Archive for August, 2011

Coffee Wars – 3 Strategies the Heavy Hitters Employ to Stay on Top

Coffee Wars – 3 Strategies the Heavy Hitters Employ to Stay on Top

Few things are as personal as your choice of caffeine addiction. To quench our thirst for FRESH POTS of joe (the video below is for your enjoyment), we’ll...

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Quick-Tip: Using compete.com daily data to inform your marketing campaigns

Quick-Tip: Using compete.com daily data to inform your marketing campaigns

Daily information can give you insight into the effectiveness of your competitor’s marketing efforts especially if you’re certain they rely heavily on...

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The Weekly Compete Pulse

The Weekly Compete Pulse

This week was our first week in our new office! We have great new cubicles, a beautiful new view, and fantastic new neighbors! Our Kantar Media sister company,...

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Airbnb: How to Move from Making News to Making Profits

Airbnb: How to Move from Making News to Making Profits

Airbnb Accomodation via Steel Wool, flickr. Over the last 60 days, Airbnb.com has had its ups – like scoring VC funding, and its downs – including a barrage...

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Help Conquer Famine and Drought In East Africa With 3 Clicks

Help Conquer Famine and Drought In East Africa With 3 Clicks

Photo credit: United Nations Photo, flickr. In midst of extreme instability, lack of governance, and increasingly limited precious resources, East African Somalia...

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Who Should Be Worried About Google+?

Who Should Be Worried About Google+?

When Google+ came on the scene at the beginning of July, the early adopters were all over it, but they were skeptical. We all remember Wave and Buzz, which didn’t...

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Liberals vs. Conservatives on the Web

Liberals vs. Conservatives on the Web

A few weeks ago, Jon Stewart did a segment about the News of the World phone hacking scandal and how media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch (e.g. Fox News) downplayed...

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The Big Move!

The Big Move!

View from 501 Boylston St - our new headquarters! Photo credit: JAKULL, flickr. Compete has moved!  Outgrowing our old office space at the Prudential Center, we...

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Quick-Tip An Awesome Browser Plug-in – Awesome Screenshot

Quick-Tip An Awesome Browser Plug-in – Awesome Screenshot

A number of our customers ask for a dashboard view, that’s easy to print. While this seems simple enough, when you have a number of technologies to wrangle...

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The Weekly Compete Pulse

The Weekly Compete Pulse

Yesterday was our last day in the office. Needless to say, things got a little crazy. See, over the past week, the office had been packed full with stacks of pink...

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