Strategic Planning

If business is like race, competitor analysis is like a prized thoroughbred that will carry you to the finish line, outpacing your competitors as you go. But competitor analysis is a broad practice. There are several frameworks to choose from, depending on your needs. In this article, we’ll explore the different types of competitor analysis frameworks so you can choose the most ideal for your business and use it to improve and benchmark yourself against the competition.

In this article, I’ll explain how these competitive analysis tools compare so you can choose the one that fits your business needs and takes your marketing efforts to the next level.

So you’ve checked out your competitor’s email newsletters, website, and ads–that’s enough, right? However, you’ve missed a crucial piece of their funnel: landing pages. 

Are you an e-commerce marketer feeling overwhelmed by the chaos of planning and executing your marketing strategies? Fear not because there's a solution that can revolutionize the way you work. In this comprehensive guide, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of creating a marketing calendar. 

Is there a way to collect all this data automatically, without having to do this manually, ever week/month for every single competitor, on a lot of different networks? Let’s find out!

Measuring the success of your campaigns is straightforward when you have metrics and data. However, assessing the effectiveness of your competitor’s campaigns is a different ballgame–you don’t have and cannot have access to their performance indicators. The good news is there are ways to know if a competitor's campaign is successful. In this article, I’ll talk about the signs that point to the success of your competitor’s campaign so you can learn from them and apply that knowledge to your campaigns. 

No matter how glued we are to our phones all day, people will still crave quality content from brands, influencers, and connections. For brands, content is a cost-effective way to attract prospective customers and nudge them into finally converting. That’s why content creation should be at the top of your to-do list. However, creating good content is incredibly hard. This is where your competitors can help. You need content marketing competitor analysis. We’re here to show you how from why it’s important to what content pieces to gather to how to audit and analyze their content marketing.

How many times did you find yourself behind a competitor move? It happens to everyone: it’s very hard to be effective at tracking your competitors. In this article, we'll guide you toward a solution that empowers you to outmaneuver the competition confidently and precisely.

Learn how to conduct an effective SWOT analysis for your business with this guide (plus download templates you can use right away).

Feeling stuck? Running out of content ideas? Do you struggle with keeping up with trends and channeling them into your marketing? In this article, we'll show you how to take advantage of Google Trends for your ecommerce brand so you can stop flying blind and start creating from a place of informed strategy.