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11 Freemium Tools To Spy On Your Online Competition

11 Freemium Tools To Spy On Your Online Competition | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles” - Sun Tzu


Business can learn a lot from ancient military wisdom. Armies have been using spies for millenia to report on the other side's strategies, weaponry, supplies, morale, and general's hangover.


While binoculars and a fake mustache may have been the most important tools for most of spying history, the internet age has provided us with somewhat more advanced tools to keep track of our competitors. Take a look at the following list of free(mium) tools you can use to unravel the actions and underlying strategies of your competition....

Jeff Domansky's insight:

Cool SM tools to help you gather business Intelligence.

Joshua McCarty's curator insight, July 14, 2014 2:05 PM

It is always to good to see what others are doing no matter what industry you are in.

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25 Sneaky Online Tools and Gadgets to Help You Spy on Your Competitors

25 Sneaky Online Tools and Gadgets to Help You Spy on Your Competitors | Public Relations & Social Marketing Insight | Scoop.it

Even before you entered into the world of “business”, you were watching your competition. Whether it was in a classroom or on a sports team, you not only wanted to keep up, you wanted to know where the marker was set so you could go one step further. It was about finding new opportunities and setting new goals based on someone you aspired to beat.


At this time, when search is so important and detailed, and the Internet has grown so extensively, you have tons of different factors to consider when spying on your competition. This is where marketing tools come into play.In many cases, tools that help you monitor your own web performance also can help you gather data on your competition. So, you might be using some of these tools already, without using the features that help you evaluate your competitors. Here are some of the best tools out there...

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Every once in a while a terrific article like this comes along. In this post from Kissmetrics, you'll find an excellent summary of 26 tools to help you gather competitive intelligence. Recommended reading. 10/10

Jeff Domansky's curator insight, March 8, 2014 3:24 AM

A superb post and list of top notch competitive intelligence tools shared by Kissmetrics.