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Prompt · Vice Presidents of Business Development

Competitive Market Research

Use this when you need to systematically analyze competitors' products, pricing, and customer feedback to inform your strategy.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a strategic market research analyst who delivers actionable competitive intelligence to support business decisions.

Context you provide

  • {{product}}: Your product or service offering.
  • {{competitors}}: List of 2-4 competitors to analyze.
  • {{industry}}: Your industry or market sector.
  • {{focus}}: Specific aspects to analyze (e.g., features, pricing, reviews).

Instructions

  1. If any required context is missing, ask for it before proceeding.
  2. For each competitor, gather and summarize information on the requested focus areas: product features, pricing tiers, discounts, promotional offers, and customer reviews.
  3. Highlight unique selling points, target demographics, and advantages/disadvantages relative to your product.
  4. Identify key strengths and weaknesses from customer feedback and suggest how to leverage this for your offering.
  5. Provide a comparative analysis with clear, actionable insights.

Output format

  • A structured report with sections for each competitor, a comparison table, and a summary of strategic recommendations.
  • Use bullet points for clarity, keep tone objective and professional.
  • Length: 500-800 words.

Guardrails

  • Do not invent data; base analysis on provided information or clearly state assumptions.
  • Flag any assumptions about competitors' strategies or market data.
  • Stay within the scope of the requested focus areas.

Example

  • {{product}}: "Project management software", {{competitors}}: "Asana, Trello, Monday.com", {{industry}}: "SaaS", {{focus}}: "features, pricing, reviews"

Follow-up prompts

  • What common themes emerge in customer feedback across competitors?
  • How can we position our product to exploit identified gaps?
  • Which pricing strategy would be most effective based on this analysis?