Comments on: How your competitors can make you more money

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:07:34 +0000

Thanks for the great article.

Evern major corporate companies look at competitors all the time to see how they are earning money.

The internet makes it extremely easy to check out the competition

By: Blog For Money

Blog For Money — Fri, 30 May 2008 18:39:16 +0000

I love checking out my competitors’ blog for information and the latest. This is how I keep myself abreast of the latest blogging trends and informations. However, I do know that I can’t always follow blindly. Anyway thanks to Martin for sharing this info.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:55:28 +0000

Adnan – The amount of information available just from the SitePoint Marketplace is fantastic; I would highly recommend keeping an eye on it!

By: Adnan

Adnan — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 05:57:02 +0000

I like that business point.

‘Keep an eye on the Marketplace’ To see what kind of stats, revenue and other numbers they’re generating.

And all this time, I probably never even bothered to see what’s going on in the marketplaces and see what’s being offered for sale, what the revenue looks like and other stuff.

Love that point.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 11:04:21 +0000

Nancy – Copying others can sometimes help, but you need to ensure your site is different; if you copy whatever the competition does your site will not be able to offer anything unique. I suggest that you be inspired by those who are successful, but do your own thing to reach that point yourself.

By: nancy

nancy — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:37:58 +0000

It’s always been said that if you want to succeed, find someone who is successful and do what they do. I guess that’s the same as seeing which sites are successful and do what they’re doing. Or finding what they’re lacking and capitalize on that.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 20:11:46 +0000

Cody – Having a keyword in your domain definitely helps, but you shouldn’t necessarily choose a domain name based solely on that. Remember – you already have traffic coming to your chat site. You can either leverage that to attract people to your new features, or start again from scratch on a new domain.

By: Chat

Chat — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:12:29 +0000

Martin i think i need too as well, i start try to come up with a strategy, im thinking i might move my group applications to a new domain, the yare too innovative to have hidden away in a chat site were no one can find them. I currently have like 5 projects on the go so when im done them i will probably look at trying to see what should stay on the chat domain and what should go. Also right now i can’t seem to get good ranking for anything related to groups in search engines; im thinking if i move to a domain with “groups” in the domain I might get more targeted visitors.

By: Martin Reed - Blog Author

Martin Reed - Blog Author — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:21:11 +0000

Cody – I think you need to prioritise the different sections of your site. Decide which areas are more important to you, and focus on improving them. Otherwise, they will all suffer as a result of a lack of overall focus and dedication.

Eva – You make a good point; not only can looking at our competitors make us money, they can also inspire and motivate us!

By: Eva White

Eva White — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 07:25:33 +0000

Great article. I have been looking at options of making money through ads and other revenues. I agree to one thing that you have mentioned, to look at competitors blogs with a positive attitude. I look at other sites which are doing well, but thinking one day even I have to reach where they are. Positive attitude helps a lot in the success.