Competition Analysis
understanding market competition
To begin with..
• Every businesses position their product/ services to be
superior in terms of quality and other dimensions.
• so does the competitors..
• And then you have other businesses offering the same
feature at much lower prices.
In comes Fierce competition- every body wants a large
bite of the consumer cake
How do we identify competition?
competitors can have the following features
• Nature - Local ; Global
• Type - similar service ; extended services ;
clubbed services eg- consumer product sold in
single website, ecommerce site etc.
• scale - Brand , local, SME, Startups
• online/ offline or both
competitors can be identified by defining &
understanding the client's business- geo-location
scope, positioning
when & why
• Start of the project- we ask our client's to list names of
competitors.
• we analyze and list some more..
• what does it tells us?
 how is the competition doing in terms of strategy
Traffic [composition]
SEO + Links analysis
Content [strength & quality]
Ads
Social marketing

 scope & opportunities key positionings
What to compare
• Strategy - [digital platforms]
• Engagement- [social platforms]
• Positioning
price point - cheap, affordable,premium etc.
Market standing- market leader,pioneer,Tech
savvy, new age etc.
Qualitative - best, superior technology etc.
Service - quick, efficient, high quality etc.
N ote: this will also help understand the TG.
stomer journey to online purchase

Paid search and Organic search directly helps to take decisions.
Understanding Conversions
sis - Look at the search market

• Search market analysis
 Taking Relavant Genaralized keyphrase search
volume.
 Objective is to show the search market universe
available for the particular niche.
SEO strength analysis:

comp1
Total no of pages
Page Load Time
Citation flow
External backlinks
Govt backlinks
Educational
backlinks

comp 2

comp 3

comp 4
Digital marketing mix usage
and traffic sources:

Total
traffic
Comp 1

Comp 2

Comp 3

Comp 4

Organic
Search

Referral

Social

Mail

Display
Ads

Search
Ads
Social Media Analysis :

• Facebook
 Fans
 Likes
 Share
 Engagement
 Retweets
 Followers
 Pins
 +1's

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Twitter
G+
Pinterest
Instagram
LinkedIn
Others
C Analysis (Daily ad spends)

• Daily Ad Budget
• Avg. Ad Position
• Paid vs Organic Clicks
Per Day
How We do It !
• Tools 2 Success
 Page Speed Analysis https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/
 Web traffic & marketing insights - similarweb.com
 PPC analysis - spyfu.com
 Organic competition - semrush.com
 Backlink strength - majesticseo.com ; ahref.com ;
opensiteexplorer.com
 statistics - google insights ; statscorp.com ; google trends
 social media - socialbaker.com ; klout.com ; socialmention.com
 Online Consumer Behaviour - consumerbarometer.com
A lot more available... will keep listing :-)
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Digital Marketing Business Competition Analysis & Tools

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    To begin with.. •Every businesses position their product/ services to be superior in terms of quality and other dimensions. • so does the competitors.. • And then you have other businesses offering the same feature at much lower prices. In comes Fierce competition- every body wants a large bite of the consumer cake
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    How do weidentify competition? competitors can have the following features • Nature - Local ; Global • Type - similar service ; extended services ; clubbed services eg- consumer product sold in single website, ecommerce site etc. • scale - Brand , local, SME, Startups • online/ offline or both competitors can be identified by defining & understanding the client's business- geo-location scope, positioning
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    when & why •Start of the project- we ask our client's to list names of competitors. • we analyze and list some more.. • what does it tells us?  how is the competition doing in terms of strategy Traffic [composition] SEO + Links analysis Content [strength & quality] Ads Social marketing  scope & opportunities key positionings
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    What to compare •Strategy - [digital platforms] • Engagement- [social platforms] • Positioning price point - cheap, affordable,premium etc. Market standing- market leader,pioneer,Tech savvy, new age etc. Qualitative - best, superior technology etc. Service - quick, efficient, high quality etc. N ote: this will also help understand the TG.
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    stomer journey toonline purchase Paid search and Organic search directly helps to take decisions.
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    sis - Lookat the search market • Search market analysis  Taking Relavant Genaralized keyphrase search volume.  Objective is to show the search market universe available for the particular niche.
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    SEO strength analysis: comp1 Totalno of pages Page Load Time Citation flow External backlinks Govt backlinks Educational backlinks comp 2 comp 3 comp 4
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    Digital marketing mixusage and traffic sources: Total traffic Comp 1 Comp 2 Comp 3 Comp 4 Organic Search Referral Social Mail Display Ads Search Ads
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    Social Media Analysis: • Facebook  Fans  Likes  Share  Engagement  Retweets  Followers  Pins  +1's • • • • • • Twitter G+ Pinterest Instagram LinkedIn Others
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    C Analysis (Dailyad spends) • Daily Ad Budget • Avg. Ad Position • Paid vs Organic Clicks Per Day
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    How We doIt ! • Tools 2 Success  Page Speed Analysis https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/  Web traffic & marketing insights - similarweb.com  PPC analysis - spyfu.com  Organic competition - semrush.com  Backlink strength - majesticseo.com ; ahref.com ; opensiteexplorer.com  statistics - google insights ; statscorp.com ; google trends  social media - socialbaker.com ; klout.com ; socialmention.com  Online Consumer Behaviour - consumerbarometer.com A lot more available... will keep listing :-)
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