competitive intelligence - how to track your competitors
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You should review what is working for your competitors including:
- Keywords- Acquisition- Content- Ad Strategy- Amplification (Who links to & shares their content)
You also need to set up systems to track competitorson a regular basis
• Keywords bringing visitors to a site through paid search.
• Traffic volume generated through paid ads.• Competitive Ad Spend estimates by domain,
keyword, sector. CTR. CPC. • A comparative chart of key paid ad competitors.
Use SEMrush to review
View sharers
Analyze the fans of your competitor’s content.Filter by:
• Number of followers• Retweet ratio• Reply ratio• Page Authority
Follow and engageExport for Twitter tailored audience list
What did they publish today?
Who mentioned them today?
Who linked to them today?
What Local/Mobile positions were stolen?
Your Competitive Intelligence1. ID Competitors, see their keyword performance (SEMrush)
2. Take those Keywords & Competitors to review most shared content & formats (BuzzSumo)
3. Analyze Paid Ad Strategy (SEMrush)
4. See who is amplifying competitors’ content- who is sharing their content (BuzzSumo)
- who is linking to their content (SEMrush)
5. Create competitor content alerts - keyword, domain & link alerts (BuzzSumo)
- keyword, search visibility in local and mobile (SEMrush)
Summary
Review competitors’ strategies and what is working
Copy and improve content and strategies that workIdentify keyword opportunitiesProduce better content (formats and headlines)Reach out to backlink opportunitiesTarget leaders that share their contentTrack developments and react accordingly
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