by Suzanne Ackley | Jun 27, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses in our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016) were split in their digital advertising implementation preferences. Of the small businesses in the full sample of the survey, 48.2% preferred a “Do It Myself” (DIY)...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jun 14, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs, Verticals
Entertainment small businesses lead the way in committing more ad dollars to their digital marketing, more than any other vertical, Small businesses in the entertainment* vertical are allocating nearly half of their advertising budget to digital advertising, according...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 31, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs, Verticals
Despite the strong growth of digital and mobile media advertising, small businesses in the Home and Trade vertical (construction/contracting, plumbers, HVAC, etc.) continue to prefer traditional media channels for advertising and promotion, according to data from...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 24, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
One thing has been obvious across the past several waves of BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses — the bigger the small business the more likely they are to choose to have assistance with their digital advertising (the “Do...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 15, 2017 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, Mobile-Social, SMBs
Smartphones are used by just about everyone, and they’re being used to make offline buying decisions. In fact, more than 50% of all retail purchases are influenced by mobile, according to the National Retail Federation, and that’s not just paid...
by Celine Matthiessen | May 12, 2017 | Blog, Conferences, SMBs
Nearly all of small businesses use social media (pages, ads, native, video, etc.) to advertise, whether free or paid solutions. And according to our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016) they are investing in their social media...
