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 | Jul 25, 2016 | BIA, Blog, Local Advertising Forecast, SAM, SMBs
Co-op advertising programs are popular with SMBs, particularly larger SMBs, according to our Local Commerce Monitor , Wave 19 (Q3/2015). Our Plus Spenders are SMBs that spend more than $25K annually on advertising and more than a third (39.3%) of this group uses...
by Celine Matthiessen | Apr 27, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
In our Local Commerce Monitor (LCM) Wave 19 survey of small businesses, when we look at small businesses who use direct mail, almost 60% pay a third party to manage their digital advertising. 30% of these small businesses say they use small, local digital agencies for...
by Suzanne Ackley | Mar 23, 2016 | BIA, Blog, SAM, SMBs
When it comes to choosing media for advertising or promotion, small businesses that use co-op advertising programs are like other SMBs in our Local Commerce Monitor survey — a Facebook page is the most used. As shown in the chart below, SMBs that use co-op...
