Competitive intelligence 101

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1. Competitive Intelligence 101 Beat your competition.
2. Why do we care about competitors?
3. Don’t try keeping up with the Joneses.
4. It’s learning what customers expect and want from us.
5. Formstack’s Platform Evolution March 2018 December 2018 April 2019 July 2019
6. Our Competitors
7. How do you prioritize competitors?
8. Types of Competitors Direct Competitors Indirect Competitors Replacement Competitors
9. Defining Your Competitors Who does the market say you compete against? Who do your competitors say you compete against? Who do your customers say you compete against?
10. What does the market say? Screenshot from G2
11. What do your competitors say?
12. What do your customers say? Talk to your sales team Look into your website’s SEO See your competitive paid ad efficiencies
13. Market Competitors Customers YES
14. Where do I start to research competitors?
15. Competitor 1 Competitor 2 Competitor 3 Competitor 4
16. Messaging Teardown What do they say they do well? Who are they trying to tell? Have either of those changed over time?
17. Where to research? Competitor website and blog Product review sites Free trials of competitor products Competitive feature sets
18. Turn into positioning statements For (target customer) who (statement of the need), the (product name) is a (product category) that (statement of key benefit). Unlike (primary competitive alternative), our product (statement of primary differentiation).
19. Quick ethics quiz. Never lie about a competitor. Never imply you’re going to make a purchase. Don’t buy competitor lists. (GDPR)
20. Preparing your sales teams.
21. 1 2 3 Creating Battlecards Use your positioning statements! Go and No Go Areas Trap Questions Objection Handling
23. Rolling out your battlecards Go where your sales team is working Create a pilot program Make training small and interactive Measure a sales readiness score
24. Tracking your success.
25. Develop a Win/Loss program around compete.
27. 1. Start small and gain confidence 2. Accept you’re not always the best product 3. Share your success with others Final Thoughts @ClintBuechler clint.buechler@formstack.com