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Easier Digging, But Just a Little Deeper

‘Do you mean that you think you can find out the answer to it?’ said the March Hare. ‘Exactly so,’ said Alice. It’s all about using the easy way.  And the easy way is sometimes not the one that immediately … Continue reading

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Search Planning 101

              Developing a search plan is a good idea when searching for business intelligence,  especially when you are looking for targeted results.  (And I hope that you are!)         As I mentioned in my first post:  If you had no … Continue reading

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Finding Business News

Where can you find more information about a person or business? Typing their name into a search engine will yield their web site and other places they are mentioned—so do that first. The first place to look would be in newspapers. Visit the library online databases. Most have several newspaper indexes. These indices are always more useful than just searching newspaper websites because they are tabulated by professional indexers.
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To Infinity and Beyond! Finding Really Useful Business Information

Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: then stop. Market Research for the Busy Businessperson Any person with internet access has quickly learned that simply typing a company or personal name into any search … Continue reading

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