Everybody wants to know what their competition is up to. Well, I don’t. I honestly couldn’t care less what my competition is doing. But most people DO care. So it is for them that I am sharing some killer spy tips so that you can get a leg up on what your competition is doing…especially if they’re using article marketing as one of their tools.

First thing you want to do is go to EzineArticles and check out the category that contains YOUR niche. Why? Well, you want to see what people are writing about. More specifically, you want to see what the hot articles are. You can find those in the most viewed list. To see that list, just pull up any article in that category and go down to the bottom of the page.

Next thing you want to do is pull up the most viewed article and make some notes about it. For one thing, note the title. That title is probably a big reason why the article is viewed so much. Titles are very important for getting people to read the article itself. Next thing you want to do is check out the site that the article sends the reader to. You’ll find this in the resource box.

Okay, here is where the REAL spying comes in. Take that site and plug it into SpyFu. What you want to look for here is to see how much money the person is spending on advertising daily. If they’re spending a lot, then that probably means that this is a really hot niche. Go to Google and look up the keywords they’re using. You’ll find these at SpyFu too. Then, look to see where their paid ads fall. Are they first, second, third, or nowhere near the first page?

Look to see where these paid ads take the prospect to. Study their landing pages. If they have a first position ad, most likely their quality score is very good. That means their landing page is liked by Google. Thus, you want to make a landing page that is of the same quality. You don’t have to reinvent the wheel. Just look at what other people are doing.

These are just a few simple tips to find out what your competition is doing so that you don’t get left in the dust because your sites don’t measure up.

To YOUR Success,

Steven Wagenheim

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