Comments on: 5 Reasons Competitors May Be Doing Better Than You

By: Property Management Software

Property Management Software — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:35:20 +0000

Just to add to the list.

“They answer the phone”.

How many companies, I can’t count, I’ve called this and last year that simply wont answer the phone or return calls. Do they REALLY want my business?

By: Enigin

Enigin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:54:24 +0000

Great article our partners would really benefit from reading this.

By: Cashmere

Cashmere — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:58:06 +0000

Great Post Bryan. Sometimes it also helps in finding out what they are selling, that might give you more product ideas. This has helped us to expand little bit every year. Might you you thought something won’t sell, but the are selling it successfully. Also comparing pricing etc also helps as that sometimes tells you reasons why people are not buying form you. Great post Brayn !

By: Scott Salwolke

Scott Salwolke — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 06:11:14 +0000

Interesting post. It shows again why research is so crucial to a companies success. Research not just about their market, but also the competition and why they are succeeding.

By: Black Cat Mining

Black Cat Mining — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 18:02:46 +0000

Great post! The really interesting part is that one can naturally lead to the others. We started our online retail venture just over 2 years ago with the mindset that we would ship faster than the rest. It meant having inventory on hand and all the associated costs, but the return has exceeded the investment.

We are just starting our third year. Not only did we survive our first two, but we thrived. Fast shipping lead to excellent word of mouth and customer retention. To maintain the fast shipping as the business grew required expansion to support more inventory on-hand, which lead to more efficient operations and we’ve continuously reinvested in the company expanding our product lines and marketing channels. We’ve even gone so far as to open a brick and mortar store to compliment the web business, and it all started with faster shipping…

By: Inspired Living

Inspired Living — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 04:13:16 +0000

Well done, this is a great post. Reading through each point I see a high level of validity, and I can see an application to my own businesses. Thanks!

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By: Lia Barrad

Lia Barrad — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:10:29 +0000

How can you leverage these strategies to drive your own growth? you ask. With enthusiasm and passion. People respond it sincerity versus over sell. Thanks for the good tips.

By: Ken Ryan

Ken Ryan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:16:11 +0000

Clicking “lagniappe” results in a loss of scent. Great analysis, nonetheless.

By: Seamus Walsh

Seamus Walsh — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:14:13 +0000

Great points for a new company like mine. In the you have to start somewhere and what near and dear to my heart is “getting found when people need them”. We started targeted keyword and content marketing over one year ago. Our go-to-market strategy was our “keywords” becoming number one organic placement on Google. Your blog has great points on focus, and how you eat a whale..one bite at a time.

By: conficker

conficker — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:53:09 +0000

I’ve come to the conclusion lately of this (about why some people succeed):

There are countless people on the internet fighting over every imaginable market share. Normally, you can do 20% of the work to reap 80% of the benefits doing something if you do it right. That simply is not the case with internet marketing anymore. You literally have to do the other 80% just to pick up 20% of the market share. It’s all the people who don’t consider it a full time job that fail at this. The ones who take it seriously and work their ***** off are the ones who fail. I think it’s as simple as that.

By: Nick Stamoulis

Nick Stamoulis — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:43:21 +0000

All very true, when analyzing your company vs your competition you have to ask yourself are you doing everything within your reach to pull in your audience? IS you website up to date? How much older are y our competitors? Many different things to look at.