by Celine Matthiessen | Oct 13, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
Small businesses use multiple channels for advertising and promotion, both paid and free. In our most recent Wave 20 of the Local Commerce Monitor™ (3Q/2016) small businesses that use broadcast in their mix of advertising have big advertising budgets that have...
by Rick Ducey | Oct 11, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
Just 40.3% of small businesses use websites for advertising or promotion purposes, according to BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor™ (Wave 20) survey of businesses with less than 100 employees conducted in Q3 2016. Where are the other 60%? Websites rank...
by Celine Matthiessen | Oct 7, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
Facebook and other social media channels tracked in the Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) Wave 20 continue to be the most popular used channels among small businesses. Small businesses’ top three reasons they spend to advertise on social media are 1) ease...
by BIA Advisory Group | Sep 28, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SMBs
Hibu Inc. has refocused its business on digital SMB and brand marketing. The Yellowbook company announced it’s joining the Facebook Marketing Partner program to deliver bundled advertising targeting and reporting for small businesses in the United States. The...
by Celine Matthiessen | Sep 27, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Sales Best Practices, SAM, SMBs
Fall is usually ushered in by shorter days and lots of pumpkin spice lattes. At BIA/Kelsey fall is the time we release data from our annual survey of small businesses, The Local Commerce Monitor™ now in Wave 20. BIA/Kelsey’s Local Commerce Monitor is one...
by Suzanne Ackley | Sep 15, 2016 | Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social, SMBs
According to a study from Teads and eMarketer more advertisers are turning to mobile video for brand awareness. The Teads study found that advertisers liked that mobile video helped increase brand awareness and enabled them to reach more targeted audiences. The top...
