Monitoring what your competitors are doing is essential for any new start up and for businesses as they grow. If you really want to stay on top of things you need to monitor competitor activities on an ongoing basis. Here are some tried and tested ways to keep up to date with what your competitors are up to.

What will ultimately replace search engines? This is a question I am asked frequently, and therefore have given considerable thought to.

When you say "Local Market Strategy", most people think of local as at the city level. In search that means Google Local, using Geographic delimiters in keywords, Local Directories, etc.

Market research is one of the most important areas to be considered in delivering new products and services and developing existing products.

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Getting the best out of your technology market research can be a difficult challenge. Whether you are trying to use market research to help product development, product marketing launch or lead generation, there are a wide range of factors to consider.

Online paid surveys are much preferable to telemarketing surveys because you can fill them out on your own time and get paid to take them.

Sometimes it's painful to look at your eBay cometitors' listings, especially if they seem to be doing better than you are. In this article we look at ways to outrank your eBay competitors by observing their movements.

Market research is vital to business success. Without it, businesses are just shooting in the dark.

Guess what: you have competition.

I know you have competition, and I’ve never worked for your company. Your customers know you have competition. In fact, I’d wager they are the ones most keenly aware of the fact that you have competition, because they’re the people most likely to have interest in jumping the fence and trying that competition out.

According to Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd (UK) consulting agency, global acrylic acid (2-propenoic acid) production capacity will expand to 4m mt/y by 2009.

According to UK-based market research firm Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd. (UK), metallic titanium market is characterized of brief spans of extra-high demand and much more longer periods of demand downturn. Future prospects for titanium market are bright despite the current slump.

The current global methanol market is characterized by the increase in the consolidation of its production and consumption segments, UK-based market research firm Merchant Research & Consulting Ltd. says.

According to Market Publisher's partner (MCGroup consulting agency), the current global market for nitric acid is rather mature, while the demand for industrial chemicals has been steadily growing.

The production of polyamide resins and fibre constitutes a major application area for adipic acid (AC or Hexanedioic Acid).