Comments on: How to Learn From Your Competition (without Copying or Stealing) https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/ Tips for Running a Successful, Profitable Website Tue, 09 Jul 2019 20:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 By: shattered https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14159 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:42:45 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14159 It’s true “Look for discontent” in competitors and rip them to shreds, that’s exactly what happened to me.

Or what about if it’s not discontent, but a way to stir up lies about your biggest competitor – infiltrate their forum, steal their members, DDoS attack their site and then start a competiting site after what was the #1 trusted site in a niche has had it’s reputation tarnished all because of one greedy person’s lies.. All so they could make the money that you once did and more.

It’s disgusting what someone can do to you on the Internet. Especially if they are in it to make money..

Word of wisdom: never, ever talk to anyone who approaches you and be careful what you tell them about how you run your site etc. Even if they find out what you make for advertising this fuels their desire to bring you down.

]]> By: Reuben Chng https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14156 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:59:50 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14156 Well written out.. Thanks.
Being a music producer and marketer. I really agree what is been written here. Help your customers and clients and I think that applies directly for bloggers and internet marketers as well.

]]> By: Pinoy Leonardo https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14152 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:42:13 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14152 Well said! It’s really hard to pick up “discontent” but I myself can see it all over. My observation is, among top blogs from my country, it seems that most are spammy types and only very few are from the other tribe. I haven’t really seen the third tribers. Seriously. Thanks for the tip. This is like an affirmation!

]]> By: Cliff https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14129 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:22:40 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14129 Derek – another hot tip!

Rooting out other’s issues (threads of discontent) and offering solutions will certainly grab some attention, i.e. Thesis Theme!

Especially in fields with heavy saturation, this looks like a great way to find some high ground to help stand out from the rest.

Thanks for another great post,
Cliff

]]> By: Paul https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14122 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:51:24 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14122 Nice work, Derek.

Have been reading your posts for a while now and you remain one of just a handful of people I still regularly listen to, learn from and follow.

It’s not that I don’t like the others, it’s just that if I (or you or anyone else for that matter) continually listen and follow, I don’t actually *do* enough.

And to be a pebble, as you and Terry Goodkind put it, you can’t simply absorb, watch and just hope to be a pebble. Reminds me of what that great book Purple Cow is all about.

Cheers!

]]> By: Josie https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14121 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 11:37:45 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14121 Great article as ever, I always look forward to your emails. I don’t have a blog but can see several ways to implement the same technique with websites and general marketing. It may be not so easy to find the thread of discontent elsewhere, but it’s there!

Thanks

]]> By: Ruan | Ebook Tutorials https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14115 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 08:23:38 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14115 Thanks a mil Derek!

I thought I’d spend the weekend looking around for what I didn’t exactly call “threads of discontent” and thought about what would be an effective and satisfactory way of achieving this…

I’m looking forward to your next post already! (as always). In the meantime I have some work to do.. 😉

]]> By: Brad Dalton https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14110 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 02:21:34 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14110 One of my competitors, who i’m also an affiliate for, is copying my ideas and writing new posts, based on my latest post titles, in their own words. Not sure what to do about this.

]]> By: Mr. G https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14108 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:43:24 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14108 In reply to Tanya Malott.

I second Tanya in most orf what she says…

I am at the top of my niche, I hadly have competitors so I look at guys like you and Rammit or Problogger or some other Top Bloggers out there with the hope of taking a bit of each one to continue making my site grow.

That’s be a very interesting post: How top performers can continue growing.

]]> By: AbundanceAmy https://diythemes.com/thesis/pebble-in-the-pond/#comment-14106 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:34:29 +0000 https://diythemes.com/thesis/?p=4174#comment-14106 Okay bright boys and girls… here’s your thread of discontent… (I just gotta)… your formula seems very cogent and logical. I’m betting it works like a charm. The problem is, you can multiply your traffic all you want, but without a sufficient base, it means nothing. Zero times anything is zero.
How do you go from zero or one to enough so a keen formula like yours works?

ps – 300 friends on facebook is PEANUTS!

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