--- title: "\"Fresh Ideas\" for Marketing Professional Services | Hubspot" description: Hubspot | A blog providing fresh, imaginative content to stimulate conversation about marketing professional services. --- ## [Get a Leg Up on Competitive Analysis with Helpful Tools](https://blog.colosimarketing.com/blog/bid/157128/get-a-leg-up-on-competitive-analysis-with-helpful-tools) Posted by [Joelle Colosi](https://blog.colosimarketing.com/blog/author/joelle-colosi) on Thu, Sep 13, 2012 @ 06:46 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) [![](https://blog.colosimarketing.com/hs-fs/file-16959212-jpg/images/colosimktg_inboundcompetitiveanalysis_page_1.jpg) ](https://blog.colosimarketing.com/blog/bid/157128/get-a-leg-up-on-competitive-analysis-with-helpful-tools) A competitive analysis aims to report competitors' strengths and weaknesses in your market. A thorough evaluation will greatly assist any firm looking to create strategies that will help gain an advantage, identify ways to hinder competitors from entering the market, and exploit any weaknesses in a competitor's service offering. 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