HI: Spotlight

Our blog shines a spotlight on different topics of interest to our community, including how we approach questions from clients, research tips and tricks, celebrating HelloInfo milestones, and more!

Word clouds: The great debate

Doing a quick Google search on the topic of word clouds results in some very negative blog posts such as “Word Clouds are Lame,” “Why Word Clouds Harm Insights,” and “The Problem with Word Clouds.” This negativity is absolutely warranted – word clouds are very limited...

Sources for competitive intelligence research

In the Information Age, it is easy to be overwhelmed by the vast quantity of data at your fingertips. The proliferation of open-source information has further contributed to this issue. For anyone conducting research for competitive intelligence this can cause both...

Who are my competitors’ customers?

Understanding who your competitor’s top accounts are is a key best practice to sales enablement and sales competitiveness.

Say Hello to Alex!

Say Hello to Alex!

Great news! Alex Cavanagh has come onboard and brings a sharp mix of business smarts, strategy, and operational know-how across the technology, consumer goods, food & beverage, manufacturing, and service industries. With a strong focus on competitive positioning...

Stop choosing: The case for blending surveys and interviews

Stop choosing: The case for blending surveys and interviews

In research, selecting the right methodology is essential for gathering meaningful insights and meeting objectives. At HelloInfo, we frequently combine two popular approaches when designing research initiatives: surveys and in-depth interviews. Each plays a distinct...

PMMs, power up! Turning insights into competitive edge 

PMMs, power up! Turning insights into competitive edge 

Product Marketing Managers (PMMs) are true multitaskers, sitting at the crossroads of product, sales, and marketing. Their mission? To turn complex products and features into clear, compelling, market-ready campaigns. But doing that takes more than...

AI doesn’t evaluate information sources – so you must!

AI doesn’t evaluate information sources – so you must!

In this age of artificial intelligence, the importance of evaluating online information sources cannot be overstated, especially in strategic research engagements where accuracy and reliability are paramount. At HelloInfo, we ensure that sources are credible and...

Usability testing helps beat competition

Usability testing helps beat competition

Usability testing (sometimes referred to as user testing) is a key research method in UX research and is a crucial part of a product’s design process. Its focus is on observing real users as they interact with a product and gathering their feedback to identify any...

The three most common user personas

The three most common user personas

As we learned in the previous post, "What are user personas, and why are they important?", personas are used to orient design, development, marketing, sales, and strategy teams to the user experience so they can deeply understand their customer set. Although there are...

What are user personas, and why are they important?

What are user personas, and why are they important?

Companies offering products or services must gain a deep understanding of their customers to design offerings that meet their needs, inspire purchases, and also align with strategic planning and product development. To effectively communicate the customer profile...

HelloInfo for UX

HelloInfo for UX

UX research is an important step in the product development process that helps ensure a product launch, or product update, will be a success. It is a fundamental component of a user-centered design strategy and is integral to creating successful software...

Enhance your competitiveness with State of the Market reports

Enhance your competitiveness with State of the Market reports

Clients will often come to HelloInfo with little understanding of their competitive landscape, their market, and how these shift over time. This may be because they are moving into a new business area, their space is changing rapidly, their competitors are private...

How remote work helps us help you

How remote work helps us help you

As you sit down to read this blog post (thank you!), where are you? Are you at the company office? Are you in your home office? How do you feel, wherever you are? At HelloInfo, we are most often working remotely and have many thoughts to share on this style of...

How not to mislead with data visualization

How not to mislead with data visualization

Data visualization is a powerful way to communicate data, particularly when conveying complex information. As such, those who produce data visualizations should follow Spider-Man’s example and embrace that “with great power comes great responsibility.” Poorly executed...

HelloInfo’s dynamic research cycle

HelloInfo’s dynamic research cycle

Did you know that HelloInfo's project management approach is one of our key differentiators? Our Project Managers are seasoned experts at managing client engagements, thanks to years of experience and impeccable people skills. We implement a dynamic intelligence...

Types of competitors to watch

Types of competitors to watch

There are many factors that impact the way a business operates, with the competitive landscape being one of the most important. To compete effectively and to maintain a strong market position, it is essential to identify and regularly monitor your competition. This...

A glimpse at HelloInfo in action: Pricing competitive intelligence

A glimpse at HelloInfo in action: Pricing competitive intelligence

Here at HelloInfo, we work hard to support our client needs. This week we are looking at work we have done in the Financial Services sector. Client and product names have been anonymized for competitive privacy purposes. As a global leader in Financial Technology...

We say Hello to Halifax! 

We say Hello to Halifax! 

The HelloInfo team continued our annual tradition of holding a company onsite to kick off the summer. This June we embarked on a trip to the maritime city of Halifax, Nova Scotia! We discussed our strategy for the next few years, launched a new employee peer review...

Say Hello to Kyla!

Say Hello to Kyla!

We are thrilled to announce a new addition to our team at HelloInfo!   Please join us in welcoming Kyla, a seasoned market and competitive intelligence professional with 7 years of experience, who is joining us as a Consultant.  Kyla brings extensive expertise in...

HelloInfo’s Enterprise-sized perspective on diversity 

HelloInfo’s Enterprise-sized perspective on diversity 

If you’ve been following along with our success at HelloInfo, you have surely seen us tout the fact that we are proudly women-owned. As a certified member of WBE Canada, we have been attending events and writing extensively about how important it is for corporations...

What is the role of social media in competitive intelligence?

What is the role of social media in competitive intelligence?

Here at HelloInfo we’ve had an ongoing debate on how much we can learn from competitor social media channels. Most of us have been in the competitive intelligence (CI) space for a decade or more, and have seen the social media monitoring hype cycle play out. Today we...