Example, if you run a marketing agency and your competitor also runs a marketing agency, should you be sharing samples of your work?
As a marketing agency, your work is designed to reach people and be publicly viewable anyway, right? So I don't see the problem. Why not share specimens that have already been shared with the world at large?
Today's competitor may be tomorrow's coworker or collaborator. Perhaps your peer might wish to hire you or bring you on as a partner some day ... or vice versa. Maybe the overlap between your services and skill sets is only partial. In some cases, I and my competitors team up to work with a single client; so we actually refer leads to one another.
If you're aloof and standoffish, then you may be closing doors to future opportunities. Since the risk of being open appears minimal, just relax and talk about the best work you do.
Well it can be socially awkward to say, "no, I'm sorry", and it can be pretty much impossible for some people to say that. The fact that you're asking the questions means you're looking for a way to not say that.
So instead, just show them some of your older and / or lower quality work. That way there's no bad blood, and you're only showing stuff that's old news, and you are also convincing them that you're doing lower quality work than you actually are, which will make them be more comfortable and therefore easier to out-compete, if you're out do do that.
You can use this knowledge to create marketing strategies that take advantage of your competitors' weaknesses and improve your own business performance. You can also assess any threats posed by both new entrants to your market and current competitors. Even if you are the only restaurant in town you must compete with cinemas, bars, and other businesses where your customers will spend their money instead of with you. With increased use of the Internet to buy goods and services and to find places to go, you are no longer just competing with your immediate neighbours. Competition is not just another business that might take money away from you. Read their marketing literature. If they are an online business, ask for a trial of their service.
Use a search engine to track down similar products. Websites can give you good tips on what businesses around the globe are doing in your industry sector. Phone them to ask for a copy of their brochure or get one of your staff or a friend to drop by and pick up their marketing literature. You will get a better idea of them and you might need each other one day, for example in collaborating to grow a new market for a new product. Do not just ask how well you are performing ask which of your competitors they buy from and how you compare. Use your judgement with any information they volunteer.
Draw up a list of everything that you have found out about your competitors, however small. If you are sure your competitors are doing something better than you, you need to respond and make some changes. It could be anything from improving customer service, assessing your prices, and updating your products, to changing the way you market yourself, redesigning your literature and website and changing your suppliers.
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