DIGITAL SOP 088: Discovering your competitor’s strategy for Google Ads

Last Updated / Reviewed: March 25th, 2024

Execution Time: ~30 minutes

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Goal: To reverse engineer your competitor’s Google Ads strategy.

Ideal Outcome: You have a standardized audit that shows you what your competitor is doing (including the exact ads they promote).

Prerequisites or requirements: You will need ahrefs, a paid tool (lite plan).

Why this is important: Your competitors (especially if they have been investing in ads for longer than you) might have been optimizing their Google Ads strategy for a while, and they might have strategies in place that you could apply yourself.

Where this is done: ahrefs and Google search.

When this is done: As soon as possible, ideally when you start your business or using Google Ads. After that, you should be monitoring your competitor’s moves at least every month.

Who does this: The person responsible for Google Ads.

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