37 Marketing Tools to Spy on Your Competitors. I've always liked the idea of being a spy, complete with gadgets, fast cars, and an attractive significant other. It would be a great way to get secret information. Well, it may be too late for me to join the Secret Service, but I can indulge in a bit of undercover information gathering – and you can, too – by taking a sneak peek at competitors. We're not talking industrial espionage, but there are plenty of good reasons to see what competitors are doing. You can: Get inspiration for new ways to connect with customers and thereby improve customer retention. Find out if competitors are doing anything better than you and how you can match it. There are dozens of marketing tools that you're probably already using to monitor your own performance. Ad Monitoring Tools Image credit: Shutterstock Do you want to know where your competitors are advertising so you can do the same?
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