Dance Battle: The Competitive Intelligence Podcast

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Learning the craft of competitive intelligence and strategy, with the best minds in the profession.

Alex McDonnell


    • Apr 8, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 31m AVG DURATION
    • 11 EPISODES


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    Hiring for competitive intel | Erica Howes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2022 27:04


    How should you approach hiring for a competitive intel role? Erica Howes is an employer brand and recruitment marketing consultant. She helps hiring teams capture and share employee stories so that they can show candidates what it's really like to work at an organization.Erica helped me go behind the job description for a role that I'm currently hiring for at Airtable: Competitive Enablement Manager. Erica helped me unpack what candidates for this role might actually be looking for. She's really good at asking questions that make you share beyond the surface level. I know this very well because... well, we're actually.. married. She inspires me every day. More about Erica: https://ericahowes.ca/Competitive Intelligence Certified, my course with the Product Marketing Alliance: https://certified.productmarketingalliance.com/p/competitive-intelligence-certified

    Competitive comparison pages that break expectations | Federico Jorge

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2022 36:57


    Competitive comparison landing pages. Maybe you have them, maybe they're in your plan for this year. Either way, customers are searching for information about your products versus the alternatives. Are you a part of that conversation or are you letting your competitors shape the narrative? Federico Jorge is the founder of stack against a highly specialized agency focused on comparison pages for SaaS companies. Competitive Intelligence Certified | https://certified.productmarketingalliance.com/p/competitive-intelligence-certified

    Your battlecards gotta have this | Andy Tran

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 28:43


    Andy Tran is one of the sharpest sellers I have ever worked with. He's currently an Account Executive at Biorender. And after this conversation with Andy, I ran back to my battlecards to update them based on what we talked about.

    How content marketing creates competitive advantage, with Eli Woolery

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 25:11


    Is it possible to create competitive advantage by giving something away for free? Eli Woolery is the Sr Director of Design Education at InVision, where content marketing looks less like a typical B2B SaaS content team and more like a full-on media company. With its generous investment in content and education over many years, InVision has helped lift up the design community to true business leaders, transforming entire industries.

    Getting the real story using win/loss analysis, with Natasha Narayan

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 27:16


    Win/loss analysis. You've heard about it, maybe you've penciled it into this year's OKRs. But are you really ready to make it a priority? Do you know what you're getting into? Natasha Narayan is the CEO and Co-founder at IcebergIQ, a consultancy that helps B2B software companies learn from candid conversations with their customers and prospects.

    Competitive enablement at scale, with Andy McCotter-Bicknell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2021 45:02


    It's great that you're becoming the go-to person for competitive intel, but how are you ensuring that you aren't becoming a bottleneck? Andy McCotter-Bicknell leads Competitive at ZoomInfo, supporting over 1000 sellers.

    That sucks but thank you, with Ryan MacDonald

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2020 30:46


    Why do some research findings collect dust, while others drive real organizational change? Ryan MacDonald thinks it has less to do with how well they're presented, and more to do with everything that happens before the research even begins.

    Monitoring is not enough, with Maithilee Nargundkar

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 28:12


    Maithilee Nargundkar is shaping market insights that help Wiley Publications make sense of its rapidly changing industry. She'll school on why "monitoring" is an outdated approach to CI.

    Say more in less words, with Melanie Grefsheim

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2020 36:28


    Melanie Grefsheim wants you to cut your 60-page battlecards down to the most crucial soundbites. The stuff that Sales can actually use.

    The 90 day CI plan, with Tracy Berry

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 28:44


    If you are building a CI program from scratch, you need to hear from Tracy Berry at ServiceMax.

    Transparency over perfection, with Clint Sprauve

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2020 33:07


    Would you ever put your competitive intelligence out in the open, for the world to see? That’s what Clint Sprauve and the team at Gitlab do. Learn the surprising benefits of this culture of extreme transparency. Learn the difference between having something “unique,” and having something “defensible.” And learn how Clint's perspectives on CI have changed since moving to a Solutions Architect role.

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