Industry Trends & Competitor Strategies Tracking Template

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Ensure your business remains competitive by continuously tracking industry trends and competitor strategies. This template provides a structured approach to gathering and analyzing crucial market data, allowing you to develop innovative products and strategies.

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Proposed Tasks

Urgent & Important

  • Identify top competitors - due in 3 days
    ☐ Define criteria for top competitors ☐ Research potential competitors ☐ Select top competitors for tracking
  • Set up an industry news tracker - due in 1 week
    ☐ Identify reliable industry news sources ☐ Set up RSS feeds or Google alerts ☐ Allocate time daily for news reading
  • Set up a competitor strategy tracker - due in 2 weeks
    ☐ Identify key aspects of competitor strategy ☐ Create a competitor strategy tracker
  • Formulate response strategies - due in 1.5 months
    ☐ Identify potential response strategies ☐ Evaluate potential response strategies ☐ Select response strategies
  • Implement response strategies - due in 2 months
    ☐ Create a plan for implementing response strategies ☐ Implement response strategies
  • Monitor response strategies - due in 2.5 months
    ☐ Monitor the effectiveness of response strategies ☐ Adjust response strategies as needed

Important, Not Urgent

  • Create competitor profile template - due in 2 days
    ☐ Identify information to be tracked ☐ Create a competitor profile template
  • Fill out competitor profiles - due in 1 week
    ☐ Collect information on competitors ☐ Fill out competitor profiles
  • Analyze industry trends - due in 2 weeks
    ☐ Collect data on industry trends ☐ Analyze industry trends
  • Analyze competitor strategies - due in 1 month
    ☐ Analyze competitor strategies ☐ Identify opportunities and threats
  • Prepare quarterly industry trends report - due in 3 months
    ☐ Prepare a report on industry trends for the past quarter ☐ Share the report with relevant stakeholders
  • Prepare quarterly competitor strategies report - due in 3 months
    ☐ Prepare a report on competitor strategies for the past quarter ☐ Share the report with relevant stakeholders
  • Prepare quarterly response strategies report - due in 3 months
    ☐ Prepare a report on our response strategies for the past quarter ☐ Share the report with relevant stakeholders

Urgent, Not Important

  • Update competitor profiles - due in 1 month
    ☐ Collect updated competitor information ☐ Update competitor profiles
  • Update competitor strategy tracker - due in 1 month
    ☐ Collect updated competitor strategy information ☐ Update competitor strategy tracker
  • Update industry trends - due in 3 months
    ☐ Collect updated industry trend information ☐ Update industry trend analysis

Neither Urgent Nor Important

  • Review and update competitor tracker - due in 3 months
    ☐ Review the effectiveness of the competitor tracker ☐ Update the competitor tracker as needed
  • Review and update news tracker - due in 3 months
    ☐ Review the effectiveness of the news tracker ☐ Update the news tracker as needed
  • Review and update competitor profiles - due in 3 months
    ☐ Review the effectiveness of the competitor profiles ☐ Update the competitor profiles as needed
  • Review and update response strategies - due in 3 months
    ☐ Review the effectiveness of the response strategies ☐ Update the response strategies as needed