTORIES AND RATING SERVICES:

MAJOR SEARCH ENGINES:

2 : CONTACT INDUSTRY EXPERTS

3 : LOCATE COMPETITORS

Check for company web sites: http://www.companyname.com/
CompaniesOnline (D & B)
Dun & Bradstreet Information Services (FEE)
Excite: http://www.excite.com/ See Company Search
Hoover's Online: http://www.hoovers.com/(FEE)
Thomas Register Online
Worldwide Yellow Pages(Yahoo! Select "Yellow Pages")
Yahoo! , Select " Business and Economy", Select "Companies"

4 : INVESTIGATE MARKET RESEARCH REPORTS

Datapro(FEE)
Dataquest (FEE )
Faulkner(FEE)
Find/SVP(FEE)
FORRESTER:(FEE)
FROST & SULLIVAN:(FEE)
GartnerGroup:(FEE)
INPUT (FEE)
International Data Corporation (IDC)(FEE)
STAT*USA: http://www.stat-usa.gov/(SMALL FEE)

5 : SEARCH BUSINESS INFORMATION SOURCES

DowJones Business Information Services Select "Dow Jones Custom Clips" (FEE)
Electronic Newstand (Magazines)
InfoSeek Select "Companies"
NewsLink(Magazines, Newspapers, Radio/TV)
Newspage(Daily news)
PointCast (Automatic updates)
The Wall Street Journal (FEE)

For more information, contact: Luisa Tosi Claeys, 1-800-595-4510 Luisa@LuisaTosiClaeys.com