Competitive Monitoring Maturity Model

Here’s how organizations mature their competitive monitoring strategy:

 

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Level 4

Level 5

Focus

Technical details

Minding your own house

Engaging the Internet

Building relationships

Web business strategy

Emphasis

Basic awareness

Site-to-site comparison

Web-wide comparison, identification of new competitors

Turning fans into information sources, testing competitive strategies

Data mining informs long-term strategic planning

Questions

What are my competitors doing?

How does my site compare to competitors’? Is it as fast? As easy to use?

Am I more popular than competitors? Better ranked? More adopted by certain segments?

How loyal are my customers? What can they tell me about my positioning versus others?

Is competitive analysis pulling data from VOC, community, and EUEM? How should competitors’ strategies affect my own?

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