Do you have a small- to medium-sized business?
As you know, to stay competitive in any market, you must stay one step ahead of your competitors.
One way to stay ahead of your rivals is to analyze their traffic and demographics.
If your competitors don’t have a high volume of traffic, it might be more difficult to get insights into their marketing data.
We’ve made it easy for you to quickly see how your industry competitors are gaining success so you can, too!
Let’s look at key insights from a study of the fastest growing industries in SMBs and how Semrush can provide similar insights into your competitive landscape.
The Digital Market Trends For The Fastest-Growing Industries Within The SMB Segment study analyzed the global traffic and growth patterns of SMB websites from 2019 – 2021.
The study used OECD’s definition of an SMB as having under 500 employees and annual revenue from $500K – $10M.
Semrush relied on data from its .Trends platform to analyze 150,000 SMB domains, plus SMB information from Crunchbase.
You can get the full marketing trends study here, but let’s look at the highlights to help you start your next marketing strategy.
What was one of the most positive insights to come from the study?
Site traffic across all websites in the SMB segment increased throughout 2021.
The following were the top-performing SMB industries, in relation to year-over-year traffic growth:
The pandemic played a major role in the exponential growth of many sites in these verticals, especially when you consider the disruptions to supply chains, skyrocketing prices for consumer goods, focus on healthcare and medicine, and the financial boom.
Below, you can see the growth rates of the top five visited SMB websites alongside the top five industry leaders’ websites in each of the above industries.
With the exception of Venture Capital and Nanotechnology, the five SMB websites with the fastest YoY traffic growth grew 420 times faster than leaders in their industry.
Websites for well-known brands in Pharmaceuticals, like Walgreens, saw a 275.17% YoY traffic growth, while SMB websites for brands like Tricida saw a 64,961.37% YoY traffic growth.
Which traffic channels drive the most visitors to the fastest-growing SMB websites?
According to the study, these channels drive visitors to the 150,000 SMB websites that were analyzed:
The following image shows a breakdown of traffic channels by industry:
Some notable standouts include SMB websites in:
Social media marketing is an important component of any digital marketing strategy.
Let’s take a look at the top social media networks that drove visitors to SMB websites in the fastest-growing industries.
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