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Advanced Marketing Lab Online Competitor Analysis Serena Pasqualetto [email protected] LESSON #3

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Page 1: Digital Marketing Lab€¦ · 3/9/2014  · The long tail [Source: ] The theory of the Long Tail is that our culture and economy is increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively

Advanced Marketing Lab

Online Competitor Analysis

Serena Pasqualetto

[email protected]

LESSON #3

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The Product(s)

MEEPLE

Web Portal Gamification

App for Tourists

Themed Tours

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The Keywords

Movie Locations

Movie in Veneto

Movie in Venice

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The Keywords

Movie App

Tourist App

Movie Quiz

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The Keywords

Digital Tours

Movie Tours

Venice Tourism

Veneto Tourism

Themed tours

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AdWords Keyword Planner

Analyze and refine your keyword list using AdWords Keyword Planner.

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Refine your keywords

Use AdWords Keyword Planner to analyze search volumes worldwide and/or in specific markets. Discover and add new relevant keywords suggested by the tool.

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Assess your keywords

Look at your keywords (latest version). What are, in your opinion, the ones that are most likely to attract the right users to your product in the short run? Which keywords are less effective in the short run (i.e. they are farther from your ideal target)?

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The long tail

[Source: www.longtail.com]

The theory of the Long Tail is that our culture and economy is increasingly shifting away from a focus on a relatively small number of "hits" (mainstream products and markets) at the head of the demand curve and toward a huge number of niches in the tail. Chris Anderson, The Long Tail

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The long tail in SEO/SEM

[Source: https://neilpatel.com/blog/how-to-generate-20000-monthly-search-visitors-through-long-tail-traffic/

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Most strategic keywords

What are the most strategic keywords?

HIGH PROBABILITY OF CONVERSION

HIGH SEARCH VOLUMES

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Competitor Research

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Who are my competitors?

1) Ask the company (Meeple) 2) Do some online research using your keywords. Start from the ones you marked as most strategic ones.

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Online research

- Google Search - Isearchfrom.com - Semrush.com - Similarweb.com

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Google Search

Use your keywords to research potential competitors. To identify your best competitors, consider the very first results (10 results) on the SERP (Search Engine Result Page) Always ask yourself “What is this website / app target audience? Is it similar to mine?”

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Google Search

How to refine your web searches

Exclude words from your search Put - in front of a word you want to leave out. For example, jaguar speed -car Search for an exact match Put a word or phrase inside quotes. For example, "tallest building".

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Isearchfrom.com

With I Search From you can simulate using Google Search from a different location or device, or perform a search with custom search settings. It's useful for searching Google as if you were somewhere else, as well as for SEO & SEA testing.

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Further Competitor Research & Analysis

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Semrush.com

Semrush.com provides information on main organic competitors for a given domain.

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Similarweb.com

Similarweb can show competitors of a given domain.

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References

www.thelongtail.com https://neilpatel.com/