Archive for the ‘competitive analysis’ Category

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PPC Spying Tactics in 2009

Monday, December 29th, 2008

It’s going to be a fun world in 2009, fellow affiliates. Prepare yourselves to fight ’till death!
I mean, let the games begin :)
As many of you know, I’m a competitive research junky. I think the best way to get into a new niche is to deconstruct the top competition: figure out what they [...]

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Interview With iSpionage.com Developers

Friday, June 20th, 2008

iSpionage.com is a PPC competitive intelligence tool that allows users to track which ads and keywords advertisers are using on Adwords, Yahoo & MSN.
Unlike other competitive intelligence tools, iSpionage provides sophisticated ad tracking. You can see which ads your competitors are split testing, which position the ads are appearing, and how many times their [...]

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Competitive Intelligence Tools

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Yesterday I presented about competitive intelligence tools at Barcamp. Here are the links that I shared in my presentation:

Link Intelligence
SEO For Firefox - Simple Firefox add-on that shows # of links, age of the domain, whois info, dmoz info, and tons of other information when you do a Google search. You can also [...]

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Reverse Engineer Your Market

Monday, December 31st, 2007

Uncover The Hidden Marketing Strategies Of Your Online Competition
I’ve put together a FREE 5-part video email series that shows you exactly how I discover what my competition is up to…
Here’s How To Easily Reveal:

What domains your competition owns.
What keywords, landing pages, and ads any company is using in their online marketing.
How to [...]

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Google Hot Trends

Monday, October 8th, 2007

Discover what the most popular Google searches are each day with Google Hot Trends.
Also, don’t forget to check out other trending tools I blogged about.
Related PostsTrending Tools To Track Marketing TrendsKeyword Research Guide: Part 2Startup School 2008 Online Videos

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Trending Tools To Track Marketing Trends

Monday, August 6th, 2007

Keeping track of current trends is one of the easiest ways to spot a developing niche for your affiliate campaigns.
Here are the trending tools I use:
Search Engine Trends:

Google Trends
Google Hot Trends
Yahoo Buzz
Microsoft What’s Popular
AOL Hot Searches
Lycos 50
Popular Searches at Dog Pile
Top 1000 Searches at Search.com
Ebay Pulse
Ebay Express Top Searches
Top Searches at Ask.com

Shopping Search Trending:

Amazon Bestsellers
Amazon [...]

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