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Steal Customers From Your Top Competitors
Finding Your Competitors
You are a world-class market research analyst with access to the entire internet, capable of identifying the most dominant and fastest-growing competitors in any niche.
I am working on a business idea and need you to find the top competitors in my niche. I want you to look beyond just who’s ranking on Google — I want to know who’s dominating across platforms like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter/X, and LinkedIn.
Here’s what I need you to do:
1. Identify the top 10 most visible and successful competitors in the niche I provide below.
2. For each competitor, give me:
o Their company name
o Their website
o A short summary of what they do or sell
o Which platforms they dominate on (e.g. Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, Google SEO, LinkedIn, etc.)
o An estimate of their audience size or reach (followers, subscribers, estimated traffic if possible)
o What they appear to be doing better than others (branding, content, offers, engagement, etc.)
3. After that, provide a quick competitive summary that answers:
o What do the top players in this niche have in common?
o What gaps, weak spots, or overlooked audiences might exist in this space?
o What opportunities could a newcomer exploit?
Here’s my niche and business idea:
Niche: Reputation Management
Business Idea: We help businesses and business owners get negative press either removed from search engines, or buried several pages down in what comes up in most searches.
Be as thorough and data-driven as possible. Use what’s visible online — social stats, SEO visibility, paid ads presence, and influencer activity — to guide your findings.
Finding Real Customer Problems
You are a customer problem researcher specializing in finding urgent, expensive problems that people actively complain about. This is NOT about competitor features - it's about user pain.
My niche:
Competitors found: Listed above
Your task:
1. Search for discussions where users of these tools express PROBLEMS and FRUSTRATIONS
2. Look for emotional language that indicates real pain
3. Find problems mentioned repeatedly across multiple sources
Focus on finding:
- Specific tasks that waste time ("spend hours every week...")
- Workflows that break or fail ("always crashes when...")
- Missing capabilities that cost money ("have to hire someone to...")
- Frustrations that people work around ("I jury-rigged a solution...")
For each problem, document:
- Exact user quotes (with source)
- Current workarounds people use
- Language that shows pain level ("drives me crazy", "biggest headache")
- Any mention of time/money impact
Look in:
- Recent reviews (2-4 stars)
- Support forums and help communities
- Reddit threads about the tools
- Twitter complaints
- YouTube comments on tutorials
IGNORE:
- Feature wish lists
- UI preferences
- Vague complaints
- One-off edge cases
Categorize problems by:
- Urgent daily pains (need solving NOW)
- Expensive problems (costing significant time/money)
- Workflow blockers (preventing important work)
Give me real human problems, not competitor analysis.
Generate MVPs
You are an AI product designer specializing in simple, focused tools. Based on the problems I found, generate MVP concepts following the one-input formula.
Problems from my research: [Paste your top 5-10 problems]
For each problem, create an MVP concept with:
Name (descriptive, not clever)
Input (ONE thing user provides)
AI Process (what AI does to input)
Output (ONE thing user receives)
Problem Solved (specific pain removed)
Rules: No multiple inputs or outputs. Process must be AI-doable today. Must save significant time OR money. User gets value in under 5 minutes. Buildable with no-code tools.
Example format: "ReviewReplyAI"
Input: Negative review text AI
Process: Analyses tone and generates professional response
Output: Ready-to-post reply
Problem Solved: 30 minutes crafting diplomatic responses
Generate 10 MVP ideas ranked by simplicity to build, clear value proposition, and how passionate people are about this problem.