Justin Freid gave a presentation about using competitive research tools like Ghostery, SpyFu and SemRush to analyze competitors' digital strategies. These tools allow users to view tags and pixels on webpages, see keywords, ad text, spending and traffic for competitors. Understanding how competitors structure accounts and target geo locations can provide opportunities. Freid emphasized that SEO and SEM are about driving money through traffic and conversions, not just rankings.
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SES San Francisco: Spy vs. Spy - Competitive Research
1. Spy vs. Spy
Competitive Research
Justin Freid
TPG, An Omnicom Company
Director Of Digital Media
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San Francisco| August 1317
5. San Francisco | August 1317, 2012 | #sessf
Ghostery
Utilize Ghostery to easily see which pixels fire when you land on a page
Plugin available for Firefox and Chrome
@Justin_Freid
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Ghostery
@Justin_Freid
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Ghostery
What software your competitors are using to run campaigns
What partners your competitors are advertising with
What your competitors consider a conversion
No need to dig through code to find tracking pixels or conversion tags
@Justin_Freid
12. San Francisco | August 1317, 2012 | #sessf
Wouldnt it be great if you could..
Keep an eye on your competitors homepage
Are they adding new links?
Has their title tag changed?
Did they add new content?
@Justin_Freid
13. San Francisco | August 1317, 2012 | #sessf
Wouldnt it be great if you could..
Keep track of changes competitors make to deep high
ranking pages
Changes to content
Anchor text alterations
Changes to html/tags etc..
@Justin_Freid
14. San Francisco | August 1317, 2012 | #sessf
What about landing pages?
Was the CTA changed?
Was a new button color utilized?
Has a form been shortened?
@Justin_Freid
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Have you ever asked yourself..
What KWs are being used by competitors?
How much are competitors spending each month?
What CTA is used most by my competitors?
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research Tools
SEMRush and Spyfu
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
SpyFu - Combat Tool
Keywords your competitors are utilizing
Opportunities
Products/Services
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
@Justin_Freid
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SpyFu Combat Tool
BOOM
Use Export
New Ad
SpyFu Keywords
Groups
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
SpyFu Combat Tool
Ad Text
What CTAs are being used
Is pricing/sales/%s being utilized?
How brand heavy is the creative?
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
SemRush
How much your competitors are spending?
What will it take to be competitive?
How many visitors they are driving each month?
@Justin_Freid
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Paid Search Competitive Research
SemRush
Who are my competitors?
Who else is ranking and targeted my terms?
@Justin_Freid