Meet CIS at the
Quest Center in beautiful Naples, Florida.
Competitive
Intelligence Services, Inc.™
works on a confidential basis
with only ONE CLIENT PER BUSINESS CATEGORY, avoiding conflicts of interest. We
practice full disclosure, and we adhere to the ethical guidelines of the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals
(SCIP).
In fact, our company's ethical guidelines are tougher than those of SCIP.
We have special expertise in
sophisticated analysis, benchmarking, secondary research, acquisition due-diligence. To assist
clients’ hiring process, we can access civil and criminal databases. We often
conduct customer and prospect surveys.
CIS also has expertise in
development of business plans, which usually include competitive profiles, to present to
venture capital firms. As a free service to our business plan clients, CIS provides
customized, targeted lists of venture capital firms (with key personnel).
Another major strength and
advantage for our clients is that we provide smart analysis and comprehensive reporting,
based on many years of business experience in a variety of fields.
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CIS management is highly skilled, well
educated, and very experienced in the competitive intelligence field.
We take a conservative approach to competitive research -- and reject any
potential client that would have us do otherwise.
CIS management
insures that our company stands apart from other competitive intelligence practitioners in these
ways:
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Selectivity in the projects we accept.
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Informing clients of realistic research expectations.
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Planning all steps in the research process (requiring client approval of a
research plan document).
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Careful implementation of approved plans, which feature tough ethical
guidelines and procedures.
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Thoughtful analysis of findings and well-reasoned reports to clients.
CIS management works on a confidential
basis with only ONE CLIENT PER BUSINESS CATEGORY,
avoiding conflicts of interest and building close relationships of trust
with our clients.
We
practice full disclosure and adhere to the ethical guidelines set forth by
the Society of Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP).
In fact, our company's ethical guidelines are tougher than those of
SCIP.
Another major strength and
advantage for our clients is that we provide smart analysis and comprehensive reporting,
based on many years of business experience in a variety of fields.
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CIS specializes in primary research. This means that we
have expertise in conducting in-depth interviews with executives and others who
may be helpful in our research assignments. Such others might include
experts in the field, trade press writers, consultants, customers, etc. All interviewing features
full-disclosure and cautions to respondents against revealing confidential
and/or trade secret information.
CIS also conducts comprehensive secondary research for most
projects, usually in advance of primary research. Note that our secondary
research efforts often uncover materials that our clients have failed to find in
their own research efforts. Secondary research involves use of publicly
available materials, such as databases, library and archival materials, Freedom
of Information Act documents, etc.
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First, contact our top management for discussion of your
research objectives, budget, reasonable expectations, etc. (See
Contact) We will then
prepare a lengthy, detailed proposal for your review. This detailed
document will include thoughtful discussion on objectives, methodology for
your proposed project, budgetary alternatives, etc.
Once you approve the project and assign it to us, CIS goes to
work developing a "Strategic & Tactical Research Plan" for the project,
including specific research objectives and questions, etc. You must
review, modify (if necessary), and sign off on the Plan before CIS begins the
data collection phase of the project.
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CIS works within client budgets, no matter what
size. To that end, our proposals typically offer several
budgetary alternatives, based on previous similar projects.
Our general guideline is that accuracy and
usefulness of research findings is directly related to size of
budget. A larger budget usually (but not always) means we
are able to conduct a more comprehensive research effort,
acquiring and confirming data from more sources.
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