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AI+ for Competitor Analysis

Map, Monitor and Outmanoeuvre the Competition

Your competitors are building an intelligence edge. This book shows you how to build one first.

Your competitors are moving. You're hearing about it after the fact — a lost deal, a client mention, a colleague's surprise. The intelligence exists: in their job postings, their review platforms, their pricing pages, their announcements. This book gives you the INTEL Protocol — a five-stage system for building a CI operation that produces current competitor profiles, timely monitoring, and decision-driving briefings from twenty-five structured prompt templates. Built by an AI engineering firm for practitioners who know competitive advantage isn't about luck — it's about seeing what's coming before everyone else.

Tier
Tier 3 · Job Skills
Category
Research & Media
Format
Guide
Updated
Q2 2026
Inside
  • 25 structured prompt templates for gathering, profiling, monitoring, and briefing across the full CI workflow
  • The INTEL Protocol — a five-stage competitive intelligence framework from scope to strategic activation
  • Eight public signal categories covering every intelligence source a competitor leaves visible online
  • A six-question win/loss framework that surfaces what competitors say about you in the room
  • A 90-day plan for solo practitioners, small teams, and anyone building a CI operation from scratch
Who this is for

Strategy analysts, competitive intelligence professionals, product managers, marketing strategists, and business development leads across commercial sectors who are responsible for understanding and tracking the competitive landscape. Also: founders and consultants who produce competitive positioning as a regular deliverable, and solo practitioners who need a system that doesn't require a team.

Also for:Sales professionals who need competitive enablement (objection handling, battle cards, win/loss patterns); marketing managers building differentiated positioning and messaging; research consultants conducting competitive landscape assessments for clients.

You’ll be able to
  • Define a competitive universe — tiering direct, adjacent, and emerging competitors and setting intelligence priorities for each tier
  • Gather competitor intelligence from public digital signals using AI, applying the TRUST Framework to evaluate source reliability and legal/ethical standards
  • Build and maintain structured competitor profiles covering product, pricing, positioning, and organisational signals
  • Set up AI-assisted monitoring systems that surface material competitor moves before they affect the business
  • Translate competitive intelligence into decision-ready briefings for product, sales, marketing, and leadership audiences
  • Apply win/loss analysis patterns to identify competitive strengths and vulnerabilities
What’s inside
Diagnostic
How competitive is your intelligence?
Chapter 1
AI in Competitive Analysis Right Now
Chapter 2
Your Competitive Universe
Chapter 3
AI-Native Intelligence Gathering
Chapter 4
Building Competitor Profiles
Chapter 5
Pricing and Positioning Intelligence
Chapter 6
Signal Monitoring and Early Warning
Chapter 7
Win/Loss Analysis
Chapter 8
Competitive Briefings That Drive Decisions
Chapter 9
Building a Sustainable CI Operation
Chapter 10
Your 90-Day Competitor Analysis Plan
Back matter
Skill Summary · Recommended Next Reads · Glossary · Tool Reference

Built by an AI engineering firm for practitioners who know competitive advantage isn't about luck — it's about seeing what's coming before everyone else.

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