AskNicely Organic Growth Opportunities
1. Readiness Assessment
1. Readiness Assessment
2. Competitive Analysis
2. Competitive Analysis
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
3. Opportunity Kickstarters
4. Appendix
4. Appendix
Readiness Assessment
Current Performance
- You rank for 5k organic keywords and drive about 6k monthly organic visits (traffic valued at ~$89k in equivalent ad spend)
- Authority Score is 38 (mid-tier), supported by ~11k backlinks from ~2k referring domains—enough to compete, but not yet a clear category leader
- Traffic is concentrated in a few topics: the homepage (~2k visits) plus blog winners like /blog/reputation-management-companies (~1k) and CX/NPS explainers (e.g., “asknicely,” “online reputation management company,” “ask nicely,” “nps calculation”)
Growth Opportunity
- You’re 3rd of 3 in the competitor set: Delighted is at ~105k monthly organic visits vs your 6k (≈17× upside in the market)
- Non-brand, high-demand themes already working (reputation management, customer experience examples, CRM vs CEM, NPS calculations) can be expanded into deeper clusters and refreshed to capture more of the long tail
- You have under-leveraged bottom-funnel pages (e.g., pricing, compare, product and integrations) that could target higher-intent keywords and convert more of the informational traffic you’re earning
Assessment
You have a credible SEO foundation, but most organic visibility comes from a small set of pages and a meaningful share of brand terms. The large gap to the category leader suggests substantial, achievable traffic growth by scaling content and optimizing for higher-intent queries. AirOps can help you execute this systematically (research → briefs → production → refresh) to close the visibility gap.
Competition at a Glance
This analysis compares asknicely.com against 2 direct competitors (delighted.com and customergauge.com) to assess relative organic search visibility using monthly organic visits and ranking keyword counts.
Across the group, asknicely.com ranks 3rd for both organic search traffic (6,252 monthly visits) and ranking keywords (5,020 keywords). CustomerGauge sits slightly ahead on both metrics (6,616 visits; 6,002 keywords), while Delighted leads by a wide margin.
Delighted is the top-performing competitor, generating 105,157 monthly organic visits from 9,781 ranking keywords—about 16.8× AskNicely’s traffic with roughly 1.95× the keyword footprint. This indicates the market gap is less about keyword quantity alone and more about visibility on higher-demand topics, leaving AskNicely positioned in the lower tier of organic reach despite being in a close cluster with CustomerGauge.
Opportunity Kickstarters
Here are your content opportunities, tailored to your domain's strengths. These are starting points for strategic plays that can grow into major traffic drivers in your market. Connect with our team to see the full traffic potential and activate these plays.
A programmatic library providing localized review performance benchmarks and 90-day action plans for service businesses. It helps local operators understand their competitive standing and provides specific templates to improve their ratings.
Example Keywords
- "increase Google rating for {industry} in {city}"
- "get more Yelp reviews for {industry} {city}"
- "best review strategy for {industry} in {city}"
- "review request text message for {industry} {city}"
Rationale
Local service businesses are highly motivated to improve their local search rankings via reviews. By providing city-specific data and actionable plans, AskNicely captures high-intent local traffic.
Topical Authority
AskNicely already ranks for broad reputation management terms; localizing this expertise demonstrates deep operational knowledge in the reputation space.
Internal Data Sources
Reputation grader aggregate data, anonymized customer review response benchmarks, and industry-specific response templates.
Estimated Number of Pages
50,000+
A combinatorial library of technical blueprints mapping specific source systems to feedback triggers and communication channels. It provides step-by-step automation guides for RevOps and IT stakeholders.
Example Keywords
- "send customer feedback SMS after {trigger} using {source-system}"
- "customer feedback automation {source-system} to Slack"
- "route negative feedback to Microsoft Teams from {source-system}"
- "sync customer feedback to {warehouse} from {source-system}"
Rationale
Buyers often search for specific "how-to" integrations between their existing tech stack and feedback tools. These blueprints capture users in the implementation and evaluation phases.
Topical Authority
AskNicely's existing integration hub and API documentation provide a foundation for being the "connective tissue" in CX tech stacks.
Internal Data Sources
Help center documentation, integration field mapping tables, and real-world Zapier/webhook recipes from solutions engineering.
Estimated Number of Pages
20,000+
A library of industry-specific SOPs for handling common customer complaints and feedback themes. It provides triage decision trees, response scripts, and coaching prompts for frontline teams.
Example Keywords
- "process to handle billing dispute complaints for {industry}"
- "customer complaint escalation procedure for {industry}"
- "service recovery script for {issue} in {industry}"
- "front desk protocol for wait time complaints"
Rationale
Operational leaders need ready-made processes to ensure feedback leads to action. These playbooks align perfectly with AskNicely's "frontline enablement" value proposition.
Topical Authority
Ranking for CX management and feedback programs allows AskNicely to move down-funnel into specific operational problem-solving.
Internal Data Sources
Anonymized verbatim feedback themes from the platform, employee activation coaching prompts, and customer success resolution macros.
Estimated Number of Pages
10,000+
A quantified guide to CX and review performance targets tailored by industry, business model, and size. It provides data-backed goals for response times, conversion rates, and resolution SLAs.
Example Keywords
- "average review response time for {industry}"
- "ideal review request frequency for {industry}"
- "close-the-loop SLA for customer complaints in {industry}"
- "review request SMS conversion rate benchmark"
Rationale
Program managers seek "what good looks like" data to justify budgets and set KPIs. Providing these benchmarks establishes AskNicely as the source of truth for service industry standards.
Topical Authority
AskNicely's existing calculators (ROI, NPS) prove authority in quantified CX; this play expands that into operational metrics.
Internal Data Sources
Aggregated, anonymized platform data on review velocity, response SLAs, and channel-specific conversion rates.
Estimated Number of Pages
5,000+
A scalable library of landing pages mapping AskNicely's core capabilities to the specific workflows of hundreds of service sub-industries. It addresses the unique pain points of niche professions from HVAC to dermatology.
Example Keywords
- "customer feedback software for {industry}"
- "patient feedback platform for {specialty}"
- "review generation software for {trade} companies"
- "post-service survey software for {industry}"
Rationale
High-intent buyers often search for software tailored to their specific vertical. These pages capture bottom-funnel traffic by speaking the language of the specific industry.
Topical Authority
Existing rankings in reputation management and CX examples provide the authority to branch into specific vertical applications.
Internal Data Sources
Industry-specific customer testimonials, vertical-tagged case studies, and pre-built survey templates for different professions.
Estimated Number of Pages
3,000+
Improvements Summary
Separate keyword intent across five overlapping CX articles, then rebuild the cluster around a single pillar page targeting "customer experience examples". Expand and re-structure pages with clearer frameworks, stronger internal links near the top, and schema (FAQPage, ItemList, HowTo) to win richer SERP placements and long-tail traffic.
Improvements Details
Turn the "customer experience examples" article into the hub by expanding to 25–40 categorized examples with a repeatable per-example format (what they did, touchpoint, why it works, how to copy, how to measure), plus an industry jump table, definition block, and FAQs. Rework the "customer experience companies" list into a methodology + scoring model (with category winners) and add ItemList schema; rebuild "great customer experience" as definition → components → examples → checklist → measurement with a checklist CTA, and add scripts/playbooks to "exceed customer expectations". Update the "customer experience innovation" page to an evergreen 2026 angle with 12–20 plays and a 90-day roadmap, then wire hub-and-spoke internal links (including from templates, NPS content, and the ROI calculator) and tighten titles/metas so primary keywords appear early.
Improvements Rationale
Current pages overlap on "best" and "examples" intent, which can cause Google to treat them as substitutes and keep both stuck on page 2; clearer intent mapping increases relevance for terms like "customer experience examples", "great customer experience", and "customer experience companies". Added structure, schema, and above-the-fold linking improves snippet eligibility, CTR, and engagement signals, while fresh examples reduce date-related drop-off. Stronger paths from TOFU articles to templates, NPS measurement content, and ROI proof points increases assisted conversions without turning guides into product pages.
Appendix
| Keyword | Volume | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| best seo tools | 5.0k | 3 |
| seo strategy | 4.0k | 5 |
| keyword research | 3.5k | 2 |
| backlink analysis | 3.0k | 4 |
| on-page optimization | 2.5k | 1 |
| local seo | 2.0k | 6 |
| Page | Traffic | Traffic % |
|---|---|---|
| /seo-tools | 5.0k | 100 |
| /keyword-research | 4.0k | 100 |
| /backlink-checker | 3.5k | 80 |
| /site-audit | 3.0k | 60 |
| /rank-tracker | 2.5k | 50 |
| /content-optimization | 2.0k | 40 |
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