Techdirt InfoAdvisor Customer Survey

Since Techdirt InfoAdvisor is a custom service, we'll first need a detailed understanding of your needs. The following questions will help us understand your specific information needs. This is only a beginning point for us to fine-tune our tools. Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability, and they will be put into a format that will help us.

We recognize that not all of the questions below may be directly relevant to your needs. Feel free to leave any question blank that is not applicable.

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Company Name:

Your Name:

Your Title:

Your Email:

Your Phone:

Which of the following describes how you'll be using Techdirt's service (check as many as you'd like):

 Competitive Intelligence
 PR/Marketing (Inbound)
 PR/Marketing (Outbound)
 Technology Monitoring
 Trend Monitoring
 Strategic Decision Making
 Other
Other:

As much as you can, give us a quick summary of how you would be using Techdirt corporate intelligence:

Who do you consider your primary competition?

Who do you consider as indirect/tangential competitors who you also want to follow?

What "markets" are you focused on/interested in?

Who do you consider your customers to be?

What technologies are of interest to you?

Are there specific commentators/analysts that you try to follow?

Are there any other related subjects that are important to you?

In which sources of information are you interested (pick as many as apply):

 Blogs
 Message Boards/Forums/Newsgroups
 Domestic News Organizations
 International News Organizations
 Analyst Reports
 Press Releases
 Other websites
Other:

Please rank the following areas in importance (1 = not important... 5 = very important):

Industry Predictions/Analysis:
1 2 3 4 5

Earnings Announcements:
1 2 3 4 5

New Financings:
1 2 3 4 5

Executive Changes:
1 2 3 4 5

New Offices/Office moves:
1 2 3 4 5

Patents being awarded:
1 2 3 4 5

Partnerships:
1 2 3 4 5

Awards:
1 2 3 4 5

Customer Wins:
1 2 3 4 5

Customer Trends/Demographics:
1 2 3 4 5

Professional Reviews:
1 2 3 4 5

Customer Reviews (on blogs, newsgroups, forums, etc.):
1 2 3 4 5

Mergers/Acquisitions:
1 2 3 4 5

Conference appearances/Executive speeches:
1 2 3 4 5

New Product Announcements:
1 2 3 4 5

Product Upgrades:
1 2 3 4 5

New Companies:
1 2 3 4 5

Developer/Tech Guides:
1 2 3 4 5

Lawsuits:
1 2 3 4 5