When the user wants to find information sources for content ideation, competitor monitoring, or industry tracking. Also use when the user mentions "research sources," "information sources," "content ideation," "industry monitoring," "competitor monitoring," "market intelligence," "content research,"

Strategies: Research Sources Guides selecting and organizing information sources for marketing research: content ideation, competitor monitoring, and industry tracking. Use this skill when planning where to gather signals for content, competitive intelligence, or market trends. When invoking : On first use , if helpful, open with 1–2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On subsequent use or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output. Use Cases Use case Purpose Content ideation Topic ideas, trends, gaps for blog, newsletter, social Competitor monitoring Product updates, positioning, pricing, reviews Industry tracking Market shifts, funding, layoffs, regulatory changes Source Categories Category Format Use News Real time, daily Breaking news, announcements Blogs Company, analyst Deep dives, product updates Newsletters Curated, weekly/daily Trends, summaries; low effort Events Conferences, webinars Industry pulse, networking Data Layoffs, market cap, funding Quantitative signals Community Forums, Q&A Real questions, pain points Archives Wayback, Internet Archive Historical content, competitor changes Selection criteria : Authority, freshness, coverage, language/locale. Prefer 10–15 high quality sources over 50+ low signal ones. Example Sources (Generic) Category Examples News TechCrunch, VentureBeat, MIT Technology Review Blogs Google AI Blog, OpenAI Blog, company blogs Newsletters TLDR AI, Ben's Bites, The Batch (DeepLearning.AI) Data Layoffs.fyi, Crunchbase, Companies Market Cap Archives Internet Archive, Wayback Machine Community Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow; regional (e.g. Qiita for Japan) Note : Add locale specific sources via localization strategy ; avoid long URL lists. By Use Case Use case Source types Content ideation News, blogs, newsletters, community (Reddit, Quora, Stack Overflow) Competitor monitoring Competitor blogs, review sites, social, funding databases Industry tracking News, newsletters, events, layoff/funding data Avoid : Long URL lists that go stale. Use category framework + a few examples; update periodically. Integration with Skills Skill How research sources feed in keyword research Newsletters, community for long tail and question keywords competitor research Competitor blogs, review platforms, funding data content marketing News, blogs for topic ideas; events for timely content content strategy Industry trends for pillar/cluster planning Output Format Use case (ideation, competitor, industry) Category selection (news, blogs, newsletters, etc.) Source shortlist (5–15; name + purpose) Cadence (daily scan, weekly digest, event calendar) Related Skills keyword research : Keyword discovery; research sources inform topics competitor research : Competitor analysis; sources for monitoring content marketing : Content planning; sources for ideation content strategy : Topic clusters; industry signals for pillars

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