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12 Opportunities to De-Risk Your Strategic Planning and Execution

Vision Edge Marketing

What to Assemble Before Starting your Strategic Plan Relevant Data Past Performance SWOT Analysis 2. If you haven’t already done so, define and track measures, metrics, and KPIs that are aligned with your business outcomes. SWOT Analysis : Captains constantly assess their vessel’s strengths and vulnerabilities.

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How to build a competitive analysis report with examples and tools

Sprout Social

Your company is launching a new product, eyeing a new market segment or contemplating a strategic pivot—as a seasoned marketer, your first move would be to conduct a competitive analysis. Keep track of your competitors’ social strategies, find out what’s working in your market and learn how well customer needs are being met.

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Competitor mapping: The benefits and how to create your own

Sprout Social

If you want to succeed as a business, you need to keep an eye on your industry through competitor analysis. This type of analysis can help you discover how your brand can differentiate itself through marketing. SWOT analysis A SWOT analysis chart is a classic example of a competitor map.

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Competitive monitoring: tracking the competition to stay ahead

Sprout Social

In this article, we’ll walk you through the benefits of competitive monitoring and how to keep an eye on the competition using top strategies, tips and tools. Competitive monitoring is the process of continuously tracking your competitors’ activities and strategies. What is competitive monitoring?

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Maximizing Business Success: 5 Strategic Methods for Collecting Valuable Insights

Heinz Marketing

Tracking and Analyzing Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are vital metrics that offer a snapshot of a company’s performance in various areas. A comprehensive picture of an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT).

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7 Essential Metrics for Brand Health Tracking

Digilant

As mentioned in our blog post, Brand Health Tracking: Measure How Your Brand Stacks Up in the Market , brand health doesn’t have a universal definition or a one-size-fits-all measurement strategy. One simple, yet effective approach for this assessment is a SWOT analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats).

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How to gain a competitive advantage by analyzing marketing initiatives by competitors

Sprout Social

Use their approach as a guide—or try something entirely different to differentiate your brand. Top posts: Track competitor posts performing the best. FYI: Sprout Social’s Listening and Competitive Analysis features make tracking these data points a breeze. Calls-to-action (CTAs): What’s their sales pitch?

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