I recommend categorizing competitors as:

• Direct competitors (offering very similar solutions)
• Peripheral competitors (with some resemblance)
• Emerging disruptors (new companies with innovative models)

Last quarter, a regional brand contacted me after investing over 120,000 SAR on foreign search optimization with disappointing results. After implementing a customized Saudi-focused ranking approach, they achieved top rankings for shinjokaihatu.sakura.ne.jp twenty-three high-value keywords within just 90 days.

Last week, a business owner lamented that his social media marketing was burning through thousands of riyals with minimal results. After analyzing his strategy, I pinpointed several serious mistakes that are surprisingly common among Saudi businesses.

Half a year into our launch, our conversions were underwhelming. It wasn't until I accidentally a detailed report about our niche that I understood how oblivious I'd been to the business environment around us.

I dedicate at least two hours each Monday analyzing our competitors':

• Website architecture and user experience
• Blog posts and publishing frequency
• Online platforms presence
• User feedback and ratings
• Keyword tactics and positions

For a medical clinic in Jeddah website optimization, we improved their local visibility by ninety-four percent by ensuring their business information was perfectly consistent in both Arabic and English throughout all listings.

Advising a food brand, we developed a strategy where influencers naturally integrated products into their normal activities rather than producing evident sponsorships. This method generated response metrics two hundred eighteen percent higher than standard advertising material.

Last year, I observed as three rival companies poured resources into growing their operations on a specific social media platform. Their initiatives flopped as the medium appeared to be a mismatch for our sector.

Recently, a beauty brand invested 300,000 SAR in traditional advertising with limited outcomes. After redirecting just 25% of that spending to creator partnerships, they achieved a seven hundred twelve percent improvement in sales.

I use a straightforward tracker to record our competition's pricing changes every week. This recently helped us to:

• Spot periodic discount patterns
• Detect product bundling tactics
• Grasp their cost structure

I now employ several applications that have significantly upgraded our competitive research:

• Search analysis platforms to analyze competitors' search rankings
• Mention tracking tools to track rivals' online presence
• Website analysis tools to track updates to their websites
• Email capture to receive their marketing communications

A few days ago, a eatery manager in Riyadh complained that his establishment wasn't visible in Google searches despite being popular by customers. This is a typical issue I see with regional companies throughout the Kingdom.

Initiate by identifying ALL your competition – not just the obvious ones. Throughout our research, we discovered that our biggest rival wasn't the famous brand we were monitoring, but a new company with an innovative strategy.

Last month, my friend's web-based business was struggling in search results regardless of offering exceptional products. After implementing the techniques I'm about to share, his search visits improved by over one hundred fifty percent in just eight weeks.

When I launched my online business three years ago, I was certain that our special products would stand out naturally. I ignored competitor analysis as superfluous – a decision that nearly ruined my entire company.

A beauty brand transitioned from numerous one-time collaborations to continuous associations with a smaller number of influencers, resulting in a substantial increase in purchases and a 43% reduction in promotion spending.