Rogue Startups

RS072: 8 Sneaky Ways to Spy on Your Competitors’ Marketing Practices


Listen Later

For those of you in the US I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving.  A great time of year to begin reflecting back on the year, what we’ve achieved and what we’re all thankful for.  Certainly a lot for us all to be proud of and to cherish.

This week Dave and I are catching up on some of the ways that we aggregate the best practices from our competitors to create a highly optimized marketing plan.  There are 8 ways that we observe from and improve upon our competitors marketing practices:

  • Follow your competitors on Twitter.  
  • Paid keyword analysis with SEMRush
  • Talking to friendly competitors about things that are working for them
  • Targeting developers/influencers of a tech to promote/get feedback your product (e.g. WordPress, Shopify)
  • Forr paid advertising, see who’s ads are showing up on your google searches or facebook ads, and mimic those.  for copy, demographic targeting, etc.
  • Pricing – this may seem obvious, but can you do something a little different (one time vs. recurring, setup fee vs. ongoing charge)
  • Sign up for your competitors’ email lists – get autoresponder copy, frequency, ‘deals’, cosponsorship opportunities
  • SimilarWeb – Great snapshot of your competitors traffic, ad dynamics, social media engagement, and other sites that are “similar” to theirs.  Good for building a portfolio of Doppelgängers.
  • So how are you observing your competitors and picking out the best practices to create a more optimized marketing plan for your business?  Drop a comment in below and we’ll highlight it on the show next week.

    ...more
    View all episodesView all episodes
    Download on the App Store

    Rogue StartupsBy RogueStartups

    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9
    • 4.9

    4.9

    23 ratings


    More shows like Rogue Startups

    View all
    This Week in Startups by Jason Calacanis

    This Week in Startups

    1,270 Listeners

    Startups For the Rest of Us by Rob Walling

    Startups For the Rest of Us

    693 Listeners

    The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship by Omer Khan

    The SaaS Podcast - SaaS, Startups, Growth Hacking & Entrepreneurship

    182 Listeners

    Built to Sell Radio by John Warrillow

    Built to Sell Radio

    209 Listeners

    The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors by SaaStr

    The Official SaaStr Podcast: SaaS | Founders | Investors

    174 Listeners

    Founders by David Senra

    Founders

    1,877 Listeners

    Noah Kagan Presents by Noah Kagan

    Noah Kagan Presents

    907 Listeners

    Y Combinator Startup Podcast by Y Combinator

    Y Combinator Startup Podcast

    215 Listeners

    Startup to Last by Rick Lindquist and Tyler King

    Startup to Last

    21 Listeners

    Slow & Steady by Benedikt Deicke, Benedicte Raae, and Brian Rhea

    Slow & Steady

    4 Listeners

    MicroConf On Air by Rob Walling

    MicroConf On Air

    11 Listeners

    Searching For SaaS by Josh Ho & Nate Bosscher

    Searching For SaaS

    3 Listeners

    The Startup Ideas Podcast by Greg Isenberg

    The Startup Ideas Podcast

    187 Listeners

    Marketing Against The Grain by Hubspot Media

    Marketing Against The Grain

    352 Listeners