Why Copying Your Competition Doesn't Work Anymore | Ep. #824

In episode #824, we discuss why you shouldn’t copy your competitors. Tune in to hear how you can beat the competition without copying their tactics. We have committed to throwing a FREE Marketing School Live Event in Los Angeles, once Marketing School reaches 1M downloads in a 30 day period. Take action: Rate, review, subscribe, and SHARE. Check the progress here! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:27] Today’s Topic: Why Copying Your Competition Doesn't Work Anymore [00:37] In marketing, things change constantly. [01:40] What has worked for others in a given time span, won’t work in the future because it has already been done to death. [02:20] Copying means you are not the visionary, you are the follower. This will leave you with an inferior product or service. [03:10] Every few months, Google rolls out algorithm updates. [03:30] SEO from 10 years ago won’t work today. [04:15] If you look at Drift or Intercom, they didn’t copy the competition. [04:41] Drift always changes how they launch new features. [05:15] Product Hunt didn’t work for Neil as well as it did for Drift. [05:40] Always look for new channels and make sure you’re taking an omni-channel approach. [06:12] That’s it for today! [06:20] Go here to see how many downloads the show is getting. Also rate and review to help us meet our goal of 1 Million downloads per month. Hopefully, we’ll see you at the live event in L.A.! Leave some feedback: What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below. Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review. Connect with us: NeilPatel.com Quick Sprout Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel Twitter @ericosiu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.