Getting Ahead of Your Competitors
Here are some tips that will you help get ahead of your competitors:
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Targeting your competitor’s weaknesses
Knowing the weaknesses of your competitors will help you determine where your product fits in. If all of the products share a common weakness in an area where your service will be strong, you will be in good position to take a percentage of the market share, assuming that your customers have a need for that strength. For example, in terms of services,if your competitors’ services guarantee results in two weeks, and your service can get results in two days, people will jump on the opportunity.
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Targeting your competitor’s strategy
Once you know what the competitor’s strategy that has worked for obtaining the top rank, you can even do better. You just have to beat the competition by proper search engine optimization. Studying the keywords and strategies used by your competitors is one of the most important steps in search engine optimization. Careful selection of keywords that will best suit the theme of your business will enhance the ranking in major search engines.
So be unique and creative!.
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Targeting your competitor’s Strengths
Identifying the strengths of your competitors is critical for making realistic assumptions about how your product will perform. If there are currently two competitive products on the market, one of which is significantly cheaper than the other, its obvious strength is low cost. You must decide whether your product will compete with the low cost option or will be a higher quality product offered for a slightly higher price. As you look at the strengths of your competitors, keep in mind your own strengths and where you are able to compete.
About the Author:
Catherine Riya Estrada, 21, article contributor for ProAdultOutsourcing
Preoccupation: Writing, painting, watching movies, traveling.
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November 23, 2006 at 6:22 am
Great way to look at competition Catherine, we don’t operate in a vacumn and you can learn a lot about yourself by studying your competitors. Sounds like the “Art of War” all over again. Keep on bloggin’.
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March 16, 2007 at 7:47 pm
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dannyd said,
July 19, 2007 at 3:36 pm
Great site, will come back and read more often
Webdrops said,
October 29, 2007 at 8:13 am
hi Catherine ,
I really liked the second point… very well said… “Studying the keywords and strategies used by your competitors is one of the most important steps in search engine optimization.”