by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 11, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Direct Mail* remains the most used traditional media, according to Wave 20 of our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016), with 41.0% of small businesses using it for advertising or promotion. Direct mail has been the top #1 traditional...
by Celine Matthiessen | Jan 5, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
HighQ a provider of cloud services just released an infographic calling 2017 the year of video marketing. Where is the bulk of video marketing happening in 2017? Social media and mobile are big players (Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter) and according to the infographic...
by Suzanne Ackley | Jan 4, 2017 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Digital advertising continues to grow and provide many options for advertisers and the average number of media used by small and medium businesses is increasing. Traditional media channels (which includes direct mail, broadcast, radio, outdoors, direct to home, yellow...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 19, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Franchisees use an average of 20 different advertising channels to reach customers, according to Wave 20 of our Local Commerce Monitor™ survey of small businesses (Q3/2016). “It’s more important than ever to be where the customer is, whether in print,...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 16, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, SMBs
The question of “when it comes to content which is better, long form or short form?” came up during a case study panel at BIA/Kelsey’s NEXT conference. Our panel attendees, who are leaders from major local marketing companies, had a lot to say on the...
by Suzanne Ackley | Dec 8, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Conferences, SMBs
“Content is not King, it’s the Emperor” said Constant Contact’s Heather Jackson during a case study panel at BIA/Kelsey’s NEXT conference on Tuesday. According to Heather, the biggest hurdle small businesses have is trying to come up with...
