Opportunities

SMS Marketing

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Opportunity score

70

CPC (real)

$21

Active Google advertisers

41

LinkedIn advertisers

32

Pixel advertisers

30

Avg ad tenure

3.0 yr

Incumbent ad spend/mo

$26M

Spend momentum

+349%

SEO difficulty

88

Avg incumbent funding

$777M

Incumbents (48)- genuine category specialists - cross-listed generic tools excluded

ProductRatingFundingAd spend/moGoogle adsLinkedInChannelsAuthority
4.2(88)$60M$22M4.6y24548
4.3(2,923)$1.6B$2.2M4.6y24-47
4.5(17,602)$12B$609k3.8y24275
4.6(528)-$345k4.2y24256
4.5(1,133)$491M$186k1.6y9-51
4.7(704)$93M$167k4.6y24-60
4.4(188)$1.0M$125k1.2y5-46
3.9(428)-$90k3.2y-237
4.8(108)$893M$89k2.1y22-46
4.3(824)-$70k3.0y-353
4.8(56)$452M$68k4.6y24143
5.0(63)$3.0M$33k1.5y-328
4.6(1,193)-$30k1.2y24539
4.2(156)$5.0M$30k1.5y-343
4.7(836)$1.6M$27k3.3y24-50
4.8(147)$4.2M$27k2.8y-335
4.7(248)-$26k3.6y-449
4.3(522)$435M$21k4.3y24355
4.8(268)-$18k4.6y24-51
4.6(260)-$12k1.2y24447
4.5(138)$303M$11k4.6y24153
4.5(505)$256M$10k2.9y24356
4.8(195)$3.1M$9k3.3y--48
4.8(265)$7.5M$8k3.3y24-35
4.9(250)-$2k3.1y23-26
4.8(1,149)-$2k2.2y--45
4.9(647)-$1k1.6y4231
4.7(106)$84M$1k4.4y24445
4.3(155)-$1k1.4y-335
4.6(75)-$9002.7y23442
4.7(211)-$5343.6y8244
4.8(268)-$1162.6y-332
4.4(249)-$982.8y24137
4.5(71)$288M-3.8y-3-
4.6(155)--3.7y15--
4.8(186)--1.5y64-
4.7(158)--4.6y126-
4.8(196)$5.3M-1.4y-3-
4.9(102)--4.5y24--
4.8(60)--2.3y1--
4.8(82)$100k-----
4.9(84)---42-
5.0(62)---242-
5.0(125)------
4.7(27)------
5.0(22)---33-
4.7(102)--1.4y---
4.3(106)$58M--43-

PPC playbook- keywords the incumbents bid on - copy these (bidders = how many incumbents compete)

KeywordCPCBiddersSample landing page
ez texting$11.235www.slicktext.com/lp/ez-texting
simple texting$6.164www.salesmessage.com/
sms marketing$14.564www.textla.com/sms-marketing-software
klaviyo$9.504visit.bloomreach.com/klaviyo-nm
text message marketing$20.144www.textla.com/sms-marketing-software
email marketing campaigns$32.343try.campaigner.com/email-marketing/
klaviyo pricing$19.253www.omnisend.com/migrate-from-klaviyo/
mass texting service$21.263www.omnisend.com/shopify-email-marketing/
eztexting$11.233simpletexting.com/
textus$6.433marketing.textrequest.com/textus-vs-text-request
brevo$8.753www.campaigner.com/compare/campaigner-vs-brevo/
email marketing platforms$32.543www.attentive.com/book-demo
newsletter$4.743mailchimp.com/landers/email-marketing-newsletters/
program for email marketing$27.743try.campaigner.com/email-marketing/
sms marketing platforms$26.553www.omnisend.com/shopify-email-marketing/
email campaign$39.293www.attentive.com/book-demo
sendgrid$5.413www.klaviyo.com/grow/sign-up
email marketing$30.592www.drip.com/go/email-marketing-3
podium$4.962podium.com/watch-demo/
project broadcast$2.372projectbroadcast.com/

Common complaints- recurring incumbent review cons = product gaps to exploit

Deliverability and spam challenges2×
Limited image and text editing1×
Restrictive security and permissions1×
Frequent technical glitches1×
Unreliable and slow support1×
Difficult contract termination process1×
Inconsistent message delivery system1×
Limited and glitchy formatting options1×

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Sources: Capterra profiles + reviews · SEMrush demand / spend / paid keywords / authority / momentum · Apollo funding. Incumbent rollups exclude domains appearing in >25 categories. Capterra category ↗