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by sga 5433 days ago
I agree with the sentiment regarding the keywords. I tried for a few minutes to read your on-page copy and distill your products keywords but found it difficult. It could be that I'm not familiar enough with the space/problem that your service addresses. I'd be inclined to identify your competitors and the keywords for which they rank. If a set of keywords can be identified I'd then use Google Keyword Tool to determine a set of keywords to target (i.e. those that you have a shot at ranking well for).
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Agreed...I have found this difficult too. I guess the issue I keep having is sure I want to appear in the search results for the keywords that my competitors appear in - but at the same time I want to differentiate myself.

So I am kinda struggling with this, to be honest.

I get the desire for differentiation, it's important otherwise why would someone choose your product over another. I think it's key though to better understand the words that your competitors are using to describe the problem/space coupled with the words that consumers are using to describe the problem/space. Understanding this word-scape will help you to better craft your on-page copy along with identifying the words that best describe your unique value proposition.

I'd also consider studying/contacting the twitter followers of your competitors. That would be a direct method of identifying solid potential leads.

Who are your competitors? Can you give me links to at least 3 of them?