by Suzanne Ackley | May 22, 2018 | Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
56.5% of small businesses are using mobile advertising, according to data from BIA’s latest Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey report, Mobile Advertising and Small Businesses, up from 22.9% of small businesses just two years ago. Small business advertisers...
by Suzanne Ackley | May 7, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
80% of small businesses use social media for advertising and promotion, according to data from BIA’s latest Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey report, Social Media Advertising and Small Businesses. This includes free social media channels, such as a...
by Suzanne Ackley | Apr 26, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
BIA Advisory Services reported that video advertising in local will continue to outpace local advertising in growth for the next five years. Mobile local video is growing at 14.4% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) as increased consumer mobile usage is making location...
by Suzanne Ackley | Apr 18, 2018 | Blog, Broadcast, SAM, SMBs
Start-up small businesses reported that as they are getting established in their local markets they use a lot of free and low cost media. No surprise that they are focused on visibility and are heavy users of giveaways and community sponsorships. Of the paid...
by Rick Ducey | Apr 5, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
BIA’s Local Commerce Monitor reveals that 45.1 percent of SMBs use mobile apps. These SMBs rate this marketing channel highly in terms of ROI for their ad spend. Overall, about half (49 percent) rate their investments in mobile apps as returning as least 10x...
by Suzanne Ackley | Mar 14, 2018 | BIA, Blog, Broadcast, Mobile-Social, SAM, SMBs
61.4% of small businesses that advertise on TV or cable had a video produced in the last 12 months, according to data from BIA’s Local Commerce Monitor™ (LCM) survey, which is more than double the average from the full sample (26.3%). Where are they posting...