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COMPETITOR RESEARCH · Workflow idea

Bring competitor findings together with the sources needed to verify them.

Start with a company selected by a researcher and gather public information about relevant competitors, their offerings, and customer feedback. Prepare a structured brief with links to the original sources and keep uncertain findings visible so an analyst can verify context, freshness, and intended use before the research is shared or informs outreach.

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Starts with
Company research question
Produces
A source-linked competitor research brief with dates, uncertainties, and review status visible, awaiting an analyst’s approval for its intended use.
Category
Research & strategy

01 / The starting point

A clear request.
A useful direction.

A researcher-selected company and a defined question about its competitive landscape

“Find candidate competitors and prepare sourced summaries of their public offerings and customer feedback, holding findings for human verification before reporting, outreach, or business decisions.”
An example request · Make it specific to your team.

02 / The work

5 tasks.
One useful outcome.

Helps a research team organize public competitor information into a brief that is easier to verify and discuss.

  1. Define the company and research question

    Select the company, market, and specific comparison questions so the research stays within a useful scope.

  2. Find candidate competitors from public sources

    Gather possible competing businesses and retain source links and dates for each finding.

  3. Organize public company information

    Prepare separate summaries of company background, public offerings, and available customer feedback without treating them as verified conclusions.

  4. Check evidence, freshness, and uncertainty

    Have a researcher open original sources, confirm claims and dates, and flag missing, conflicting, or potentially misattributed details.

  5. Approve the brief and any external use

    Require an analyst to approve the complete findings before sharing them outside the team, contacting a business, or relying on them for a decision.

03 / The result

Something useful.
Something to build on.

A source-linked competitor research brief with dates, uncertainties, and review status visible, awaiting an analyst’s approval for its intended use.

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Bring competitor findings together with the sources needed to…

Research & strategy · Example outcome

The handoff

A source-linked competitor research brief with dates, uncertainties, and review status visible, awaiting an analyst’s approval for its intended use.

Keep in mind

Public pages and customer reviews can be stale, incomplete, or misattributed, and summaries can lose important context. Verify material claims against original sources, respect access and privacy expectations, and have an analyst approve the complete brief before external sharing, customer contact, or a consequential business decision.

04 / Make it yours

Set the brief.
Set the standard.

A few choices shape the work around your team.

Choose research scope and permitted sources

Define the market, competitor criteria, public sources, and research period for each brief.

Select useful fields and source references

Decide which company, offering, and customer-feedback details to retain with a link and date for every claim.

Set access and review ownership

Keep unverified findings in an appropriate internal space and name who verifies sources and approves later use.

Test sparse and conflicting public information

Review examples with little coverage, disagreement, or old material; make uncertainty visible and keep all findings unapproved until checked.

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