Thanks for your comments. Here is something you may want to try.

Contact your competition and ask them if they would like to do a joint venture with you.

Many of their customers are looking for more information on the same subject. It’s a win win for both of you.

Another thing you could do is make up a “great” special report that they could give to their customers as a bonus when they make a purchase.

You can give it away with links in it for your products. Or you could have them register their first name and email address to get the download.

Good post. I’m doing research on a niche I want to enter online and I found two competitors out there so I decided to check out how stiff the competition was. I bought their products and I contacted them with a question. The product is pretty much worthless an e-book full of links and one never he responded to my question. Needless to say I know I can do better product-wise and customer service wise, so I agree with your post. Just because their is someone else selling what you want to sell it doesn’t mean there isn’t room for you IF you can do it better.

Love the exchange of thought.

With the right sales and marketing
through out your business, you
really have no competition.

In your example in the last paragraph
you used the word “if”. That’s the
problem, “if”. Most business owners
don’t do what they need to do.

Just pick up a Yellow pages phone
book and look at the ads. You will have
to look hard to find one that is effective.

There are so many ways to be better it’s
mind boggling.

No go sell something,
Blase

I was mibbe 50% playing Devil’s Advocate – I get your point (I think) – which is that most ‘competition’ out there is atrocious, therefore you don’t need to worry about it, get your ass out there, produce good work and you’ll be fine?

That’s the message I took away anyway.

However (and this is the bit that is genuine and not just Devil’s Advocate). Say I decide to compete with that Internet marketer you had a poor experience with.

Great. I get your business because I improved the ‘relationship’ by providing better service or whatnot. However… say my neighbour does the same – voila! Competition

What I think you mean – is that because most ‘large’ companies are rubbish at customer service and don’t pay attention to the customer’s needs, there are niche’s in the market for more expensive, but better experiences that provide the same raw good, but make the experience so much better.

However, that only works for the first guy in that space. If 10 people create high customer service companies that provide quality work, then I can’t see how you can deny that they are in competition?

No?

David