Tiny Strategy Allows You To "Trump" Your Competition and Grab Their Traffic

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Just wanted to throw something up here that could be a very inexpensive way for some newbies or even experienced pros to catch some quick traffic and some long term traffic. Here's a recent example for you...

If been online last few days, good old Donald Trump pulled a quick little hijack online.

He found out Jeb Bush's site was expiring, waited, grabbed it and now anytime someone go's to his site, it forwards to Trump's.

A couple bucks and he's getting exposure, traffic away from others and even giving some of Bush's supporters a chance to convert over to him.

Is your competition dropping the ball like this and other ways? One quick way to find out is hit good old go daddy.

This tiny little strategy may have a quick traffic wave coming at you for just a couple bucks.
#competition #grab #traffic #trump
  • Profile picture of the author Regional Warrior
    Cyber Squatting will have to give it back on todays news here in Oz
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  • just taking someone's something and making money from it is not my cup a tea, I prefer to make someone of value and sell it not skip off the top of someone else's value, plus I don't like those to rino's anyway.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
    Clickbait.

    Once in a lifetime dumb opportunity. Let's see an applicable example in the business world.

    People should sit around waiting for their competitors' domains to expire and grab them? That's a strategy? Really?

    Repeatable?

    Scaleable?

    Profitable?

    This is precisely the kind of thing that demonstrates how the people on this forum keep going around in circles and stay broke.
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  • Profile picture of the author fasteasysuccess
    You missing the point of post jason and helpingyoubeanexpert..not to sit around and do click bait or wait around for a domain to expire. Any one should be truly about providing value or not be in business, however what saying is...

    It's to see where your competition is, be there and also be where dropping the ball. That's why said "is your competition dropping the ball like this and other ways?"

    For example, if diving into a niche, i could spend thousands and thousands if not more testing a new niche, or jump ahead by seeing where successful competition is advertising.

    Look at what they are doing right and what missing. Then model, test and make better with where they are at and where they are missing opportunities. This is fastest way to get ahead and save yourself time and money.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jason Kanigan
      Originally Posted by fasteasysuccess View Post

      You missing the point of post jason and helpingyoubeanexpert..not to sit around and do click bait or wait around for a domain to expire. Any one should be truly about providing value or not be in business, however what saying is...

      It's to see where your competition is, be there and also be where dropping the ball. That's why said "is your competition dropping the ball like this and other ways?"

      For example, if diving into a niche, i could spend thousands and thousands if not more testing a new niche, or jump ahead by seeing where successful competition is advertising.

      Look at what they are doing right and what missing. Then model, test and make better with where they are at and where they are missing opportunities. This is fastest way to get ahead and save yourself time and money.
      Is THAT what your first post said?

      Funny, I thought it said we should look for expiring domains from our competitors and try to steal some traffic that way.

      Frankly, I don't give a damn what my "competition" is doing. They don't do what I do.

      And this is a tactic, not a strategy.
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  • Profile picture of the author fasteasysuccess
    Jason-If you have never done this or have never looked at where your competition is attracting leads and sales, you wasted a lot of time and money.

    If it's your competition, they do something related to what you do, so obviously that's why they are your competition.

    If you look at any successful business online and offline or even look at some of the fastest growing businesses online, you'll see they did what i exactly said..they didn't reinvent the wheel.

    They moduled, tested, made better...That is the strategy-then the action steps or what i do would be the tactic.

    You should always be unique and be different but if want to attract hungry buyers in your market, you can easily attract existing buyers waiting or searching already by simply being where your competition is and also make sure to hit where missing as well.

    I could spend thousands testing different mediums and channels or simply look at what is working already and start there. If they are advertising on x and killing it, then i should look at x and other places, but know my x is a great way to start and so on.
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    • Profile picture of the author JohnMcCabe
      I have to side with Jason on this one. What you said in post #1 sure sounds a lot different than what you say in #6 and #8.

      Post #1 seems to be saying that you should be stalking your competitors and waiting for them to screw up. If they don't, all you have is wasted time looking for a one shot boost.

      I question whether this "tiny strategy" is even all that effective. If I went looking for Jeb's site and ended up on the Donald's, I'd be as likely to attribute it to a dirty trick as to any great inspiration from the Trump camp.

      There's a difference between learning from your competitors and wasting a lot of time and energy looking for cheap exploits.
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  • Profile picture of the author fasteasysuccess
    No i totally don't agree with click bait or cheap exploits and or doing anything like that, was just giving one example people can relate to cause all over news.

    The key like said is simply looking at where competitors are and not only being there but also being where dropped the ball whether be online or offline. Not sitting around waiting for them to screw up, but if do can take advantage of it, if they don't screw up can look at where successful and module.

    If in a new niche especially, fastest way to get ahead is simply module what "top dog" doing then test and tweak. If they are at x and large traffic is coming from there, then could jump there easily and know works and so on.
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  • Profile picture of the author MiaSorensen
    While this can work, it takes far more effort in the long run. It also doesn't benefit you if the person didn't have such good traffic. People who truly care and invest in their websites wont allow this to happen.
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