{"id":7526,"date":"2018-02-12T17:28:51","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T11:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/?p=7526"},"modified":"2023-07-08T18:52:50","modified_gmt":"2023-07-08T13:22:50","slug":"competitor-monitoring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/competitor-monitoring\/","title":{"rendered":"Competitor Monitoring: Things You Need to Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Competitor-Monitoring-Things-You-Need-to-Check.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7529 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Competitor-Monitoring-Things-You-Need-to-Check.png?resize=640%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"check competitor monitoring\" width=\"640\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Competitor-Monitoring-Things-You-Need-to-Check.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Competitor-Monitoring-Things-You-Need-to-Check.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Competitor-Monitoring-Things-You-Need-to-Check.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Marketing and strategy management processes are vital to business.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You should monitor your competition on a regular basis so that you can learn from your lessons, keep current and ahead of the game, and to progress your business on a number of levels. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>What does competition mean to you?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you looking to steal clients or customers from your competition or are you looking to offer a better service or product than someone else? \u00a0We all have our own thoughts on the word competition and if you were to ask numerous people what it meant to them the chances are they would all have a different outlook to them. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Competition &#8211; do you fear it or love it?<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is no getting away from the fact that competition is all around you. Even before you start your business you are subconsciously scoping out the competition and they will definitely be checking you out too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may be asking why you should be checking in on other businesses. \u00a0The answer is simple. \u00a0You need to make sure that your brand is great, that you learn from other people&#8217;s mistakes or losses before you make them yourself and by checking out your competition you will be able to take action and steps to find new opportunities and grow your empire.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Internet is possibly the quickest and easiest way to spy on your competitors and there are a number of tools that can help you. \u00a0You may feel like you want to come over all James Bond on us but you really don&#8217;t need to, sorry to take away your fun. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.kissmetrics.com\/25-sneaky-online-tools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kissmetrics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have a great article which links through to a number of tools such as Google Alerts, Social Mention and 25 other sneaky tools. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Be current<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Industry related tools are extremely important for small businesses and getting to know your audience. \u00a0By tracking social media industry trends and those of your competitors you can gain knowledge of your audience and a really useful tool which is handy is and this tool will give you insights into Keyword Research and Competitive Analysis Tools, website health checks, SEO checker and so much more. \u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/tools.seobook.com\/google-gadgets\/#kw\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEOBook<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> state that they work with \u201c100\u2019s of Proven Global SEO Experts\u201d. Their community and \u00a0video section will give you the training and know how to make your business stand out and be one step ahead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor1.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7532\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor1.png?resize=640%2C796&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"seo training\" width=\"640\" height=\"796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor1.png?w=629&amp;ssl=1 629w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor1.png?resize=241%2C300&amp;ssl=1 241w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brandwatch.com\/blog\/marketing-top-16-competitor-analysis-tools\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BrandWatch<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also have Top 17 Competitor Analysis Tools that showcase some of the better apps on the market and you can read more here: <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Follow them<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The simplest way to monitor your competitor is to follow them. \u00a0Social media has grown in such a way that you can now understand exactly what they are doing when they are doing it and how you can track exactly what they are doing step by step. \u00a0This will generate new and fresh ideas for your business. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to follow all of their accounts such as Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Google + and more. Dependent on the business they may have other lesser-known social media accounts such as Pinterest, Vine and BizSugar. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Sign up<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sign up for their newsletter. \u00a0This is the simplest way of understanding how your competitor is advancing. \u00a0If you would rather they didn&#8217;t know you are monitoring their business then use a generic email address or a personal one. \u00a0It is simple to set up and do. Newsletters are an effective communication tool and allow people to understand your business. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Progression<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to understand how your competitor has changed then check out <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\/web\/web.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Way Back Machine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7533\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?resize=640%2C370&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"check competitor monitoring\" width=\"640\" height=\"370\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?resize=1024%2C591&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor2.png?w=1251&amp;ssl=1 1251w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Way Back Machine allows you to explore over 310 billion web pages that have been saved over time. This will allow you to see how your competition has progressed and how they have made changes along the way. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a really useful tool for tracking change and ideas, especially if they are ones that you have not considered, which worked but was lost or was changed for a particular reason. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Subscribe<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscribe to their blogs to understand the content they are producing and keep up to date with any news or launches. \u00a0If you haven\u2019t got a newsletter in place then now is the time to set one up and start updating your clients or customers today. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Use what you know<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we don&#8217;t want to point out the obvious but we are going to do so in case you haven&#8217;t realised it but you are currently reading this blog on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RankWatch<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RankWatch is an online marketing software that takes care of business in a number of ways using tools such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7534\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?resize=640%2C299&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"rankwatch\" width=\"640\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?resize=1024%2C479&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?resize=300%2C140&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?resize=768%2C359&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?w=1438&amp;ssl=1 1438w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/competitor3.png?w=1280&amp;ssl=1 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RankWatch offers free tools to help you monitor your website and algorithms. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can find those on their homepage and as it says on the tin over 100 countries use RankWatch. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Customer service is extremely important when dealing with your existing customers and clients. Do not make the mistake of being complacent and keeping your services or products static as the customer will not be loyal if a better deal can be found elsewhere. \u00a0Watching other businesses ahead of change will give you an indication of how they are moving and what is working.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Loyal customers are just like a boomerang. \u00a0They will always come back to you and even better they will talk about you, which brings in new business. \u00a0Never take them for granted. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may think that by monitoring your competitors that you are creating huge amounts of work for you or your workforce but in the long run this will, in fact, save you time and as previously mentioned possibly save errors from being made. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the first initial set up of your business, you may find that by monitoring others you will find a successful strategy to move forward with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the times of technology we would use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rankwatch.com\/blog\/how-to-do-seo-swot-analysis\/\">SWOT analysis<\/a> to identify our weaknesses and strengths and although this is still used within business plans today we have advanced so much that we can no longer rely upon this alone. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You need to have a constant hand in the day-to-day running of your business and this means being in control, being in the know of how your competitor works and how you will compete with them. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When comparing your business to another you need to be benchmarking your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketingdonut.co.uk\/market-research\/benchmarking\/benchmarking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MarketingDonut<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have an extremely useful step-by-step process to consider when monitoring and benchmarking you can read more on their website. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.supportalservices.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supportal Services<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we actually work in close proximity with our competitors and even have associated work which gives us an understanding of how they are working, where they are advancing and the services that they are changing on a regular basis. Our concept of \u2018spying\u2019 is pretty open, direct and honest. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By keeping an eye on how their business is doing enables us to offer a support service that truly meets our client\u2019s needs and keeps us ahead of the game. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Marketing and strategy management processes are vital to business. You should monitor your competition on a regular basis so that you can learn from your lessons, keep current and ahead of the game, and to progress your business on a number of levels. What does competition mean to you? 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