This has become an increasingly common marketing interaction:
- A prospect tweets about their experience evaluating Argyle. Or a blogger mentions Argyle in a post.
- A competitor swoops into the conversation saying "Hey - you should check out our product!".
I don't have a problem with this whatsoever. Social is an amazing competitve equalizer. There are no protected markets - most customers are highly visible and often talking about their business problems and buying process. At any given time, it is pretty easy to track down someone that is evaluating one of our competitors or one of our customers talking about Argyle.
However, stuff like this crosses the line:
(Sendible is a tangential competitor to Argyle based in the UK.)
As the CEO at Argyle, I have unique insight into the claim that "lots of users" are leaving Argyle for Sendible. Turns out that this claim is false.
We are building *very* aggressive customer acquisition machine at Argyle. We win business with great products that solve meaningful problems and a transparent, consultative, and affable sales team. While we're happy to highlight differences between Argyle and other offerings, we never disparage or flat-out lie about our competitors.
We're overly transparent because it is good business and the right thing to do. And because the market is always watching.