Most business owners have a general sense of who their competitors are. Fewer have a systematic understanding of how those competitors are positioning themselves, what’s working for them, and where they’re leaving gaps your business could fill.
What to Look For in a Competitive Analysis
Positioning and messaging. How do your competitors describe themselves? What promises do they make? This tells you how they’re trying to be perceived—and where there might be an unclaimed position in the market.
Website and customer experience. Is their website fast, clear, and easy to navigate? A weak competitor website is an opportunity for you to win on experience alone.
SEO and content. What keywords are they ranking for? Are there high-value search terms they’re missing that you could target?
Reviews and reputation. Recurring complaints in competitor reviews are often a direct map to what customers wish someone in your industry would do differently.
Turning Analysis Into Action
After completing an analysis, you should be able to answer: What is our clearest point of differentiation? Where are competitors weak? What are customers consistently asking for that isn’t being delivered well?
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