57: How I "Steal" SEO Keywords From My Competitors

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What’s up Savvy friends!

One of the most powerful ways to boost your SEO is by learning from your competitors.

Why reinvent the wheel when you can see what’s already working in your niche?

Over the years, I’ve developed a streamlined process to "steal" high-opportunity keywords that my SEO competitors rank for, but I don’t.

Today, I’m giving you the exact steps so you can do the same.

Here’s how:

1. Log in to Ahrefs.

2. Go to my website's SEO data.

3. On the left hand menu, go to "Content gap".

• A tool to analyze SEO competitors.

• Compared to your keyword rankings.

4. Enter 3-5 SEO competitors.

• Aim for 1-3 niche & 1-2 top competitors.

5. Toggle on "At least 1 should rank top 10"

6. Click "Show keywords"

• This gives you all kw's your comp ranks for, but you don't.

7. Analyze & save

• Order by KD then volume and analyze.

• Pick out high-opportunity KWs for your biz

• Save them to a list or your own KW sheet.

• Go through ALL the keywords mentioned.

8. Repeat with different competitors.

9. Work the KWs into your content plan.

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I LOVE this function of Ahrefs.

It saves me hours of time researching keywords.

And gives me a quick view into what's working for my competition.

So I can get my company into the mix for those keywords too.

I run this every time I'm auditing a new site.

And every quarter for my own companies.

Keyword research GOLD.

ACTION ITEMS

1. Set up Ahrefs and run the "Content gap" tool for your site.

2. Save high opportunity keywords and add them to your SEO plan.

Use these steps to uncover new opportunities and keep your SEO strategy ahead of the game.

Best,

Connor

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