Use Research & Competitive Intelligence to Grow Your Business
July 28, 2010
Wanda McDavid

Local Resources

June 20, 2010 TimesCall article Survey: Positives increasing
But ‘survival' remains top priority for many Longmont businesses - Longmont Area Economic Council - percentages
http://www.timescall.com/news_story.asp?ID=22456

Longmont Area Economic Council 2010 Survey
http://www.longmont.org/media/docs/PDF%20Files/EIREPT.pdf

Longmont Area Primary Employers http://www.longmont.org/media/docs/PDF%20Files/PRIMARY.pdf

Longmont Area Top Employers http://www.longmont.org/media/docs/PDF%20Files/Topemployers.pdf

Longmont Business Resources- http://infolongmont.com/business/bresources.html

State Resources
Focus Colorado: Economic and Revenue Forecast June 21, 2010; Colorado Legislative Council Staff Economic Section http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?blobcol=urldata&blobheader=application%2Fpdf&blobkey=id&blobtable=MungoBlobs&blobwhere=1251638546610&ssbinary=true

Colorado Legislative Council Economic Resources http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite/CGA-LegislativeCouncil/CLC/1200536133919

Colorado Division of Registrations Online Services - https://www.doradls.state.co.us/index.php

Colorado Secretary of State http://www.sos.state.co.us/

Federal Resources
USPTO Trademarks http://www.uspto.gov/

Securities and Exchange Commission – SEC http://www.sec.gov/

Miscellaneous
See Competitive Intelligence: A Practical Primer for Location Intelligence at the Location Intelligence Web site (http://www.locationintelligence.net/articles/2102.html) for a diagram of needs assessment intelligence cycle.

Free and Low-Cost Resources for Economic Gardening
http://www.littletongov.org/bia/docs/LowCostResources.pdf

Commercial Databases
Nexis
www.Nexis.com - includes

•  Hoovers

•  Experian Business Reports

•  Gale Business Reports

•  Dun & Bradstreet

Dialog
www.Dialog.com

Jigsaw
www.jigsaw.com

Reference USA
A database of 14 million U.S. and 1.5 million Canadian businesses. It is sold under a variety of formats and pricing structures depending on whether the subscriber is a library, government agency, or corporate entity. It is designed to search for company and create prospect or marketing lists. Data is gathered from a number of sources and verified by telephone. The database can be searched by location, type of business, business size, credit rating, phone/fax number, and executive name. You can also pay for individual prospect lists instead of subscribing to the service.

Profound
www.profound.com - includes

•  Datamonitor

•  IbisWorld

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