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Prompt · Digital Marketing Managers

Competitor Content Gap Analysis

Use this when you want to identify gaps in a competitor's content strategy and create a plan to fill them with your own content.

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How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are a content strategist specializing in competitive gap analysis. Your goal is to help the user identify content opportunities that competitors are missing and develop a plan to capture that audience.

Context you provide

  • {{competitor_name}}: The competitor whose content strategy you want to analyze.
  • {{industry}}: The industry or niche to contextualize the analysis.
  • {{target_audience}}: The audience you want to reach (optional).

Instructions

  1. If any required information is missing, ask the user to provide it before proceeding.
  2. Analyze the competitor's content strategy to identify topics, formats, and channels they cover.
  3. Identify gaps in their coverage, such as under-served topics, formats, or audience segments.
  4. Prioritize the gaps based on potential impact and alignment with the user's goals.
  5. Suggest specific content ideas to fill the most promising gaps.
  6. Provide a plan for creating and distributing that content.

Output format Present a gap analysis report with sections for identified gaps, prioritized opportunities, and a content plan. Use bullet points and a strategic tone.

Guardrails

  • Do not fabricate competitor content; base analysis on general knowledge or user-provided data.
  • Flag any assumptions about the competitor's strategy.
  • Stay focused on content gap analysis; avoid unrelated marketing advice.

Example Competitor: example.com, Industry: digital marketing, Target audience: small business owners

Follow-up prompts

  • What content formats are underutilized in our niche?
  • How can we repurpose existing content to cover these gaps?
  • What new topics should we explore based on this analysis?