Web Bearings

If you want a top-notch news clipping service that will deliver the latest media buzz about your company and your competitors, then go straight to www.webclipping.com. "WebClipping provides clients with news, information, and rumors from every key online source that impacts their business. With critical information collected and delivered to them, decision-makers can spot threats and opportunities in time to act effectively while saving hours of manual research".

Another company offering similar services is www.CyberAlert.com. CyberAlert offers subscription services ranging from simple opinion monitoring ($195/month) on up to full Global Monitoring ($395/month) – keeping watch on as many as 13,000 publications every day. As of press time, CyberAlert was offering a free 14-day trial of their Media Monitoring package. For anyone conducting the information gathering effort of your annual strategic planning process, this could be just too good to pass up!

Our third entry in this market monitoring effort is www.Cerado.com. They specialize in providing "services that enable a sales force to be more successful." They provide competitive intelligence, sales force information (tools for selling more successfully), and web-based contact management services. Perhaps the most valuable service provided by Cerado is Win/Loss Analysis – helping you to discover the real drivers that are causing deals to be won or lost.

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