Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Dec 4, 2009, 7:41 am
Here is a niffy tool for individuals who wish to search the web with Google and Bing at the same time!!! Bingle is a search interface that accepts queries and then submits them to the two search engi...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Dec 2, 2009, 7:26 am
If your economic development organization has a YouTube video or a channel, have you attempted to find it via the tool’s search engine using keywords?  Any luck finding it?  Is it on the first...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 30, 2009, 8:17 am
Here is another indication that the use of YouTube as a part of an economic development 2.0 strategy is being adopted by different organizations around the world. Nova Scotia Business Inc. is a priva...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 27, 2009, 4:37 am
Many of the posts on Tools For Thought discuss the use of Web 2.0 applications for economic development initiatives.   Thanks to my colleague, Edouardine, I would like to provide you with an example...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 25, 2009, 4:47 am
Thanks to the post, “What Is Available On YouTube For Site Selectors?“, a reader pointed us to the following YouTube clip for the Greater Rochester, New York Area.  The promotional clip i...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 23, 2009, 4:32 am
Without a doubt, social networks such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn has afforded competitive intelligence researchers alternative sources to gather data about their industry and other firms.  Lin...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 20, 2009, 7:29 am
Here is a tip for those who can not get enough breaking news especially if it is related to economic development. Yahoo now provides breaking news content in the form of videos, photographs and tweet...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 19, 2009, 8:25 am
As a short follow up to the post, ‘What Is Available On YouTube For Site Selectors?“,  ComScore,  a source of digital marketing intelligence, saw an increase in the use of YouTube as a s...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 18, 2009, 3:51 am
YouTube is a very powerful online marketing vehicle if used correctly.  To some, throwing on a video without clear descriptions, nor well defined tags seems to be sufficient enough as apart of econom...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 16, 2009, 7:53 am
Here is a search tool that you may want to add to your bookmarks. LeapFish is an application to conduct multi-media, real-time searches and share results with others.  The tool allows users to selec...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 13, 2009, 4:41 am
Google just made life a whole lot easier for individuals searching for  information on the World Bank’s website. Through Google’s general search interface, users can now access the 17 &#...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 11, 2009, 9:31 am
E&B DATA’s recent benchmark study, “Web 2.0 And Business Attraction - Canadian Cities Online Marketing Index” examined how well economic development agencies in large Canadian cities...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 9, 2009, 7:21 am
In September 2009, Intelegia published, “The Many Faces Of Google For Economic Intelligence“, a series of posts dealing with how to use the different Google applications to find information for e...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 5, 2009, 10:06 am
It should not be a huge shock to find that some of the well known brands in the world have a Facebook Fan Page. The popular social media marketing tool allows marketing professionals to reinforce bra...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 3, 2009, 7:51 am
Representatives of E&B DATA were on hand for this year’s Economic Developers Association of Canada (EDAC) conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. Via data from the Investment ...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Nov 2, 2009, 7:44 am
Here is a tool for competitive intelligence researchers and economic development officers that would like to research a company’s organization structure. The Official Board is an online source ...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 30, 2009, 7:27 am
No one will dispute the fact that in Canada, “small companies die due to lack of funding”.  In the article, “Canada needs a stronger venture capital foundation to build on” in...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 29, 2009, 7:34 am
A few weeks ago, we introduced Google Street View as a means to collect information for site selectors in terms of location details of possible sites.  To provide a balance view of such mapping tools...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 28, 2009, 7:28 am
Google has entered the market of real-time search without making a big deal nor a fancy new search interface.  If you blink quickly, you may miss the search option for content on social media platfor...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 26, 2009, 7:17 am
E&B DATA’s benchmark study, Web 2.0 And Business Attraction: Canadian Cities Online Marketing Index examined what large Canadian cities were doing in terms of the different social media tools fo...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 23, 2009, 9:36 am
Many wonder the benefits of searching Twitter for economic development purposes.  For some, Twitter is an example of a platform to search for news articles that may not be indexed by search engines.�...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 21, 2009, 9:44 am
Here is a quick tip for individuals that are always looking for a way to turn a .pdf file into a MS-Word file or a RTF document. PDF to Word is an online service which permits you to submit a .pdf do...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 19, 2009, 10:03 am
Search engines such as Google and Bing have been late arriving to the party when it comes to real time search capabilities.  Time will only time on whether or not these big players will buy up little...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 16, 2009, 8:57 am
Last week, the notion of tracking capital investments in your industry was introduced.  An abundance of details can be collected about the sector, competitors and various investment projects.  To de...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 7, 2009, 8:21 am
Here is one more search tool for content on social media platforms in  real time. OneRiot, which is in the beta testing phase, is a tool that crawls such platforms as Twitter, Digg and other Web 2...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 5, 2009, 10:04 am
Real-time search engines are amazing.  Within a matter of keystrokes and a mouse clicks, you can have access of what is being said on social networks minute by minute. With Collecta, you may track w...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Oct 2, 2009, 6:30 am
Content on Web 2.0 is no longer a laughing matter.  Yes, everyone enjoys a funny or cute video on YouTube however, the amount of strategic intelligence or competitive intelligence that is made availa...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Sep 29, 2009, 2:46 pm
When was the last time that you used Google Advanced Search for your economic intelligence needs? The Google Advanced Search feature is an option often ignored by users on a daily basis. Many indivi...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Sep 24, 2009, 10:00 am
At the same time E&B DATA released, “Web 2.0 And Business Attraction: Canadian Cities Online Marketing Index”, a second document was placed online.  A case study dealing with social media marketi...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Sep 22, 2009, 8:15 am
Social Media Tools has given marketers new avenues to communicate with consumers.  Whether it be pushing information via Twitter, engaging potential buyers on a Facebook fans page or providing produc...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Sep 10, 2009, 1:28 pm
Entreprise Chaleur, an economic development agency located in northeastern New Brunswick is rapidly building its network of stakeholders via its Fan page on Facebook, RegionChaleur.  The goal of the ...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Sep 9, 2009, 9:56 am
This tool is not new however; it is very handy for individuals who need to conduct real time searches when it comes to the web 2.0. Addictomatic permits users to perform internet searches taking into...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Aug 31, 2009, 8:24 am
If you have a Twitter account, you might have seen tweets regarding services that will allow you to gain followers quickly.  These tweets are pretty bizarre at first however; they are very tempting t...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Aug 24, 2009, 7:53 am
Today, many of us have multiple accounts on online social networks (ie, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter) and are wondering how to save time when posting the same message on various social networks without...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Aug 18, 2009, 7:42 am
In the sixth and last part of the series, “The Many Faces Of Google For Economic Intelligence“, let us take a look at Google Video for relevant information for economic development. You m...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Aug 11, 2009, 7:15 am
In this fifth installment of the series of “The Many Faces Of Google For Economic Intelligence“,  we will take a look at Google News.  Knowing this application beyond entering a couple o...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Aug 4, 2009, 12:36 pm
In the first couple of posts in the series, The Many Faces Of Google For Economic Intelligence, we examined how relevant applications such as Google Alerts, Google Finance and Google Blog Search are t...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Jul 29, 2009, 2:47 pm
E&B DATA, Intelegia’s parent company,  has launched a Twitter page for those wish to track capital investments in Canada.  EB_DATA allows government agencies, economic development officers, po...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Jul 24, 2009, 10:30 am
Last week, Tools For Thought highlighted the use of Google Finance for economic intelligence and its relevancy to preparing to meet a potential investor for foreign direct investment purposes.  This ...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Jul 20, 2009, 10:44 am
In May 2008, Intelegia examined the Dow Jones Sustainability Index - 10 Supersectors Leaders in terms of the use of blogs in their approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainable dev...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Jul 15, 2009, 8:20 am
In the previous post, The Many Faces Of Google For Economic Intelligence: Part 1 - Google Alerts, we explained how the application can be a tremendous time saver and an effective monitoring service ba...
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Anne S. posted an article on Tools For Thought - Jul 9, 2009, 10:22 am

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